Jacqueline A Ball

Join Space Cat on an exploration of systems in both the natural world and in the human-made world. Readers discover how STEM skills keep systems working.

Space Cat and her pal Dog help readers understand simple and complex tools we all use every day.

Camping with Barbie in scenic Wyoming is an adventure for Stacie and her friends. But when rumors of the legendary Clawman creature start making everyone jittery, it's up to Barbie and park ranger Ken to get to the bottom of the spooky legend.

Provides a brief biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his commitment to civil rights and equality.

Briar Rose and her Aunts learn an important leason about being a good sport.

Coach Barbie is in Paris for the World SuperSkate Championship. her team's chances of winning look good until her star skater's "lucky" skates disappear. Then it's up to Barbie to unravel the mystery and help her team take home something even better than first place!

Examines the discovery and creation of nuclear energy, its uses, both beneficial and destructive, and the hazards of radioactive waste. Includes related activities.

"Sixteen-year-old Marigold 'Goldie' Vance has an insatiable curiosity and dreams of one day becoming a detective. Luckily for Goldie, with the St. Pascal Rockin' the Beach Music Festival coming to town, there's plenty of inexplicable shenanigans keeping her gumshoe brain busy, from mysterious power outages, to missing musicians, to Russian spies hiding in the shadows."--Back cover.

Explores the nature and properties of light, discussing such topics as refraction, the electromagnetic spectrum, optical illusions, and photons. Includes related activities.