Grade 4

For many Indigenous peoples, water is sacred. Indigenous peoples have lived by important water sources throughout their histories. But in the 1800s, treaties with the US government and people Read More →

Did you know there’s water on Mars? Scientists only recently found out! Knowing about Mars’s water will help scientists learn even more about our neighboring planet. If there is water, then… Read More →

Oceans, lakes and rivers are great places for fun and excitement. There are so many activities we can do on the water, in the water or under the water, including sports. Let's take a look at… Read More →

Scoop McLaren, the feisty thirteen-year old DETECTIVE EDITOR is BACK! This time the mystery has her sailing into uncharted waters to solve the case. When Scoop’s childhood friend, surfing… Read More →

Raised to play hockey from a young age, Wayne Gretzky made news as a child prodigy. It wasn’t long before he made it to the National Hockey League. As captain, he led his team to win four… Read More →

All fins on deck! Kogi, a dwarf sperm whale, teaches us all about cetaceans, which also includes dolphins and porpoises. Fun fact: the word cetacean comes from a Greek word meaning “sea… Read More →

Haedal Academy's robot team accepts Cyborg Captain's challenge! Quickly, the team must choose and develop a robot for the creative robot competition. Each of them comes up with a concept, but Read More →

Too often, Native American history is treated as a finished chapter instead of an ongoing story. This book offers readers everything they never learned in school about Native American… Read More →

We are the hopes and dreams of our ancestors. We are unstoppable! This powerful poem was written by five Black, bold, and brilliant children, along with Wisdom Mawusi, writer, educator, and… Read More →

From gentle sunshine showers to violent hurricanes, this book explores the creative and awesome destructive power of the weather and climate on Earth. While we all rely on sunshine and rain… Read More →

Trying to breeze through weather and climate facts just might cause a brain freeze! You're showered with details about extreme temperatures (Earth's record high is 134°F and record low is… Read More →

How often do people say, 'It depends on the weather?' Alternative arrangements must be made if conditions are unsuitable for planned activities. Cancellation, postponement or change of venue… Read More →

Math is everywhere when it comes to the weather! See what's brewing inside this book—and how we need math to finish the forecast! You'll need your math smarts to measure the temperature,… Read More →

Zero in on the lives of some of the world's most unusual sharks, including the gruesome goblin shark and the funny-faced wobbegong. You'll discover... which shark has a cookie cutter… Read More →

What do pangolins and peacock spiders have in common? They are weird! But weird can mean many different things. Pangolins are mammals, but sometimes people think they are reptiles because of… Read More →

Sniffing armpits. Scuba diving for golf balls. Building secret passageways. For some lucky people, these strange tasks are all in a day's work. Want to learn about the men and women who… Read More →

There are many weird places around the world. But weird can mean many different things! In Australia, the water of a certain lake is always pink. The US is home to an ice cream graveyard and… Read More →

Have you ever seen grass growing underwater? What about a group of succulents that look like stones? Whether deep underwater or far out in the desert, weird plants grow all over the world.… Read More →

Space keeps expanding, and so does the weirdness that fills it. There are many ways space can be considered weird! On Venus, it rains acid. Uranus spins on its side. Astronauts can grow… Read More →

What makes a sport weird? Sports might seem weird because they combine many sports into one game. Maybe people compete underwater or in other unusual places. Or a sport might take familiar… Read More →

All around the world, weird weather events occur every day. But weird can mean many different things! Sometimes more than one weather event combines in unexpected ways to form events such as… Read More →

Have you ever changed to a new school? Do you know somebody like Sanjay, who comes from a country far away? How would you feel if you went to a new school in a new country? What would be… Read More →