To escape the tough streets of Southeast Washington, D.C. in the late 1980s, young Rodney Stotts would ride the metro to the Smithsonian National Zoo. There, the bald eagles and other birds of prey captured his imagination for the first time. In Bird Brother, Rodney shares his unlikely journey to becoming a conservationist and one of America's few Black master falconers. Rodney grew up during the crack epidemic, with guns, drugs, and the threat of...

La oveja Lola tiene una cantidad de lana extraordinaria. Pero despues de la esquilada de primavera, ve con preocupacion que su maravillosa lana crece de una manera loca y descontrolada. Pronto descubre que toda esa melena de lana es util, y que los buenos amigos aparecen en los sitios mas insospechados. -- Amazon.com Lola is just an ordinary sheep, but she has so much hair that she hardly looks remotely similar to a sheep. Lola's wool continues to...

"Barbara Gordon is no stranger to secrets. She's the daughter of GCPD Jim Gordon, the vigilante known as Batgirl and Oracle, the most powerful hacker on the planet, who until now has been kept completely hidden. Someone new has resurrected the Oracle mantle that Babs once controlled, and whoever is behind it is sending Batgirl on a wild chase all across Gotham City. By her side are two equally dangerous vigilantes--Dinah Lance, the rock star-turned-hero...

"As a child, Allen is saved from a nautical disaster by Benjamin Postlethwaite, a solitary lighthouse keeper. Years later, Allen returns to the lighthouse, and the two nurse an injured young puffin back to health. When Allen is called up to fight in World War Two ... his fond memories of his time at the lighthouse keep him going, even through prison camp"--

In a quiet harbor in New England, a sea captain named Ellis is visited by a seagull that lands on the back of his family's passenger schooner one afternoon. Ellis feeds the seagull, and by the end of the week, it was eating crackers right out of his hand! Their friendship lasted the summer, and four years later, the wild seagull Polly still visits. This nonfiction story about an unlikely friendship is sure to charm young readers.

Oli está muy cómodo dentro de un huevo. ¡No quiere romper el cascarón! Gansi y Gerti lo están esperando. ¿Habrá algo que haga salir a Oli? Ollie is an egg that does not want to hatch until Gossie and Gertie sit on him and use reverse psychology.

"Agatha Parrot and her friends babysit a flock of newly-hatched chicks for a back-to-school project"--