Growing Green

The average person knows little if anything about hydroponics; however, the practice of growing plants without soil has been known and used for more than 1000 years. And the good news is that with modern technology, hydroponics has never been so simple to implement! Hydroponic Organic Gardening will teach you how to set up the greenhouse, how to set up the irrigation system so that it can be automatically controlled, how to deal with heating and cooling, and how to control the natural sunlight if you have it available. And there is more.

L. M. Boston's thrilling and chilling tales of Green Knowe, a haunted manor deep in an overgrown garden in the English countryside, have been entertaining readers for half a century. This is the sixth book in this classic series. While eagerly following each stage of the new stone manor house his father is building to replace their old wooden Saxon hall, a young boy, part Saxon and part Norman, becomes involved with ancient magic that carries him through time.

Hi! I'm Charligh, and one day I'm going to be a big star. I'm full of pizzazz after all, and everyone I've ever met tells me I'm unforgettable. In a good way, I think.... I've always loved attention, but at the moment, there's a teeny tiny chance I'm getting it for all the wrong reasons. For starters, me and my very-nearly-world-famous team, the Bramrock Stars, are trying to win big against our rivals in the new league. But I can't stop tripping over the ball!

Amber's parents just aren't acting the way she thinks parents should. Sometimes her dad goes out on dates when he is supposed to be spending time with her. And her Mom went to Disneyland with Aunt Pam while Amber was with her dad (not fair!). Then Mom and Max decide to get married even sooner and move to a new house—maybe even a new town. Some kids seem to have no problems . . . and that makes Amber Brown green with envy.

Be kind to your wallet: Grow your own food. Do you want to eat healthier and fresher vegetables without worrying about added chemicals? Gardening is gaining popularity day by day as many households make the switch toward self-grown sustenance. The beauty of having your own garden is the flexibility to grow vegetables anywhere you want - and that really does mean anywhere. Whether you’re in a tiny studio apartment or you have your own piece of land, an urban garden is just what you need.

Cam can hardly wait for her school's Green Day assembly. That's when she and her fellow students will learn how many dollars they have harvested in their recycling campaign. But when all their hard-earned money disappears without a trace, Cam determines to use her photographic memory to solve this baffling mystery. Young listeners will also enjoy Cam Jansen and the Secret Service Mystery.

Grace has a lovely day with her grandma from gooey grapes to hungry goats to greedy geese. This story is a fun listen for children as it takes the use of alliteration to help listeners in sounding out the letter G. Fans of the Alliteration series and Nicky Gamer-Jones, Charlie's Cheeky Chickens, and Archie's Awful Apples will love this adventure with Grace.

Motivated by her love for the game and inspired by the legendary Jackie Robinson, Mamie Johnson is determined to be a professional baseball pitcher. But in a sport that's determined by white men, there is no place for a black woman. Mamie doesn't give up - from the time she insists on trying out for the all-male, all-white Police Athletic League until she realizes her dream and becomes one of three women to play in the Negro Leagues. Mamie Johnson's life shows that with courage and perseverance one can overcome even the greatest challenges.

Anne Shirley...in her own words. Anne is at one of her "bends in the road" as she is about to finally leave Green Gables to study at Redmond College with a certain Gilbert Blythe. Anne, taking a wistful look around her east gable room, thinks back to her tearful first night at Green Gables and faintly remembers hiding her secret diary somewhere...Anne finds and opens her diary, and it transports her way back to her forgotten past, to relive her days at the cold and bleak orphanage asylum, where she still somehow managed to have a series of remarkable adventures....

In Babies on Board Part 1, we follow Grumpy the Iguana, Little Mouse, Green Parrot, and Mr. Squirrel head to the beach for a family beach day. It is here that they run into their old friend Mr. Sea Turtle as he waits for his children to be born. Babies on Board Part 2 continues this story. Grumpy and friends head back to the beach only this time in the middle of the night. They have promised Mr. Sea Turtle that they will all help him make sure that when the baby sea turtles hatch from their eggs, they will make it safely to the ocean where their dad is waiting.

We all remember the "P" word we dreaded hearing about as adolescents...puberty. Sweaty, sticky, and pimply, we all go through puberty at some point in our lives, but why? Listen in as Seeker takes you on a scientific roller coaster ride of all things puberty like acne, hormones, body odor and more in this curated audio collection.

The phone rang; young Morgan recognized the phone number as belonging to Dinsdale, the school bully with whom she had several run-ins since returning to school after the pandemic caused extensive shutdowns in her neighborhood. These encounters had all been verbal, as Morgan was not one to get into physical disputes with anyone. She had gotten so weary of Dinsdale’s bully ways. She had no idea why he was calling. She only thought that it could not be anything good. She decided that when she picked it up, she was going to finally give him a piece of her mind and send him on his way.

The tiny house movement is an emerging and growing trend in architecture and home design. It has been present in the real estate market for years but has only now grown to become the latest craze in the architectural world. Many people have decided that less is actually more, and even more are beginning to downsize their living to create a more suitable and much more affordable lifestyle.

Told as a series of interviews, screenshots, text messages, and social media bursts, The Tapper Twins Run for President tops the antics of the real 2016 elections! Claudia Tapper wants to become president of the United States someday. She's the sixth grade class president and has every reason to presume she'll get reelected. Reese Tapper could not care less about student government - until he learns becoming class president is his best shot at overturning a hated new rule.