Ten-year-old Orry Jenkins is sick and tired of the dust. The year is 1935 and Kansas hasn’t gotten enough rain in years. Instead of rainstorms, they get dust storms. One day, Orry and his little steps
Through vivid, full-color photographs and easily understood sentences, see how children from around the world practice their religious beliefs. Looking at the rich diversity as well as the underlying
See the blue water. Hear the waves crash. Smell the suntan lotion. Touch a soft feather. Taste the salty seawater. The seashore stimulates all of our five senses in exciting ways. This book is a wonde
Have you ever thought about all the different types of writing you can do? You may write papers for school and e-mails to your friends. Some of you might enjoy writing stories and poems. Communicating
Introduces different movements in art, including naturalism, romanticism, pointillism, and photorealism, discussing when each movement was popular, its important characteristics, and famous painters w
A rhyming text filled with humorous examples explains how to use and compare metric and U.S. customary units of length and introduces such tools of measurement as rulers and yardsticks.
Rhyming text and illustrations of comical cats present numerous examples of adjectives, revealing tips and tricks for cleverly describing things, ideas, and living beings. Reprint.
Relates how Bokuden Tsukahara, the greatest swordsman of sixteenth-century Japan, deals with a boastful, bullying warrior during a ferry ride across a great river.
Describes how coyote and five other animals, tired of winter, were able to steal summer from Old Woman, but when summer breaks out and they are finally caught, coyote and Old Woman agree to split summ
The prosperity of Sima's family comes from their preservation of a porcelain bowl given to them by a wizard in return for their kindness, but when one of Sima's friends falls in the bowl and is in dan
Here is an intimate look at a time when you could turn an idea into a successful publishing house and stay independent. Tenacity Well Directed is Harry Lerner's story, about a publishing generation we
Monkeys! Seals! Tigers! Check out these eight action-packed scenes to see what happens during a full day at a busy zoo. In each picture, the zoo buzzes with activity. Visitors, zookeepers, and animals
Look out for the Allosaurus! Would you like to see what happens during a year in the world of dinosaurs? Then come spend the next twelve months in the Jurassic period. Check out eight action-packed sc
One book is never enough to explore the wide range of verbs! The crazy cats deliver loads of additional examples to illustrate the power of both action verbs and linking verbs. Brian P. Cleary's playf
Relates how a fifteen-year-old free African-American soldier became a prisoner of war on a British warship, earned the respect of the captain by playing marbles with his son, and helped a fellow inmat
The author and illustrator of the best-selling Words Are CATegorical® series brings their trademark sense of humor to the subject of subtraction. Rhyming text filled with funny, countable examples sho
Three handsome and clever brothers compete to find the world's most unusual gift, in a folktale that includes a note on doing good deeds, or mitzvah, and discusses the symbolism of the pomegranate in
Readers can learn about antonyms by enjoying clever rhymes and comical illustrations of the concept of opposites, in a title in the Words Are CATegorical series. Reprint.
Presents the life of the railroad engineer who was famous for always bringing his train in on time and whose brave actions during his last ride on the Cannonball Express saved the lives of all of the
Simple text introduces homonyms, words that sound and look the same but have different meanings, and homophones, words that sound alike, but have different spellings and meaning.
Relates the experience of Paul Jennings, a slave who belonged to President Madison, as he stayed by the side of Dolley Madison as British soldiers marched toward Washington, D.C.
In April 1607, twelve-year-old Sam Collier and a group of Englishmen landed in North America. Arriving as an assistant to the solider John Smith, Sam was excited to discover what adventures lay before
Do you know....How African elephants use their trunks? What African elephants do with their front teeth? What baby African elephants are called? Read this book to discover the answers!
Have fun with language!The latest addition to the best-selling Words Are CATegorical(R) series, this fun-filled guide uses playful puns and humorous illustrations to creatively clarify the concept of pronouns. Key pronouns appear in color for easy identification to show, not tell, readers what pronouns are all about.
