What does an astronaut wear to work? Find out in this space-age Penguin-Smithsonian reader! If you're going to orbit the Earth, moonwalk, or float in space, you need the right outfit. From helmet to space boots, every part of an astronaut's spacesuit is designed for survival. This reader, developed with Smithsonian's popular Air and Space Museum, provides a close look at the suits, boots, helmets, gloves, and other gear astronauts have worn into space,...

One day, a little cricket is born and meets a big cricket who chirps his welcome, but the little cricket cannot make a sound and it isn't until he meets a beautiful female cricket that he can finally chirp "hello!"

Annie, who lives at mean Miss Hannigan's orphanage, gets the chance for a new life when the very wealthy Daddy Warbucks invites her to stay at his home for Christmas then offers to adopt her.

Mo and his friends will represent Class 2B in the relay race at the track meet after school, but Mo drops the baton every time they practice the handoff. Can Mo find a way to be the first one across the finish line?

Teaches readers about owls, from the smallest, which can be tinier than an avocado, to the largest, which can have a wingspan of five feet.

Pearl and Wagner, a rabbit and a mouse, work together to build a robot for their science project.

As best friends Cork, a muskrat, and Fuzz, a possum, try to catch a mysterious floating yellow object, Fuzz eagerly keeps taking action while Cork cautions him to wait a moment first.

Even though summer vacation starts in five days, Pearl and Wagner, a rabbit and a mouse who are best friends, worry about next year's teacher, mean Ms. Bean.

Learn all about giraffes, where they come from, what they look like, what they eat and other facts about them.