The 40 articles (68 pages of student text) in grades 4-5 explore a range of topics of interest to young children including articles about animals, ecology, sports, Native American history and culture, social and environmental change, and paleontology.
- Dozens of Dinos
- Scoop on Dino Poop
- Amazing Antarctica
- Living at the Bottom of the World
- Dear Mother Earth: An Earthly Advice Column
- Iceburgs: Floating Iceburgs
- Rainforest Hero
- Craig Kielburger: Kids to the Rescue
- Ryan's Well: Clean Water for Kids
- Seeing the Needs of Others: Guide-Dog Puppy Raisers
- The Braille System: The Language of Touch
- You Have a Choice
- The Struggle for Equal Rights
- Words of Peace
- War: What Happens When Nations Don't Work it Out?
- Jai Alai: The Fastest Game in the World
- Queen Alliquippa, Seneca Leader
- Three Shades of Chocolate
- Chocolate Belt
- Chocolate: The Happy Food (or, Take Your Medicine)
- Strange Tree
- Ancient Mexico--Where and When
- Aztec School Days
- Fighting Fire from Head to Toe
- Firefighting through the Ages
- Great Chicago Fire
- For Men Only? Not!
- Interview with a Fire Inspector
- Negro Baseball Leagues
- Women of the Negro Leagues
- Jack Roosevelt Robinson: Baseball's First Black Superstar
- My Name is Now. . .
- Where in the World Did We Come From?
- Inalienable Rights
- Riding for Freedom
- We Were Here, Too
- A Magical Pen
- Swim School
- Long Swim
- Shark