Just before Thanksgiving, Mr. Andrews announces there will be a snowman-building contest on the first snow day of the year. Wendy, Jessica, Dennis, and their class wonder when snow will come. They decide to record the temperature and cloud formations to track when the best chance of a snow day will be. When the snow comes, it isn't enough to make snowmen, but the Weather Warriors have a better idea--one that will also help out the local homeless shelter. Can the Weather Warriors convince the entire school to go along with their plan? Calico Chapter Books is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades 2-5.

Wendy Peters is wild about weather! She loves experimenting with it, learning about it, and teaching others about all kinds of weather patterns. Wendy's new friends Jessica and Dennis are as weather mad as she is! They've formed a club, Wendy's Weather Warriors, to share their weather nuttiness with each other and their friends, family, and classmates. These easy-to-read, illustrated chapter books explore weather phenomenon and the science behind each type of weather during an action-packed adventure with the Weather Warriors.

All the other villagers tell Mini that she is too small to help them with their chores, but she is not too small to be kind to another girl she meets.

Describes the autumn activities and traditions that November's cooling temperatures bring.

No person involved in so much history received so little attention as the late Robert C. Byrd, the longest-serving U.S. senator. In The Last Great Senator, David A. Corbin examines ByrdÆs complex and fascinating relationships with eleven presidents of the United States, from Eisenhower to Obama. Furthermore, Byrd had an impact on nearly every significant event of the last half century, including the Cold War, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, KennedyÆs New Frontier, the Watergate scandal, the Reagan Revolution, the impeachment of President Clinton, and the Iraq War. Holding several Senate records, Byrd also cast more votes than any other U.S. senator. In his sweeping portrait of this eloquent and persuasive manÆs epic life and career, Corbin describes Senator ByrdÆs humble background in the coalfields of southern West Virginia (including his brief membership in the Ku Klux Klan). He covers ByrdÆs encounters and personal relationship with each president and his effect on events during their administrations. Additionally, the book discusses ByrdÆs interactions with other notable senators, including Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Russell, Mike Mansfield, and especially Robert and Edward Kennedy. Going beyond the boundaries of West Virginia and Capitol Hill, The Last Great Senator presents Byrd in a larger historical context, where he rose to the height of power in America.