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Muddy Creek in Edgewater, Maryland is the site of a major makeover. The land around the stream has worn down. Find out what caused Muddy Creek to erode, and the many steps involved in saving it. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Smithsonian Informational Text builds students' reading skills while engaging their curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. It features a hands-on STEAM challenge that guides students through every step of the engineering design process and is perfect for makerspace activities. It makes STEAM career connections by...

Suggested age: 4 years old. Thirteen poems for the very young. As everyone knows, anything can happen in the world of poetry: the elephant has gray secrets, ships sail in a sea of sawdust, two saws dance tango together.

The idea of the Roaring '20s conjures up images of speakeasies, women with short, saucy hairdos, and hot jazz. Readers will learn about the historical events that define this decade, including the devastating war that preceded it. An explanation about project-based learning will help readers understand how it can help them research their topic in unique and interesting ways. Constructive suggestions offer ideas for projects, while encouraging readers to take their studies in new and interesting directions.

Teach kids that teasing animals isn’t nice, they can choose to be kind to animals, and it’s important to ask before touching someone’s pet. Pets may not have words, but they can communicate. Paying attention to an animal’s cues—a joyful bark, a scary growl, a swishing tail—can help a child understand what the animal is “saying” and what an appropriate response might be. That’s part of what this English-Spanish bilingual picture book is about. But mostly it’s about showing children how to love pets gently—because pets are for loving, after all. Kids learn that teasing...

Este poemario es para ti si te vistes de canciones para protegerte del frío y la lluvia. Si te inventas cada día un nombre nuevo porque no sabes con certeza quién eres. Si te queman las ideas y tu cuerpo se baña en el río de otro cuerpo. Si te pareces mucho a alguien que ya no está, como yo a J.Z.R., mi abuelo materno, a quien casi no conocí, pero que me ha traído hasta aquí y me hace investigar sobre mis antepasados cada día. Para él este libro y su portada. Y, sobre todo, si te gusta la poesía y comprendes que puede adoptar muchas formas. Y la quieres. Y la cultivas. Y te pasas...