Catherine Stier

After avalanche rescue dog Ava, a chocolate Labrador retriever, finally gets to help her handler, Nate, with a real rescue, she realizes that her job at the ski resort includes other important tasks, too.

Bella the Jack Russell terrier loves being in the spotlight, and is very good at acting, but her dog brother, Chewy the German shepherd, always seems to get the big roles. Includes information about the breed and the role of the working dog.

After hearing her cousin Keeley perform the guitar at an amazing concert, Mia is determined to become a guitar hero. She'll need to wait for her birthday to get her own guitar, but in the meantime, she's set on learning everything she can about this amazing instrument. Will her experiments give her the knowledge she needs to build her own guitar and put on a show for her family? In this series on the science that makes the world around us work, young...

Library Media Connection Editor's Choice Award
Imagine starring in commercials and traveling in your own campaign bus! Or seeing your face on bumper stickers and T-shirts! If you ran for president, you would get to do these and other fun things, but you would also have to do a lot of hard work. You would study the nation's problems, tell the American people about your platform, select a running mate, and debate your opponents on live

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