Candice Ransom

From watching racehorses at Churchill Downs to exploring Mammoth Cave, Kentucky is full of adventures. This title introduces the state's people, culture, and places to visit. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Kids Core...

When feisty twelve-year-old Rebel McKenzie, an aspiring paleontologist, goes to spend the summer taking care of her older sister's seven-year-old son at the mobile home park in Frog Level, Virginia, she never expects to enter a beauty pageant or meet a hand model.

"The story of President Thomas Jefferson's quest to locate and assemble the first full mastodon skeleton in American history."-- Provided by publisher.

"A family of monsters clean their messy house to make space for their new pet goldfish."-- Provided by publisher.

Watching birds soar through the sky makes Uni want to fly! When Uni befriends a winged horse named Pegasus, it seems like flying might be possible. Uni's magic unicorn horn is good for helping others but it cannot make wings. Peg coaches Uni's creative attempts to make a set of wings. And it turns out that Uni can do some things Peg cannot do.

A family spends a fun day at the beach, collecting shells, building sandcastles, and flying kites.

On Test Day eleven-year-old Andie Jennings expects to inherit a matrilineal gift and use it to bring her dad home, but instead of the family talent, she discovers an unexpected ability to communicate with ghosts at the town's shuttered Juneberry Blue factory, potentially providing what Morning Glory and her family need.

"¡Vamos a la playa! La familia de ¡A recoger manzanas! regresa para un fabuloso día en la costa. La hermana y el hermano se divierten recogiendo caracoles marinos, construyendo un castillo de arena y chapoteando en el mar."-- Provided by publisher. A family spends a fun day at the beach, collecting shells, building sandcastles, and flying kites.

"When a cold snap hits, Uni must use her special powers to help bring spring back to the Land of Unicorns, and keep all the animals from freezing."-- Provided by publisher.

"A family of monsters enters its red truck into a monster truck race, but will it win first place?"-- Provided by publisher.