Reading level: RL 2.6 ; Ages: 6-9 ; Grades: 2-4 While picnicking on Squaw Island, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose find a hundred dollar bill, and when they return to explore further they find an entire cave full of money

Up close with the ocean's most fearsome and famous predator and the scientists who study them-just twenty-six miles from the Golden Gate Bridge!A few miles from San Francisco lives a population of the ocean's largest and most famous predators. Each fall, while the city's inhabitants dine on steaks, salads, and sandwiches, the great white sharks return to California's Farallon Islands to dine on their favorite meal: the seals that live on the island's...

"Next stop...The Magic School Bus heads to the Galapagos Islands to learn about invasive species! Seat belts, everyone! The class returns from summer break to find their beloved Ms. Frizzle has been promoted and her younger sister, Fiona Frizzle, is taking her place. But Arnold is worried. What if the new Ms. Frizzle makes a mess of things? His fears come true when she takes them on a field trip and everything goes wrong! Can Arnold find a way to...

A young boy runs away from home to rescue an abused baby dragon held captive to serve as a free twenty-four hour, seven-days-a-week ferry for the lazy wild animals living on Wild Island.

The orphaned Alden family children, now living with their grandfather on his island, are intrigued by the mystery of the nearby empty yellow house. Not satisfied to leave its 40 year old story unfinished, they uncover a trail of clues that leads them to the woods of Maine.

"Louise and her family are sad over the loss of their beloved dog, Charlie. "Life will not be the same," Louise says, as she visits a little island that Charlie loved. But on a visit to the island after Charlie's death, something strange happens: She meets a bear. At first, she's afraid, but soon she realizes that the bear is sad, too. As Louise visits more often, she realizes that getting over loss takes time"--

While visiting the Florida Keys, the Aldens encounter suspicious characters, strange incidents at night, and a plot to steal valuable coral.