Ada Twist is a very curious girl who shows perseverance by asking questions and performing experiments to find things out and understand the world.

Edna the penguin sets out on a quest--a quest for color.

Mimi, an independent preschooler, enjoys copying the behavior of those around her.

"This lyrical picture book follows one boy's early morning bus ride to school and the many things he observes"--

Raised to keep her head down and not ask questions, when twelve-year-old Agnes befriends her older anthropologist neighbor, she begins to think--and write--about things from new perspectives.

Flora wonders what the people in the audience do when they are not at the circus and when she is not satisfied with the answers she gets from the other circus performers she decides to find out the truth for herself.

"Little Why just cannot seem to stay in line with the other elephants. There's just too much to see; Giraffe's long-lofty leggy legs, Wildebeest's spiny-spiky horns, and even Crocodile's snippy-snappy teeth! Look out, Little Why!"--Amazon.com.

Although her sisters think she is silly, Tina is a curious cow who loves to explore and try new things.

"Oona and her best friend Otto love to search for treasure...and often find trouble instead. Messy trouble. Tricky trouble. Even shark-related trouble. That's never stopped them before, though! After all, no proper treasure hunt is without some adventure. But when the grandest treasure yet is stuck in a deep, dark rift, Oona's not sure if she can dive right in. What might be waiting for her in those unknown wates?"--