Little Red Hen, The
The Little Red Hen finds some grain. She then proceeds to ask her friends for help planting it, harvesting it, and then making bread out of it. None of her friends will help her do any of the work. In the end all of her friends want to reap the benefits of her work and want to eat the bread. In the end the Little Red Hen who did all of the work is the only person who benefits and gets to eat the bread.
Bebe Goes Shopping
Bebe experiences a market and learns about being a consumer as he goes shopping with Mama. Mama makes choices as she shops for household groceries.
Why Should I Save Water
The book introduces the subject of water as a resource, while giving children ideas on how to help save water. A little girl, Kirsty, introduces her neighbor friend to water rationing and how it affects their community.
Weslandia
School has ended, and Wesley, an outcast with no friends, decides to create his own civilization during his summer break. Wesley starts a garden in his back yard that produces a crop of huge, strange plants which provide him with clothing, shelter, food, and drink. Wesley discovers his entrepreneurial abilities that help him change his life.
Two Tickets to Freedom
The story begins in 1848 when Ellen Craft, a bright skinned young slave, disguises herself in men’s clothing and walks into the train station in Georgia to purchase two tickets, one for herself and the other for her husband. Ellen posed as a white Southern planter, and her husband, William as her slave. This is how their dangerous journey begins and takes them to England and eventually back to Georgia. They have to make tough decisions fighting for a better life.
