Ages 7 to 8

Aaron is a 12-year-old baseball phenom, but only when he's playing in the field. At the plate, he struggles. Now, it's the last inning of the last game of the season, and Aaron's in the batter's box, down by one with the bases loaded. Just as he steps up...

Carmen is a 12-year-old star striker for the Blue Dragons A Team, but when her best friend Destiny abandons the team to try theater, the Dragons need a new goalkeeper, stat. Carmen quickly learns her new position as keeper, but she struggles to deal with...

What looked to be a football season to remember for Cameron quickly turns to disaster. Set to take over as quarterback for the pass-happy Northwood Middle School Lumberjacks, things change just days before the first practice when internet sensation Trish...

Easton is an 11-year-old hockey sensation, but he's struggled with the sudden success of fellow winger and best friend Shawn. Now, it's the last shift in triple-overtime at the state championship, and the team has one play to avoid a shootout. The...

It's 1864, and many have come to seek their fortune in the gold-laden mountains of California. Emma Fong, the booksmart and streetwise daughter of a respected Chinese merchant, is more than able to hold her own in the one-room schoolhouse of the mining...

It's 1973, and in Denver, Colorado, Patsy Antoine doesn't usually give much thought to her relatives living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. After all, her classmates don't even know she's part Lakota. Then she learns the tiny town...

Kangaroo is bored, and none of her Outback friends can play. So, she tries boxing by herself, making a sand queen, and looking for her lost boomerang. While searching, she crashes into Koala's branch. Here is the boredom buster she's been seeking! But...

Kangaroo is excited to play with her friend Sugar Glider. But Sugar Glider isn't allowed to play until she eats a healthy but icky breakfast of squirmy worms and squiggly spiders. Can Kangaroo help Sugar Glider be healthy? Will they ever get to go play?...

Kangaroo is hopping through the scrub when she accidentally destroys Wombat's roof. Kangaroo tries to fix it, but all her attempts fail. In fact, they even make things worse! As Wombat gets angrier and his baby cries harder, is there anything Kangaroo...

When Kangaroo falls into the river on her daily hop, she startles an animal with a flat bill. But it's not her friend Duck. In fact, it's a creature she's never seen before. Sharp claws . . . brown, shiny fur . . . could she have discovered a River...

When Nova helps her grandfather weed the garden, she earns five dollars for the work. What exciting things can she buy with five dollars? Using everything she knows about dollars, quarters, dimes, and nickels, Nova explores her options at the store and...

Maria and Mateo are excited for their overnight field trip to the natural history museum. That is, until they learn they'll be sleeping near a model of one of the largest land dinosaurs ever. Now their field trip is turning into a real-life nightmare!...