"Vern longs to be one of the kids who swoop until their toes touch the sky. He heads to the swings and desperately tries to pump his legs, but he just can't get it. A chance encounter with precocious (and hilarious) Gretchen gives him just what he needs to know, and he finally learns to soar."-- Amazon.com.

Miranda is an animal expert. Or at least, she watches a lot of Nature Joe. Nature Joe is incredible. He rescues animals, returning them to their natural habitat. Mrs. Birdley is a teacher. The natural habitat of a teacher is a classroom. So when Mrs. Birdley escapes school and ends up wild, loose, and confused at the local grocery store, Miranda knows just what to do: she must use her brain, her guts, and her extensive knowledge of Nature Joe to...

Is Bear friend or foe? When Bear finds a chicken frozen in the winter snow, he brings her home to defrost her. As Chicken thaws--um, awakens--she fears that Bear is actually preparing to eat her. Oh no! Will Chicken become Bear's lunch? Or does Bear have a different plan in mind?

"Camila the chicken, Mr. Martinez the fox, Felipe the mouse, Rodolfo the cat, Matilde the pig, Mrs. Paquita the owl, Pepe the ogre, and Matilde the inventor all live on the same street, but nobody talks to anybody else. One day a chain reaction begins that turns this neighborhood into a true community"--Provided by publisher.

"A young bat sneaks out of the roost while the rest of the colony is asleep to help rescue a moose that has gotten entangled in rope."-- Provided by publisher. "The sun is up and it's time for bed, but Bailey the bat just can't sleep! When Bailey hears a mournful cry coming from deep in the forest, Bailey ignores Mama Bat's orders and sneaks out of their hollow tree to follow the sound. Bailey discovers a young bull moose tangled up in a fence. On...

With the help of her Filipino community, a young girl and her father journey to return a neighbor's roof after a typhoon.

"It's finally cold enough for Maya to wear her favorite sweater! But when her cat pulls a thread loose, her beloved sweater quickly begins to unravel. Maya is heartbroken, but she doesn't have time to fix it before school. She starts to realize that maybe her sweater can help other people--and that's when the magic begins! Maya uses her sweater to help folks in her community throughout the day. But of course, what goes around, comes around and when...

Meimei and her grandmother find ways to help each other throughout the day, communicating in both English and Mandarin.

Milton, the big clumsy moose, helps Santa one Christmas when his load is too heavy for the reindeer to pull.