The Christmas holiday is best forgotten on a small, desolate farm recently touched with loss, but a blizzard brings together two unlikely beings, one man and one beast, both in need of comfort and hop
Introduces proverbs, clichaes, and idioms in illustrations that portray a young child's literal interpretation, with information about the origin and original meaning of each expression.
Offers an amusing tale about a child's literal interpretation of the statements his mother commonly makes, such as "money doesn't grow on trees" and "hold your horses."
From "Do you have ants in your pants?' to "Stick together!" and "Great minds think alike," readers will be intrigued by the history of these adages, told in poetry form as well as expository text, and
Illustrated excerpts from the nineteenth century classic relate the experiences of a young horse as he explores his home, plays with other colts, and learns from his loving mother to be gentle and goo
Devoted to the history of our nation's capital, uniquely situated within a federal district created from land donated by the states of Maryland and Virginia, this Dictionary uses an A to Z approach to
Proverbs, cliches, and idioms oft-quoted by the "senior" members of families are introduced in rhyme--along with information about their origins--and illustrated as a young child's literal interpretat
Building upon their command of common benchmark fractions, students add 1/3's, 1/8's, and 1/100's, and their decimal and percent equivalents, to their repertoire of part-whole relationships.
Students use the fractions 1/10, 1/2, 1/4, and 3/4; the decimals 0.1, 0.5, 0.25, and 0.75; and the percents 50%, 25%, 75%, 100%, and the multiples of 10% as benchmarks with which to describe and compa
