Raatma, Lucia

Teaches young readers the value of being trustworthy, including telling the truth, not hiding mistakes, keeping promises, and not stealing.

Explains the virtue of sportsmanship and describes ways to practice sportsmanship at home, with friends, at school, and on the playing field.

Text and photographs examine the concept of being responsible.

Describes respect as a virtue and suggests ways in which children can recognize and practice being respectful.

Teaches young learners the value of fairness, including taking turns and sharing, treating others well, and following rules.

Teaches young learners the importance of being a good citizen by helping out neighbors and other areas of the community, obeying the laws, and learning about voting.

Describes caring as a virtue and suggests ways in which caring can be shown, such as recycling, donating to charity, helping others, and listening.

Presents a biography of Lonnie Johnson, a NASA scientist who invented the popular Super Soaker water toy.

A biography discussing the life of Jerome Lemelson and explains how his inventions changed the world. His inventions helped create industrial robots, cassette players, and more.

Describes how penguins survive in the wild, how they raise their young, and how they are related to other species.