Workshops
Rosa’s Big Boat Experiment by Jessica Spanyol
Rosa and her friends want to build boats! But how will they keep them from sinking? Through observation, trial and error, the group of children learn about density. They predict outcomes and make notes about whether they were right! After they have finished experimenting, they use what they have learned to have an exciting boat…
Read MoreWorm Weather by Jean Taft (author) and Matt Hunt (illustrator)
Drip, drop, skip and hop. Splish, splash, sidewalk dash! It’s worm weather! Join in the rainy-day fun, as kids splash through the puddles, affecting another weather enthusiast, a nearby worm. An imaginative and playful story, readers will love seeing the worm delight in the weather just as much as the kids.
Read MoreWiggling Worms at Work by Wendy Pfeffer (author) and Steve Jenkins (illustrator)
Crawling through the dirt, worms are hard at work. Worms help the fruit and vegetables we eat by loosening the soil and feeding the plants. Read and find out about these wiggling wonders!
Read MoreWangari’s Trees of Peace by Jeanette Winter
As a young girl growing up in Kenya, Wangari was surrounded by trees. But years later when she returns home, she is shocked to see whole forests being cut down, and she knows that soon all the trees will be destroyed. So Wangari decides to do something–and starts by planting nine seedlings in her own…
Read MoreUp in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner (author) and Christopher Silas Neal (illustrator)
A companion to the new Over and Under the Pond and the beloved Over and Under the Snow, this sweet exploration of the hidden world and many lives of a garden through the course of a year could not be more lovely, according to the Washington Post. Up in the garden, the world is full of green–leaves and sprouts,…
Read MoreOutside, Inside by Leuyen Pham
Something strange happened on an unremarkable day just before the season changed. Everybody who was outside . . . . . . went inside. Outside, it was quieter, wilder, and different. Inside, we laughed, we cried, and we grew. We remembered to protect the ones we love and love the ones who protect us. While…
Read MorePete the Cat I Love my White Shoes by James Dean (author) and Eric Litwin (illustrator)
Pete the Cat goes walking down the street wearing his brand-new white shoes. Along the way, his shoes change from white to red to blue to brown to WET as he steps in piles of strawberries, blueberries, and other big messes!
Read MoreThe Tree Lady by H.Joseph Hopkins (author) Jill McElmurry (illustrator)
Katherine Olivia Sessions never thought she’d live in a place without trees. After all, Kate grew up among the towering pines and redwoods of Northern California. But after becoming the first woman to graduate from the University of California with a degree in science, she took a job as a teacher far south in the…
Read MoreRoberto The Insect Architect by Nina Laden
Ever since he was a wee mite (a termite, that is), Roberto has wanted to be an architect. Discouraged by his woodeating family and friends, he decides to follow his dream to the big, bug city. There he meets a slew of not-so-creepy, crawly characters who spark in him the courage to build a community…
Read MoreIf I Built a School by Chris Van Dusen
If Jack built a school, there would be hover desks and pop-up textbooks, skydiving wind tunnels and a trampoline basketball court in the gym, a robo-chef to serve lunch in the cafeteria, field trips to Mars, and a whole lot more. The inventive boy who described his ideal car and house in previous books is…
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