GREAT READS

What if you pretend to be a ghost, and end up waking up some real ghosts?  What do you do?  When Travis and his sister Corey pretend to haunt their grandmother's old Vermont inn, they wake up some mischievous ghosts and one real scary one!&...

Did you know that the most important thing to do when you go on a hike is to tell someone where you are going and when you should be back?  If you do get lost, you should STOP - Stop, Think, Observe, Plan.  Learn how to find food, make shel...

What is under the ground you're walking on?  No, not the grass; what's below that?  Lots of critters live underground, some in simple holes and others in elaborate tunnels!  Come meet them in this cleverly illustrated book!

Do you know what famous woman lived in Homer, New York?  Could you name the parts of the human eye in the order that light reaches them?  These are just two of the questions asked of Julian, Ethan, Noah and Nadia, the four members of Mrs. O...

Did you know the refrigerator was invented in Maryland?  What is the Maryland State Cat?  Did you know the dome on the Maryland statehouse is the largest wooden dome built without nails in the United States?  You can find these facts, ...

Meet EGR3, or Eager, a young robot programmed to learn from experience like a human child.  While Eager quickly bonds with the son of his new owners, he embarrasses their daughter, who would rather have one of the sleek new BDC4 robots. But when...

I love my dog who is an "SPCA Special", so I was drawn to this book about adorable dogs that are known as mixed breeds or mutts.  The book explains that mutts, who are different than specially bred hybrids like labradoodles, come in all kinds of...

After her grandfather dies, 16 year old Kit must choose between marrying a kind but old man, or journeying alone to her Aunt's home in colonial Connecticut.  Kit makes the journey, and a Newbery Award winning book begins.  This much-read cl...

TV shows have familiarized us with crime scene investigations, but ever wonder what really happens in a true crime scene investigation?  In this interactive book, you get to solve the crime while learning about DNA evidence, suspect interviews, ...

Knut (pronounced K' -noot) is born in a zoo to a mother who does not know how to take care of him, so zoo workers take over feeding Knut every two hours around the clock.  Miraculously, Knut survives, and snuggles into the hearts of people all o...

On a warm Hawaiian beach, Tutu (grandmother in Hawaiian) tells her granddaughter Beautiful the story of her birth.  In gentle verse, Tutu tells Beautiful a talk-story, as Beautiful's fingers twitch along and the sea dances in rhythm to the story...