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Spend the day in the life of a detection dog! Tucker the beagle is more than just a friendly face at the airport. As part of the "Beagle Brigade," he helps keep out invasive species that could hurt the environment. It's a job that would be almost impossible for humans--but for Tu...

Border collie Skye, a trained therapy dog now learning search and rescue in a national park in California, has her first opportunity to help when a sixteen-year-old boy goes missing. Includes information about border collies and working dogs.

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.

Jax, a Great Pyrenees, tells of a night when, after the lead livestock guardian dog is injured by a coyote, he must take charge of protecting the flock aided only by a young pup. Includes facts about Great Pyrenees and the role of the working dog.

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.

Sammy, a golden retriever, becomes a guide dog for Jessie, a college freshman who is blind, and constantly watches their big-city surroundings to keep her safe. Includes back matter about the breed and the role of the working dog.

Barnaby dreams of leaving the dog pound and doing something heroic, and while his energy frigntens many people away it is just right for Martha, who has him trained to sniff out bedbugs. Includes facts about bedbugs.

Inspired by trip to the farmer's market, Daniel decides to learn more about plants and joins the local community garden.

Gracie and her friend Victor are experimenting to make the perfect paper plane, but when Victor gets injured and has to stay at home while he recovers, it is up to Gracie to carry on the research and find a way to lift her friend's spirits.

With the help of her grandmother, Lily starts to collect snow globes and learns how they work as she gathers ingredients to make her own.

When immaculately groomed Ellie gets head lice she is terribly upset, but once she learns some facts about the creatures, she calms down and figures out a way to help her classmates.

When Ben finds out he has cancer, he discovers that even though many things change, the most important things stay the same, and everyone around him wants to help him fight.

When Nurse Penny loses her smile, three of her young patients provide encouragement, which leads to an impromptu school assembly at which Nurse Penny educates students about head lice, with which she, herself, is afflicted.

After hearing her cousin Keeley perform the guitar at an amazing concert, Mia plans to learn everything she can about this amazing instrument, so through experiments and research, she gathers the knowledge she needs to build her own instrument and put on a show for her family.

As he prepares his entry for the mural painting contest at school, James experiments and reads about color, prisms, and light.