Katherine Pryor

Zora soon finds herself with more zucchini than her family can bake, saute⁺¹, or barbecue, but the ever-resourceful girl comes up with a perfect plan--a garden swap!

Beatrix discovers a wild bumblebee nest on her way home from school and finds herself drawn to their busy world. When her bees mysteriously disappear, Bea hatches a plan to bring them back. Can Bea inspire her school and community to save the bees? Bees provide us with valuable resources, and some types of bees are in danger of disappearing forever. But ordinary people (and kids!) can help save them. Filled with fascinating facts about bumblebees...

The delightful story of Sylvia, who hates spinach, but discovers the magic of growing her own food through a school gardening project, now available in a Spanish edition.

Sylvia is dismayed to receive a packet of spinach seeds for her class garden project. Sylvia HATES spinach! That is, until she actually grows it...and tastes it. Young gardeners will relate to Sylvia's delightful discovery that healthy eating can be fun!

"An illustrated story written from the point of view of monarch butterflies as they search for food and fly through storms during their annual migration"--

Sylvia Spivens refuses to eat spinach, but when the teacher gives her a package of spinach seeds for the class garden, she has no choice but to plant and nurture them.