Highlights for Children

Find out how to throw a circle change-up.

A boy finds a solution to a problem that doesn't really exist. And then finds that he has a real problem.

Workers at the San Antonio Zoo describe how they care for the animals.

Wind, water, and millions of years have shaped desert sandstone into giant rock formations.

The arctic squirrel hibernates underground to survive the winter.

Michael went into a cave to get some moss and stalactite drippings for his jungle journal . . . and that was just the beginning!

Ricky's team must win the game to score free tickets to the big game. Can he hit the ball when the bases are loaded?

Don't be tripped up by these rodents that live in shallow burrows, sometimes under sidewalks.

Knute Rockne taught his players to be great, both on and off the field.

When the author's family moved to Borneo, they shared their garden with a black spitting cobra!

Bear decides that he does not like his cave and seeks help from his neighbors. His neighbors help him discover the home that is just right for him.

The Johnsons want their adopted son Carlos to know all about the customs of Mexico, the country where he was born. With family and Mexican friends, they celebrate their first Dia de los Muertos, the Day of Dead.

Flory's mom married Joe a few months ago, so now Flory has a new little brother and a new house in a different town. Flory has trouble adjusting to the changes. Flory doesn't like the idea that her mother and Joe decide everything without asking her first. Flory finally talks to mother about this, and Mom says she will remember to talk things over with Flory.

When a husband comes in from the fields tired and claiming his work is much harder than his wife's, the wife suggests they swap jobs the following day to give them an equal chance of experiencing the other's work.

Two best friends learn that making a new friend can sometimes be hard.

This book explains when 9-1-1 should be called and what happens after the number is dialed.

This book is about a young girl, Alycia, who moved to a different town and had to finish sixth grade in a new school. In her old school she had known and liked everyone, and everyone liked her. But in this new school, she has to start over meeting new students and making new friends. Alycia's struggles to fit in teach her a valuable lesson.

Before telescopes, before carbon dating, before behavioral science, there was story. Stories explained the mysterious. They served as entertainment. They provided examples of how to (or not to) live within a society. They were passed from generation to generation, and they live on today as myths and legends.

Good friends play, share, help, and laugh.

Louisa Watts, an African American, became involved in the women's suffrage movement. Although uncertain at first about the importance of the suffrage movement to women's freedom, Louisa soon saw its worth. She later worked tirelessly to get legislation passed that would allow all women, regardless of color, the freedom to vote.

A child bundles up against the cold.

Bryan wishes he could go camping like his big sister Honey. Then he has an idea: he can take a trip to Grandma's house instead!

The stationmaster tries to find out what's making his little red train sneeze.

All the farm animals work together to get Farmer Brown down from the roof of the barn.

A freight train rolls down the train tracks.