Highlights for Children

Pet cats! Cow gets stuck in a small space, Tex and Indi have to find away to free him. The whole family plays animal charades. Tex, Indi, and Mom go to the store to buy cat food for Cow. Tex and Indi explain why they named their cat Cow. Tex and Indi...

Highlights presents A Friend to Everyone written by Ruth Siburt. This audiobook is about a young girl, Alycia, who moved to a different town and had to finish sixth grade in a new school. In her old school she had known and liked everyone, and...

Highlights presents A Gathering of Stories adapted by Ruth Siburt. Before telescopes, before carbon dating, before behavioral science, there was story. Stories explained the mysterious. They served as entertainment. They provided examples of how to...

A good friend! Little Bunny learns that apologies are important when you make a mistake. Little Bunny finds a way to help people. At the library, Little Bunny and his friends learn about poetry. Badger, Squirrel, and Little Bunny have a pool party....

Highlights presents A Hero for Plunkett Street written by Mary E. Furlong. Joe loves to draw superhero cartoon characters. He decides to draw Wonder Kid, a boy superhero who lives on Plunkett Street. Joe and his friends witness a bully picking on a...

Highlights presents A Little Bird Mystery written by Ruth Siburt. The year is 1918, and young Ada Cutler is confronted with two frightening situations: the brutality of war and the terrifying nature of an influenza pandemic. After nursing her aunt and...

Highlights presents A Road to Freedom: The Life and Work of Frederick Douglass written by Adam Healey. This biography of Frederick Douglass details his trials as a slave and his dedicated work as an abolitionist. Frederick Douglass challenged...

Highlights presents A Soldier's Secret written by Mason Roberts. This audiobook tells the true story of Deborah Sampson, a female who wanted to fight in the American Revolutionary War. Because women were not allowed to be soldiers at the time, she...

Pizza and spaghetti! Watch as Joe makes pizza. See what mishaps occur when the new girl at school brings a lunchbox of her brother's invention. Laugh at Tedd Arnold's silly story about his cockatoo. Learn with Arizona about how hard it is to have a...

Highlights presents A Step Toward Freedom written by Katherine Follett. Louisa Watts, an African American, became involved in the women's suffrage movement. Although uncertain at first about the importance of the suffrage movement to women's freedom,...

Highlights presents A Typical Boy? written by Katherine Follett. Tim and Alex are best friends. But when Tim joins the football team, they both wonder if their friendship can survive. It seems to Alex that Tim is being a stereotypical boy who only...

Huge whales! Learn about where whales live, and how they interact with each other. Get ready to learn why whales blow bubbles at each other, or what it means when they wiggle their flippers. Is a whale shark even a whale, or just an imposter? Stories...

Highlights presents A Year on the Savannah written by Ellen Wettersten. A variety of animals that are native to the savannah in Africa are featured. Their physical characteristics, habits, and behaviors are presented. The changing seasons of this area...

Highlights presents Accessibility in Our Communities written by Susan Markowitz Meredith. Many people in the United States have disabilities that make it hard for them to get around or do things for themselves. The Americans with Disabilities Act of...

Highlights presents Ahmad's Market written by Tamera Bryant. Ahmad's Market is one of Demetriana's favorite neighborhood places until the market is vandalized, resulting in broken windows and mean words painted on the front of the store. Afterward Mr....

Animals! Tex and Indi pretend to be animals at the playground. On a rainy day, they stay inside and draw animals with their sister Arizona. Tex and Indi visit animals on a farm and at the zoo. The whole family goes to the animal shelter to rescue a...

Highlights presents Althea Gibson written by Tamera Bryant. Despite a meager upbringing in Harlem during the Great Depression, Althea Gibson loved to play ball. Eventually she tried tennis and did very well. At that time, African Americans couldn't...

Highlights presents Amazing Inventors written by Jim Whiting. Some men and women have created inventions that change the way people live. The unique stories and backgrounds of these men and women show that opportunities to excel and contribute to...

Highlights presents Amelia Earhart written by Judith Bauer Stamper. Amelia Earhart led a life that defied stereotypes about the role of women in society. From the time she was a child, she was an active person, often doing activities that at that time...

Highlights presents American Bison written by Debbie Grant. This is a nonfiction selection about the American bison. It describes their habitat and physical characteristics, as well as their importance to Native American culture and American history....

Highlights presents American Indian Radio Voices written by Colleen Keane. This audiobook describes how American Indians have radio stations on their reservations so that they can spread the news and keep people informed, ensuring that their voices...

Highlights presents American Legends: Fact Versus Fiction retold by Terry Miller Shannon. Factual information and fictional details are discussed in relation to several well-known American legends. In each legend, the main character undertakes a quest...

Highlights presents American Olympic Gold Medal Teams written by Rick Helwig. American athletes have created many indelible memories with their Olympic accomplishments. Some of these accomplishments belong to legendary individual athletes, but...

Highlights presents Ana's Bicycle written by Juliette Looye. Ana is saving her money for a new bicycle. When her mother gets too sick to work, Ana decides she can wait for a new bike. Instead, she uses her savings to pay for her mom's medicine and to...