Cossi, Olga

A high school basketball player's smoking may disqualify her from the big game.

In a Sherpa village in the foothills of Nepal's Himalayas, seven-year-old Yang Ki wants to haul wood like her brother Pemba, so she'll grow strong enough to be a porter. She wants to learn her brother tells her that girls cannot be guides. Yang Ki, however, is very determined.

Discusses water's sources, uses, and shortages; water quality problems and management programs; and what individuals can do to ensure cleaner water.

The orphan Orlanda enters a contest sponsored by the Lord Mayor of Naples and seeks to prove that she is the best at stealing the impossible.

Two young sisters decide that while running away can be adventurous it is much more fun to come home.

When a school bus has extra air put into his new tires, he begins behaving most uncharacteristically.

Describes the life cycle, migratory patterns, behavior, and habitat of the harp seal.