While looking for his mother, Wombat meets many animals that are not impressed with his talent for digging and thinking, but when a fire approaches, they change their minds.
A grandmother tells a story about a young girl who uses her wits and what is available to her to help her survive when she is lost in the snow with instructions for creating a number of string figures mentioned in the story.
Three very different girls from the same high school are selected to be guides for a new student, but when the girl disappears, leaving behind a trail of clues, the girls must work together to solve the mystery of Amanda Valentino.
Three very different girls from the same high school are selected to be guides for a new student, but when the girl disappears, leaving behind a trail of clues, the girls must work together to solve the mystery of Amanda Valentino.
Ten-year-old Flavia and her friends encounter the Roman admiral Pliny before making a journey to her uncle's farm near Mt. Vesuvius, where they try to solve a riddle, reunite a family, and get out of the path of a natural disaster.
