ACARA Years 3-6
— A family takes their cancer-stricken dog Maddy to her beloved beach one last time, where she briefly finds the strength to play before being put to sleep the next day.
— A golden stallion who killed a girl's father returns months later, saves her from a barn fire, and earns the family's forgiveness.
— A boy watches snow transform the landscape and records the lives of forest creatures, while his father sees only an eyesore to remove.
— A young poet confronts racist taunts of 'Go back to Asia' by questioning where anyone truly belongs, reminding us that only Native Americans aren't immigrants to this land.
— A lonely fifth-grader who feels invisible meets Lizzy, a quirky new student with electric blue eyes who notices her red Converse and offers genuine friendship.
— A young musician describes the physical and emotional experience of playing a brass instrument, from cold valves to the music flowing through her body.
— A ten-year-old Sioux boy participates in his first buffalo hunt, kills the largest buffalo in the herd, and earns his adult name, Buffalo Spirit.
— A girl sent to live with grandparents in Maine because her family has eight children finds a stray kitten on the beach and realizes she hasn't been abandoned after all.
— A girl sneaks out at night to the boardwalk, discovers a manatee tangled in a net, rescues it with her parents' help, and later travels to Florida to release it.
— Laughter becomes a cool glass of water that offers temporary escape from homework, hospital visits, and the weight of the real world.