Grade 4

Hall of Famer John Elway is considered one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. Jalen Hurts is a rising star quarterback with a bright future ahead. Between them, Hurts and Elway have… Read More →

Pack your bags! We’re headed to Jamaica. On this whirlwind tour, you’ll learn all about the country’s landscape, culture, people, and more. We’ll explore Jamaica from its bustling cities to… Read More →

James Harden is the 2018 National Basketball Association (NBA) MVP for the Houston Rockets. Harden was a bench player with the Oklahoma City Thunder when he joined the NBA in 2009, but after… Read More →

Houston Rockets guard James Harden lit up scoreboards to the tune of more than 25 points per game in 2014-2015. That made him one of the best scorers in the league. But he wasn't always such… Read More →

Kobe Bryant and James Harden are two of the most successful basketball players of all time. They faced each other 30 times in NBA games while their careers overlapped. Bryant's legendary… Read More →

The James Webb Space Telescope is giving us glimpses into the vast reaches of space. Orbiting the sun, the powerful telescope can view galaxies that are thirteen billion light years from… Read More →

In the years between WWI and WWII, young Henryk Goldszmidt dreamed of creating a better world for children. As an adult, using the pen name Janusz Korczak, he became a writer, doctor, and an… Read More →

During World War II, the United States was battling Japan. In 1942 the president of the United States signed an executive order, forcing more than one hundred thousand Japanese Americans to… Read More →

Soccer is booming in Japan. Fans turn out by the thousands to support the country's national teams. Learn about more than a century of ups and downs for the men's team and how the women's… Read More →

Jason was born a prince of the kingdom of Argos. But when Jason was a child, his uncle Pelias stole the throne and sent Jason into hiding. Now a young man, Jason returns to claim his… Read More →

Jason Reynolds's interest in hip-hop and poetry turned into a successful writing career. The New York Times best-selling author has received a Newbery Honor, an NAACP Image Award, and many… Read More →

In this Early Bird title, readers learn about the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of the javelina. Read More →

Jayson Tatum excels on the basketball court as forward for the Boston Celtics. He played his best offense and defense in the 2019–2020 season, leading the Celtics to one of the top records in Read More →

"Exuberant music, powerful narration, and image-filled poetry combine to create this extraordinary recording, winner of ALA's first Odyssey Award for excellence in audiobook production." The Horn Book Read More →

The author of such poems as I, To; Sing America; and The Negro Speaks of Rivers, Langston Hughes combined his experiences and emotions with the rhythms and themes he found in jazz music to… Read More →

Accessorize your life with easy-to-make necklaces, bracelets, headbands, purses, and much more! This book is bursting with 21 fun accessories. Using low-cost or no-cost materials, you can… Read More →

Although J. D. Vance hasn't been in the political sphere for long, the former US senator became the vice-presidential pick in 2024 and was elected alongside President Donald Trump. Born in… Read More →

"Exceptionally handsome photographs light up the pages of this well-designed introduction to jellyfish. A few sentences or fragments, closely tied to the illustrations, appear on each spread. Read More →

On March 17, 2011, social media channels buzzed with excitement. Fans of The Hunger Games had hotly debated which actors would bring their beloved characters to life in the upcoming movie.… Read More →

You may know that Jennifer Lawrence stars as courageous Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games films. But did you know that Jennifer: • grew up on a Kentucky horse farm? •had to learn to skin Read More →

From the time he was a young boy on a farm in Alabama until he received his fourth Olympic gold medal in Berlin in 1936, all Jesse Owens wanted to do was run. Overcoming sickness, poverty,… Read More →

In 1936, Adolf Hitler attempted to make the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany, a showcase of Nazi superiority with a new stadium and the first television broadcast of the Games. He didn't… Read More →

En el año 1936, Adolf Hitler intentó hacer de los Juegos Olímpicos en Berlín, Alemania, una vidriera para que se aprecie la superioridad nazi, con un estadio nuevo y la primera transmisión… Read More →