With help from her parents, a forest manager and a wildlife biologist, and in the company of new friend Ricky, eleven-year-old Ellie Homesly fills a field notebook with sketches and notes about nature in the woods near her home. Includes suggestions on how to keep a field notebook. A teacher's guide is available online.

Mackenzie Blue has a crush! But how can she get Landon-the cutest boy in school-to notice her? The class's new rock-and-roll musical is her chance. Reasons why our musical is going to be amazing: I could be the star! Landon could be my co-star... which means we'll hang out together. Working on the sets, props, music, script, and costumes will be tons of fun. There's so much to do, I'd better get started! Between her crush, the musical, and her friends-not...

Meet Mackenzie Blue, aka Zee She has it all-smarts, talent, humor, and style.... Is it enough to survive middle school? Countdown to a 7th Grade Meltdown 1. Your BFF moves away. 2. Someone steals your diary and reveals your deepest secrets-to the entire class. 3. You have one chance to become a rock star and one chance to totally blow it. Guess what!? All three happened to me! School's a disaster already. Don't get me wrong-I love Brookdale Academy...

In a series of journal entries and letters to a pen pal, Katie relates her feelings about her father's death in World War II, her mother's remarriage, and the family's move from New York City to Texas.

Brodner's daily graphic diary of the COVID-19 years is a testament to those who died and those who lived through it, and it is a searing indictment of the leaders who failed us.