The middle-grade answer to Christina Baker Kline's New York Times bestselling Orphan Train, this is a shockingly timely historical adventure. Imagine being taken from your home. Imagine your mother is the one who lets it happen. This is the fate that befalls the Kelly children. It's 1856, and their widowed mother has sent them west from New York City because she's convinced that she can't give them the life they deserve. The Kellys board an "orphan train" and are taken to St. Joseph, Missouri, where their problems only grow worse. It was bad enough that they had to say goodbye to their moth... View More...
A Journey to Hell and Back: The Flip Side is the third text in author Charlotte Russell Johnson's series of motivational books. Ms. Johnson true to form has developed a surprisingly unique book. The two major characters alternate narration of the story. This literary technique serves to mesmerize and hold the reader spellbound. Two separate individuals on parallel descents into hell collide violently, the force of which serves as a catalyst to accelerate their demise. Then just as all visible signs of hope evaporate, in a surprising plot twist surpassing Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, the text evo... View More...
After ten years of study and consultation, UNICEF, the premier organization devoted to the care and welfare of the world's children, published the results of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Using these tenets as a base, A Life Like Mine profiles children from all over the globe leading their lives in different and fascinating ways. The challenges of nations both developed and developing are revealed in the stories and photographs in this special volume. DK and UNICEF have combined their inspirational forces to provide remarkable insight into children's lives. View More...
Happy faces, shy faces, silly faces--these and other fun images fill this new board book. Children can get to know facial expressions as they flip through the pages. Tabs illustrated with charming icons help little ones find their favorite faces and farmyard friends. Full color. Age 6 mos. and up. View More...
Here's the perfect book for baby showers What can a child expect when mom is expecting? What will happen between now and when the new baby comes--and when a child is going to be a big brother or big sister? What should a child do while waiting for a sibling to arrive? This carefully explained picture book provides answers to these questions and more, helping make the arrival exciting instead of scary. Part of the Sears Children's Library picture books, this title provides helpful information for young children expecting a new brother or sister. View More...
Here's the perfect book for baby showers What can a child expect when mom is expecting? What will happen between now and when the new baby comes--and when a child is going to be a big brother or big sister? What should a child do while waiting for a sibling to arrive? This carefully explained picture book provides answers to these questions and more, helping make the arrival exciting instead of scary. Part of the Sears Children's Library picture books, this title provides helpful information for young children expecting a new brother or sister. View More...
It's fun to play hide-and-seek with a brother, or build a fort, or jump in puddles. You can make a brother laugh, play baseball together, and keep each other company when Mom and Dad go out. A brother is a lifelong friend. Sisters and brothers alike will enjoy lifting the flaps of this adorably illustrated book, brimming with cheerful, colorful art, to see all the ways a brother is special. View More...
A bilingual, English-Spanish board book for babiesThis delightful little book explores the everyday world of babies waking up, drinking juice, eating fruit, taking a bath, and getting dressed. With bilingual text throughout, the simple words and pictures are fun for babies and parents to read together over and over. Your baby will enjoy the simple design with brightly colored images and the baby photos. View More...
For over 25 years, changing families have been using Dinosaurs Divorce to learn to talk to each other about one of life's most difficult moments, from the creators of the beloved, bestselling Dino Life Guides--over 1.5 million copies of the series sold.A comprehensive, sensitive guide for changing families, Dinosaurs Divorce helps readers understand what divorce means, why it happens, and how to best cope with everyone's feelings.Topics covered in the book include: Divorce Words and What They Mean * Why Parents Divorce * After the Divorce * Living with One Parent * Visiting Your Parent * Havin... View More...
MacGregor knows that divorce can be especially tough on teens, and her warm and friendly guide offers a helping hand to teens struggling to answer the tough questions when their parents divorce: Why do parents get divorced? How will the divorce change our lives? What can I do to feel less depressed? Who can I talk to about my problems? What's going to happen next? How do you tell absent parents that they don't visit enough? How do you say "no" to parents who want you to carry messages to, or spy on, the other parent? What is there to talk about when you visit a parent who's moved away? View More...
This wise and compassionate book helps children work through and express their feelings about separation and divorce. It defines important terms ("custody", "child support", "visitation") in language children can understand and focuses on the emotional aftermath of divorce. View More...
Accelerated Reader is a program based on the fact that students become more motivated to read if they are tested on the content of the books they have read and are rewarded for correct answers. Students read each book, individually take the test on the computer, and receive gratification when they score well. Schools using the Accelerated Reader program have seen a significant increase in reading among their students.This collection of high/low titles serves as a rich resource for your at-risk teens. With the test disk, it also provides an opportunity to reinforce your students' understanding ... View More...
This delightful book contains fifteen poems that tell the story of a weeklong family reunion through the eyes of Jodie, a 10-year-old girl. From the original invitation and the drive there to listening to family stories and helping with a barbecue, and finally going home again, Jodie relates in verse form all the experiences she shares with her family at the reunion.Author Mary Quattlebaum has included a variety of poetic forms, including free verse, a haiku, a sonnet, a ballad, and more, making this a rich reading experience for young readers and their families. Andrea Shine's richly colored ... View More...
Preschool children get an early introduction to a second language when their parents show them books in the charming Bilingual First Books series. These titles are bilingual in English and Spanish, and give toddlers a head start in learning a foreign language at the same time they are learning their own. Charming two-page spreads show color pictures of familiar objects all relating to the book's general theme. The word on the left for parents to read aloud is in English, and the word on the right is its Spanish equivalent. The last page of each book aids parents with a list of all words introd... View More...
Grandpa uses his hammer to make things. The things start out as dreams -- a kitchen table, a rocking chair, a doll house. Grandpa's hammer makes them real. Grandpa said it takes two things to make dreams come true -- faith and a hammer. This is a story of faith and of a young girl's devotion to her grandfather, and a testament to the power of love and to the strength we gain by helping others. If the story is read with open hearts, we can learn, too. View More...
These are the things a baby needs: Bottle, blanket, rattle, beads.Here is a gentle poem all about baby's world--familiar, comforting, and filled with love. Illustrated with charming, folk-style paintings of objects easily recognizable to infants, this board book is perfect for reading together.
These are the things a baby needs: Bottle, blanket, rattle, beads.Here is a gentle poem all about baby's world--familiar, comforting, and filled with love. Illustrated with charming, folk-style paintings of objects easily recognizable to infants, this board book is perfect for reading together.
Sam has a joyful story to tell, one completely her own, yet common to millions of families -- the story of how she was adopted. Most of all, it's a story about love. And in the end, Sam's story comes full circle, inviting young readers to share stories of how they were adopted.
In these wonderfully straightforward accounts of what it means to children to be adopted, nineteen boys and girls, from eight to sixteen years old--and from every social background--confide their feelings about this crucial fact of their lives. It is deeply affecting to listen to these children as they reveal their questions, frustrations, difficulties, and joys with an honesty that is immediate, convincing, and stirring. Their generosity will provide solace and strength for thousands of other children who share with them the experience of being adopted--and who will be helped to understand th... View More...
