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When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.

Bored with another normal, inky evening, bats discover an open library window and fly in to enjoy the photocopier, water fountain, and especially the books and stories found there.

Pauline the hen lays unusual eggs, but Mrs. Pennywort, her owner, thinks they're beautiful, and she and Pauline work together to open an Easter egg farm.

From the first nomadic groups, to the colonial settlers, to the Africans forced into slavery, to those seeking refuge from throughout the world, the character of our nation was forged by immigrants as each group enriched the diversity of our nation.

Follows the exploits of 11-year-old Alexander as he experiences the most terrible and horrible day of his young life-a day that begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by one calamity after another.

Explains the need for and the method of scientific classification of all living things, based on the system devised by Carolus Linnaeus, and includes definitions of the terms kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.

Presents two Thanksgiving stories, including "Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message," a tribute to the natural world; and "The Pilgrims of Plimoth," which chronicles the arrival and daily activities of the Pilgrims in the New World.

Describes the differences between maps and globes; introduces their different parts, including latitude and longitude lines, hemispheres, and the poles; discusses their advantages and disadvantages, explaining how flat maps distort size, shape, and distance; and presents strategies for deciding which one to use.

Explains where pumpkins come from and showing how they grow through time-lapse photography and animation.

Provides visual definitions of habitats, biomes, and related terms, and looks at the characteristics of six major biomes, as well as the plant and animal life found , in each.

Presents an explanation of matter, and discusses the characteristics of each of its three forms, including solids, liquids, and gases.

The Peanuts pals travel through time to revisit significant places and events in American history, checking in with the "Mayflower" voyagers, the founding fathers, the Wright brothers, the builders of the Transcontinental railroad, great inventors, and others.

Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chicken Little must hatch a plan to save the planet from alien invasion and prove that the world's biggest hero is a little chicken.

Contains three back-to-school stories, featuring the title selection in which Jimmy's boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm, and including "Shrinking Violet," in which a very shy girl is assigned a part in the school play, and "Will I Have a Friend?"in which a young boy frets about the first day of school.

The characters from "It's a Big Big World" teach children about the environment and the importance of recycling, planting trees, and protecting natural resources.