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One Wonderful World—Every Action Counts!

This series gives kids the help and inspiration they need to become proactive and caring young citizens. Suggestions include cleaning up their neighborhood, doing good deeds for friends and neighbors in their community, becoming involved with local charities, taking care of wildlife, and growing plants that will benefit insects and other wild animals. Packed with info for young conservationists, each book is filled with projects and ideas (from simple tasks that take just a few seconds every day to longer-term projects) that will inspire children to embrace the idea that EVERY ACTION COUNTS!

One World

One World

This set explores the ways regions have changed over time, resulting in various limited and unlimited governments around the world. Readers will learn about political systems, languages, economies, and cultures of the world, past and present. They'll survey the historical influence of groups and individuals on societies. Readers will gain a deep understanding of what it means to be a citizen in different countries, and they will be encouraged to compare and contrast the responsibilities of citizens around the world.

One Year, One Night (2nd Edition)

It's never easy to go back, especially when the memories you've been running from suddenly resurface. When Annie returns to her home village after a long absence, she rediscovers the diary she kept the year she turned 16, the year that changed her life. We follow Annie as she navigates a blossoming love story with a handsome soldier and her growing affection for an evacuee child. With tender and amusing moments, this storyÑset in a small English village during World War IIÑexplores love, resilience, and loss with a fresh new voice.

One-Stop Science

These low-level titles introduce young students to physical science through an interactive approach. Each volume explains science properties to the reader through a series of photo-illustrated, step-by-step experiments, shown as being performed by elementary-aged peers. The accessible text and experiments combine to teach important scientific concepts as well as promote critical thinking in young students. The (fun!) experiments strongly support STEM and CCSS programs, while also sparking ideas for science fair and maker spaces projects.

Only Alex Addleston in All These Mountains, The

Alex Addleston and Alex Addleston do everything together. They chase Flatt Mountain fireflies. They code secret messages. They collect crawdads named Mr. and Mrs. Sassafras Jorgensen. But when Alex's parents move her family to Kenya, the two friends lose contact with each other. Half a world apart, each Alex still keeps the other close while climbing trees, counting stars, and playing games. One day, just maybe, they will rediscover what it means to be best friends, no matter what.

Oops! Accidental Inventions (Bearcub Books)  

Accidents aren’t always failures or flops. What happens when an oops turns into an achievement? Follow along on the discovery of accidental inventions. Carefully levelled text paired with engaging photos teaches readers how some of their favorite everyday items were made by accident. From cookies to sticky notes, an accident can lead to something amazing!

Oopsy, Teacher!

Even the best teachers can have an oopsy day. Sometimes things just don't go their way. Uh-oh! Mr. Bungles drips jam on his tie at breakfast. His students play a trick on him at school. And the class hamster Nibbles escapes from his cage! Mr. Bungles and the class chase Nibbles through the halls and into town. But can they catch the hamster?

Open Fire

A dramatic page-turner that captures the devastating toll of war and the impact of women's struggles and solidarity, through the lens of a little-known slice of history. In 1917, Russia is losing the war with Germany, soldiers are deserting in droves, and food shortages on the home front are pushing people to the brink of revolution. Seventeen-year-old Katya is politically conflicted, but she wants Russia to win the war. Working at a munitions factory seems like the most she can do to serve her country-until the government begins recruiting an all-female army battalion. Inspired, Katya enlists. Training with other brave women, she finds camaraderie and a deep sense of purpose. But when the women's battalion heads to the front, Katya has to confront the horrifying realities of war. Faced with heartbreak and disillusionment, she must reevaluate her commitment and decide where she stands.

Open Mic Night at Westminster Cemetery

In this hybrid between a play and novel, Lacy Brink awakes to find herself dead in Westminster Cemetery with no memory of how she got there. The other inhabitants of the cemetery are excited to have a new guest but all Lacy wants is to get out of there. She finds she's stuck, though, and even has to take on a job. She decides to hold an open mic night and by encouraging the other inhabitants to speak their truth, she shakes the cemetery to its very foundations.