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Have you ever seen a sea star before? They are the pretty star-shaped creatures that hang out at the bottom of the ocean. Learn about Sea Star as she finds and eats her favorite food, moves around the ocean floor, and regenerates her broken arm! Learn about these strange invertebrates and the unique lives they live.

Jenny has read all about horseshoe crabs and is excited to visit the beach and count them with her mom. By counting the horseshoe crabs, Jenny is helping scientists to protect the crabs that are migrating. She learns how the horseshoe crab migration can even benefit migrating shorebirds. When Jenny grows up, she definitely wants to be a scientist!

Garden spiders belong to a group called orb weavers, which spin wheel-shaped webs. Some webs are funnel-shaped and some are very sticky. In this essay about different kinds of spider webs, listeners will learn all about nature's masters of silk weaving.

Emma and her father finish their walk with their dog Dakota–what Dakota finds in the backyard leaves them surprised. What they believed had been an injured animal has now disappeared! Emma takes pictures of the tracks to identify the animal that left them behind. Was the missing animal an opossum that is known for playing dead? Find out who helps Emma solve this backyard mystery!

From Buffy Silverman, author of On a Gold-Blooming Day and On a Snow-Melting Day, comes the third installment of a seasonal celebration. With winter's arrival, plants and animals hunker down for the cold season. Rhyming text sparkles in this wonderful story that encourages kids to closely observe the natural world.

Explore the world of plumbing when Andy and Lizzie learn how the pipes in their house work. Some pipes carry out dirty water while others carry in clean water.

Find out what squirrels are up to when they remove brown oak leaves from tree branches.

When two robins build a nest and start to raise a family on the porch, a young buy uses his nature notebook to record his observations. He gets to watch as the eggs hatch into nestlings, and the nestlings grow into fledglings! Do you have robins where you live?

Emma's family participates in a farm-share with Farmer Jane. They use tools to help harvest crops and eat new vegetables as the seasons change.