Grade 5

Gunhild is so close to the gods, she can feel it. Odin assists her in her journey, but getting there is just the start. Will they accept her as a god? She meets the gods but is disappointed… Read More →

A thief is on the prowl at Camp Dakota! The campers can't find their favorite things—and they're starting to accuse each other of stealing. The kids set out to find the culprit—but the truth… Read More →

Grow your own fruits, vegetables, and flowers! Become a gardener in any season with these fun and easy projects. You don't even need a garden space—many of these activities can be done by… Read More →

Sylvan has been angry ever since his parents split up. And now that an embarrassing photo has appeared in the paper, he's stuck with a lame nickname too. Charity is back in the United States… Read More →

Eleven-year-old Cooper Cameron likes things to be in order. When he eats, he chews every bite three times on each side. Sometimes he washes his hands in the air with invisible water. He… Read More →

Josh Higgins has an alien gizmo that lets him think his way to other planets—and he does NOT want to use it. But his sister Maggie won't stop bugging him, so he agrees to an off-world… Read More →

Every December, The Nutcracker comes to life in theaters all across the United States. But how did this 19th-century Russian ballet become such a big part of the holidays in 21st-century… Read More →

A highly illustrated, playful field guide for budding natural scientists and curious observers of the world right under our noses. Observology is the study of looking. An observologist makes… Read More →

Fourteen-year-old Stud isn't like most kids. He can turn his hands into hammers. Stud, whose father regularly abandons him to go on expeditions, has to fend for himself again, and since the… Read More →

Stud finds himself in Ocean City but struggles with his powers. He discovers mermaids, fighting sharks, and all kinds of magic in the Ocean Kingdom. Can Detective Dan, Police Commissioner… Read More →

Police Commissioner Diane helps Stud understand his abilities and harness his powers. When the evil hammerhead shark Steele attempts to escape, Stud lends a helping hammer by joining in on… Read More →

Stud and Detective Dan team up to fight off a raid at the police station. The two must work together to save Ocean City from Steele's gang. Will Stud's hammer hands be enough to combat the… Read More →

In the spirit of Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz, this story introduces readers to the hidden magical—and mysterious—world of gnomes, elves, and trolls. Eleven-year-old Sarah moves… Read More →

Opioids are drugs that people have taken for centuries to alleviate pain, but they are also highly addictive. In the past several years, the United States has seen a growing number of people… Read More →

Have you ever wondered how the universe began? Growing up, Brian Greene's father taught him to think about the world in different ways. Greene was curious about how it all worked. He set out… Read More →

Do you like to gaze at the stars? So did the young Stephen Hawking. Eventually, he turned his fascination with the night sky into a career of trying to figure out how the universe began and… Read More →

The Orion spacecraft is what astronauts call home during space travel. It’s where they live, work, and explore during deep space journeys and it is designed to get them safely back to Earth.… Read More →

Within our solar system are four giant planets. We have named them the outer planets because they are farthest from the sun. But what do we know about these huge spheres of gas and liquid?… Read More →

What do you get when you combine a monkey and an octopus? The octokey! Follow Noah and Blue as they search for their latest creation after it gets loose in their school. Read More →

The ugly head pivoted on its long neck. Its eyes bulged, its jaw dropped open, and then the snake-like coils appeared... With another summer ahead of her, Vanessa joins her dad's… Read More →

Danny Woo has just escaped from the jaws of death. But he's still haunted by the suspicious deaths of his parents, who were the star performers in a radical traveling circus, the Mysterium.… Read More →

As a child, David watches his grandfather, a Torah scribe or sofer, finish a Torah scroll for the synagogue. "A Torah is not something to be thrown away," his Grandfather explains. David's… Read More →