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Introduces the African-American holiday of Kwanzaa, and provides information on holiday parties, recipes for African-inspired dishes, instructions for holiday craft projects, and brief biographies of

When tests reveal that Brian is dyslexic, the young boy must work with a tutor and figure out new ways to learn, and through it all Brian learns that being different is not necessarily bad

Recounts the history of the 9th and 10th Cavalry regiments, comprised of African American soldiers recruited to open the West to settlers and whose deeds included escorting wagon trains, carrying mail

Newberry author Cynthia Voigt's searing tale of abuse -- and taking back your life.Tish has taken enough. She will no longer be abused. She will no longer be passive. So she takes a knife with her

An excellent introduction to mythology, this book includes a glossary, afterword, and bibliography.

Disgusted by his softball team, which includes a ball-fearing catcher, a sleepy right fielder, and a toilet paper sponsor who wants the uniforms to reflect his product, Corey Johnson forms a plan with

A retelling of the traditional tale about the little red hen and the friends who won't help her prepare her bread, but want to help her eat it.

From the Newbery award-winning author of HolesEverything in Mrs. Jewls's class has gone topsy-turvy...again. The report cards are scrambled, the pop quiz won't pop, and watermelons are falling out th

A killer who phones his victims before murdering them is stalking Karen, and if Karen cannot trace the caller, she will become his next conquest

Three generations of African American women, each holding on to a separate truth. Their story -- encompassing racism and murder as well as the family commonplaces that make a life -- is one that read

Shows that Eugenie Clark's childhood fascination with fishes led her to become an ichthyologist, the director of a marine laboratory, and a professor of zoology and recounts her adventures as she trav

In this story, children play in and around a tree. The tree is also a home for some birds and animals.

Daniel, a composite character fashioned to reflect the experiences of millions of children during the Holocaust, describes his family's lives in pre-Nazi Frankfurt, their deportation to a ghetto, and

An award-winning dramatic thriller finds a young girl confronting her fears and making heroic efforts at the terrifying scene of a crashed 747. Reissue.

A fast, fun, friendship read from the Newbery-award winning author of Maniac Magee.It's the first day of school at Plumstead Middle School and already there's trouble. It starts with Sunny, who is de

Young Pedro, a boy who accompanied Christopher Columbus on his voyages, recounts in his journal the sights he sees and the adventures and dangers he encounters on the trip. Reprint.

Seventeen stories depict a variety of strange and horrifying occurrences.

A host of season-specific images and activities include steaming mugs of cocoa, fall leaves, sleigh-riding, running in the rain, playing baseball, and trick-or-treating

Assembled on the pages of this anthology are 13 original short stories by the best known writers of the genre: Christopher Pike, R.L. Stine, A. Bates, D.E. Athkins, Lael Littke and Pat Windsor---just

When Karen's best friend, Amanda, must move away, Karen throws her a huge going-away party and promises to keep in touch, then looks forward to meeting her new neighbors

Kristy's Krushers, a softball team on which Kristy and her stepsister Karen play, loses its chance to march in the Stoneybrook parade when Homerun Karen experiences a batting slump

After spending four years with relatives in the South, a fifteen-year-old girl accepts the idea that slaves are property and is horrified to learn when she returns to the North that her home is a stat

Left alone after the deaths of her father and brother who take opposite sides in the War for Independence, and fleeing from the British who seek to arrest her, Sarah Bishop struggles to shape a new li

Karen contracts a severe case of sibling jealousy when her family adopts baby Emily and she is no longer the little sister, but she soon realizes that being someone's big sister can be just as much fu

This biography recounts the life of Harry Houdini from his boyhood through his years as an escape artist and master showman.

All his life, Tim Meeker has looked up to his brother Sam. Sam's smart and brave -- and is now a part of the American Revolution. Not everyone in town wants to be a part of the rebellion. Most are supporters of the British -- including Tim and Sam's father. With the war soon raging, Tim know he'll have to make a choice -- between the Revolutionaries and the Redcoats . . . and between his brother and his father.

A mischievous youth encounters a runaway slave and together they travel down the Mississippi in search of adventure

Cousins Debbie and Jeff stumble across something they were not meant to see when a blizzard strands them in a mysterious old house with a hidden mummy and Anubis, a strange creature that once guarded

Fearing that her family is falling apart after the death of her father, Mattie vows to do whatever she can to renew her mother's spirit and hopes that the purchase of a beautiful, but expensive, gold

The 72 books in this series (12 per pack) cover the full range of phonics skills--from short vowels, consonants, blends, and digraphs (Pack 1-2); long vowels and more blends and digraphs (Pack3); more long vowels, and r-controlled vowels (Pack 4); compound words, constractions, plurals, and multisyllabic words (Pack 5); and possessives; homophones, irregular plurals, and multisyllabic words (Pack 6).These books provise follow-up practice for phonics instruction and offer a complete basic course in decoding. They are less controlled than series such as Phonics Readers and Decodable Readers, and therefore offer more challenging texts. Their high-interest level makes them ideal for independent reading practice.9780545648950 Clifford Phonics Fun Pack #1 (with CD)9780545648967 Clifford Phonics Fun Pack #2 (with CD)9780545648974 Clifford Phonics Fun Pack #3 (with CD)9780545648001 Clifford Phonics Fun Pack #4 (with CD)9780545648018 Clifford Phonics Fun Pack #5 (with CD)9780545648025 Clifford

It's a gun-slinging, rail-riding, Pirate Cat-busting adventure in the Old West, with the fate of the future at stake!Utah, USA, 1869. Work on the Transcontinental Railroad connecting the east and west

From pie charts and bar graphs to calendars and sheet music, charts and graphs help us organize complex information and present it in a way that is easy to understand.Readers (Grades 3-5) will learn t

Caldecott Honoree and NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author/artist Jon J Muth takes a fresh and exciting new look at the four seasons! Eating warm cookieson a cold dayis easy water catchesevery thrown sto

Sing along out loud as you read about a farmer and his dog with a very catchy "name-o"! The lyrics to this popular song are illustrated by Hans Wilhelm. A CD featuring "B-I-N-G-O" and two other songs

This joyful story of one young girl's morning journey slowly turns into an adventure as shadows become tightropes, a marble transforms into a sea of azure and leaves sound like crunchy cookies. A wond

This book looks at the ideas of fifteenth-century artist, inventor, engineer, and scientist Leonardo da Vinci and shows how some of his drawings and descriptions inspired later inventions.Standards:RI

With the help of a mood ring, a Magic 8 Ball, and some old-fashioned intuition, Judy Moody is convinced that she can foretell the future in a new episode that's funnier than ever. Judy Moody ate one,

Hear ye! Hear ye! Everyone knows that Judy Moody has a mood for every occasion, and now a visit to Boston has put her in a revolutionary frame of mind Unfortunately, a protest for more allowance in th

A brand-new friend and a big class project put Judy in an international mood in this comical adventure.Judy Moody cannot believe her ears. There at the lunch table, a girl called Amy Namey is intervie

With the help of a mood ring, a Magic 8 Ball, and some old-fashioned intuition, Judy Moody is convinced that she can foretell the future in a new episode that's funnier than ever. Judy Moody ate one,