Grade 5

Summer is over and that can only mean one thing for eight-year-old Mallory McDonald (like the restaurant, but no relation)—she has to go back to school. But not just any school, a new school… Read More →

• A man pulled from an explosion undergoes forty surgeries to treat burns on 80 percent of his body. • A girl rescued from a burning car receives donor skin grafts to heal injuries all over… Read More →

Coretta Scott King Author Award Read about the fascinating life of Bass Reeves, who escaped slavery to become the first African American Deputy US Marshal west of the Mississippi. Sitting… Read More →

Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield is a Heisman Trophy winner and the 2018 first overall draft pick. As a rookie, he proved himself with an amazing comeback in his first National… Read More →

Ballet dancer Ava is excited to join the gymnastics team. But she gets nervous about doing flips, and some girls on the team aren’t very welcoming. Will Ava be able to stick the landing and… Read More →

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a diverse sport played by athletes from around the world. But in the late 1800s and the first half of the 1900s, MLB was mostly segregated. Black players and… Read More →

The Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers have a history of hard-fought games and thrilling finishes. The teams have battled in the same division since the Ravens joined the league in… Read More →

In this high-interest and accessible book, readers will be introduced to the world of bank accounts and borrowing. How do banks work and what do they do with our money? How do you open a… Read More →

This girls' basketball story deals with the conflict between family caregiving responsibilities and extra-curricular sports that some kids, particularly girls, often face. Jo loves playing… Read More →

Take a journey across the world … and into the wild. Explore Earth's weirdest forests, plants that kill, and more in this engaging text. Visit a woodland of golden trees that is actually one Read More →

Did you know Barack Obama's family comes from three different countries? His mother was born and raised in the United States. His father came from Kenya, in Africa. His stepfather came from Indonesia. Read More →

Barbie changed what a doll could be. Before her, many dolls were baby dolls. Girls would care for these dolls and practice being mothers. But Barbie let girls imagine other futures. The… Read More →

One of the most spectacular professional baseball players of all time, Barry Bonds has broken more records and achieved more sports goals than any other player in the history of the game,… Read More →

Find out all you need to know about baseball in this new title from the exciting In Focus: Sports series. Who really invented baseball and made it what it is today? What are innings, home… Read More →

Get ready to answer baseball's biggest question: Who is the greatest of all time? Dive into the action with the stories and stats behind the best players to ever step onto a baseball diamond… Read More →

Baseball stories can be written in statistics, and this book is chock-full of them! Tables and graphs on nearly every page highlight some of the most fascinating individual and team stats in… Read More →

Find out all you need to know about basketball in this new title from the exciting In Focus: Sports series. What's the job of the small forward and what do the guards do during the game?… Read More →

Max is excited for basketball season. But after being voted team captain, basketball begins to take up all his time. Will Max learn to balance basketball with his other priorities before he… Read More →

With its slam-dunkers, record-breakers, and fierce competitors, basketball has gone global, and its players have become legendary! Get ready to discover the sport's most iconic players. This Read More →

Get ready to answer basketball's biggest question: Who is the greatest of all time? Jump into the action with thrilling stories and stats behind the best players in basketball history in a… Read More →

Basketball players, coaches, and fans can tell a lot about a game from its statistics. Now you can too—because this book is full of them! Fun facts, charts, and graphs on almost every page… Read More →

Swoop, snatch, slurp, suck—welcome to the world of bats. Join the natural world's only flying mammals on their night-time flights as they use echolocation to hunt for insects, feed on fruit… Read More →