Larry Dane Brimner

Ace has built her own go-kart, but when she is ready for a test run it will not start, and she has to figure out what part is missing--and then in the middle of the race something else goes wrong.

Ace builds a cool skateboard and learns how to skate in this fast-paced, STEM-themed early reader! Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow! Ace...

Underground railways, or subways, are an engineering marvel. But why were they built? How? Here is a high-speed tour of early subways from London to New York City to answer those questions and more.

Describes the different kinds of caves, how they are formed, and the wildlife that lives within them.

On Halloween, Old Armadillo sits inside his little house waiting for his friends to come trick-or-treating.

Abby and her friends take time to move some bicycles so that their blind neighbor can walk on the sidewalk.

A child has fun playing with some cats.

Gabby discovers that cheating at tee-ball is not the best way to win.

Alex, Three J, Gabby, and their classmates decide on rules of behavior so that the class can work well together.

On a field trip to the Nature Center, Three J leads his second-grade classmates on a mission to pick up as much trash as posssible after they find a bird caught in a discarded lunch bag.