Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

"It's the third day of summer vacation, and Lark's halmoni--that's Korean for grandmother--has promised to take Lark and her twin brother, Connor, to the library. The only trouble is, they arrive to discover that Mrs. Robinson, the town librarian, has lost her key. Can rookie detectives Lark and Connor solve the mystery of the missing key?"--Back cover.

Cyrus and Rudy spend the last days of summer selling dahlias, blackberries and tomatoes at their roadside stand. When a neighbor drops off a bin full of red wrigglers, California earthworms that turn compost into fertilizer, Rudy and Cyrus become worm moguls as they discover just how in demand the Eisenia fetida are.

In this early chapter book, Angelica is mistaken for a princess on her way to summer camp.

"A young boy deals with his parents' separation by focusing on finding his lost frog."--$cProvided by publisher.

"On returning to their home after a massive wildfire, nine-year-old Jasmin and her seven-year-old brother, Hunter, thought the biggest surprise would be whether their fire-resistant house had survived. Jasmin and Hunter did not expect to find an orphaned bear cub stuck in the neighbors’ well. Rescuing the tiny cub from the well was the easy part; now they need to care for it until the people from the bear-rescue sanctuary can make it safely through...