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Lemonade for sale

The Elm Street Kids' Club decides to sell lemonade to earn money to fix up their clubhouse and they use a graph to keep track of their sales. Includes a visit to the American Stock Exchange, a look at two different businesses, and reviews of related books.

The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth

Go on a hilarious adventure with a quirky teacher and her students on a field trip inside the earth.

Stellaluna

Presents Janell Cannon's "Stellaluna," in which a baby bat is separated from her mother and ends up being raised in a most peculiar way by a family of birds; and includes visits with bats in their natural habitat, a bat expert, and a sleep study at the New York University Sleep Center.

Fly away home

In the featured book by Eve Bunting a homeless boy who lives in an airport with his father is given hope when he sees a trapped bird find its freedom. Includes interviews with homeless children, as well as young people working to help the homeless.

Borreguita and the coyote

Retells a Mexican folktale in which a little lamb uses her clever wiles to keep a coyote from eating her up, and includes visits to a guitar maker, a mural painter, and the musical group Los Lobos, and reviews of related books.

If you give a mouse a cookie

Presents the story of a young boy who gives a cookie to a bossy mouse and is run ragged by the energetic rodent's subsequent requests, and includes visits to a bowling center and bowling ball factory, an interview with dominoes expert Bob Specka, and a review of similar books.

Our big home

Presents the featured book, a poem which describes the water, air, soil, sky, sun, and other blessings shared by all living creatures on Earth, and includes a visit to the United Nations, a meeting with the teenage founder of the Kids Can Free the Children youth group, and reviews of related stories.

Imogene's antlers

Presents the title work in which Imogene wakes up one Thursday with a pair of antlers growing out of her head and causes a sensation wherever she goes, and includes visits to the Philadelphia Zoo and with band members in the Mummers Parade, and reviews of related books.

Digging up dinosaurs

Presents a reading of "Digging up Dinosaurs" which introduces various types of dinosaurs, and explains how scientists find, preserve, and reassemble giant dinosaur skeletons. Includes a fossil tour of Dinosaur Monument.

Desert giant

Presents the title work which documents the life cycle and ecosystem of the giant saguaro cactus and the desert animal sit helps to support, and includes a look at desert inhabitants, a discussion of cacti and rattlesnakes, an exploration of seasons in the desert, and reviews of related books.

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