Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Edda, a Little Valkyrie's First Day of School

Written and illustrated by Adam Auerbach.

32 pp. Christy Ottaviano/Holt. $15.50.

Edda's home is in Asgard, "a land full of magic and adventure." But Edda, the littlest Valkyrie, doesn't have quite enough to do, until her father flies her "all the way to Earth for the first day of school."

The contrast between home and school is hard to get used to (in one, she can ride reindeer; in the other she gazes guinea pig through glass at the classroom). In his first picture book, Auerbach mixes the two worlds perfectly. Children are likely to appreciate the joke.

Planet Kindergarten

By Sue Ganz-Schmitt. Illustrated by Shane Prigmore.

32 pp. Chronicle. $14.99.

After careful preparations and a successful blastoff, a boy finds himself in a very unfamiliar environment. "We're aliens from many galaxies on Planet Kindergarten," he reflects as he sees his very varied classmates for the first time.

Prigmore, who designs for the movie industry, uses black backgrounds and bright colors to give this space adventure visual excitement and humor.

The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade

By Justin Roberts. Illustrated by Christian Robinson.

42 pp. Putnam. $18.99.

It makes sense that the author of the long, rhyming lines in "The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade" is a children's music performer. The story is about the power of one small person to fight prejudice.

Sally, whom no one ever seems to notice, is "paying super extra special attention" to the "terrible stuff" happening around her. When she decides to take action, she's not alone for long.

And Two Boys Booed

By Judith Viorst.

32 pp. Margaret Ferguson/Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $16.59.

Ever felt quietly confident one minute, and a shaking mess the next? In Viorst's story about determination, a little boy wakes up thinking about singing his song in the class talent show.

1. Who is a writer of "Eda, a Little Valkyrie's First Day of School"?
2. Where is Edda's Home?
3. Is she bored?
4. Where does her dad flies her?
5. Who is the illustrator of "Planet Kindergarten"?
6. How much is the cost?
7. How much is the cost of first book?
8. Who is the writer of third one?
9. How much is the cost of it?
10. Who is the illustrator?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Adam Auerbach
2. Asgard
3. unknown
4. Earth
5. Shane Prigmore.
6. $14.99
7. $15.50
8. Justin Roberts
9. $18.99.
10. Christian Robinson.

Question: Dhanusha, Nepal (CNN)At Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport, hundreds of migrant workers line up daily at the immigration counters, clutching newly printed passports and boarding passes. Many of them, though, are clueless as to where they're headed.

As a frequent traveler to the country, I've been approached many times by these men, asking me to help fill out their departure forms.

Usually, when I ask what country they're traveling to, I get the same answer: "I'm not sure."

They seem weary and lost but still hopeful that they can make their lives better.

This time, however, I'm at the airport to follow up on the repatriation of the most unfortunate of these migrant workers -- far too many of them make the return journey in caskets.

Almost every day, the remains of three or four workers arrive back in Nepal from the Middle East, according to Bhola Prasad Siwakoti, the secretary of the Nepalese Ministry of Labor and Manpower. Every other day, at least one dead body arrives from Qatar, he said.

"Nepali migrant workers have the lowest per capita income in Qatar," says Suryanath Mishra, who served as ambassador to Qatar from 2007 to 2012. "They get exploited the most out of all the migrant workers."

He cites lack of education and technical skills as the main causes.

We are waiting for the body of Kishun Das, who left Nepal for Qatar only eight months ago. The 38-year old was his family's breadwinner and the father of five children.

His younger brother, Bishun, is at the airport to receive the body. He also works in Qatar and is in Nepal on leave. I ask him why he's alone. 1. How many migrant workers line up at the counters?
2. At which counters?
3. They're clutching printed passports and what?
4. How many don't know where they're going?
5. What do they ask for help with?
6. What do they seem to have hope for?
7. Do remains arrive every day?
8. Where from?
9. According to who?
10. Who has the lowest income in Qatar?
11. Who was ambassador to Qatar in 2012?
12. Whose body was being expected?
13. How old was he?
14. Did he have kids?
15. Who was his brother?
16. Where does he work?
17. Is he alone? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Hundreds.
2. The immigration counters.
3. Boarding passes.
4. Many of them.
5. Filling out forms.
6. Making their lives better.
7. Almost.
8. The Middle East.
9. Bhola Prasad Siwakoti.
10. Nepali migrant workers.
11. Suryanath Mishra.
12. Kishun Das.
13. 38.
14. Yes.
15. Bishun.
16. Qatar.
17. Yes.

Q: George had stolen some money, but the police had caught him and he had been put in prison. Now his trial was about to begin, and he felt sure that he would be found guilty and sent to prison for a long time.

Then he discovered that an old friend of his was one of the members of the jury at his trial. Of course, he did not tell anybody, but he managed to see his friend secretly one day. He said to him, "Jim, I know that the jury will find me guilty of having stolen the money. I cannot hope to be found not guilty of taking it ---- that would be too much to expect. But I should be grateful to you for the rest of my life if you could persuade the other members of the jury to add a strong recommendation for mercy to their statement that they consider me guilty."

"Well, George,"answered Jim. "I shall certainly try to do what I can for you as an old friend, but of course I cannot promise anything. The other eleven people on the jury look terribly strong-minded to me."

George said that he would quite understand if Jim was not able to do anything for him, and thanked him warmly for agreeing to help.

The trial went on, and at last the time came for the jury to decide whether George was guilty or not. It took them five hours, but in the end they found George guilty, with a strong recommendation for mercy.

Of course, George was very pleased, but he did not have a chance to see Jim for some time after the trial. At last, however, Jim visited him in prison, and George thanked him warmly and asked him how he had managed to persuade the other members of the jury to recommend mercy.

"Well, George," Jim answered, "as I thought, those eleven men were very difficult to persuade, but I managed it in the end by tiring them out. Do you know, those fools had all wanted to find you not guilty!"

1. five hours

Numbered questions:
1. How long did it take the Jury to decide their verdict?