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A Letter to My Teacher
by Deborah HopkinsonThis funny, touching picture book celebrates the difference a good teacher can make. Written as a thank-you note to a special teacher from the student who never forgot her, this moving story makes a great classroom read-aloud, and a perfect back-to-school gift for students and teachers! Dear Teacher, Whenever I had something to tell you, I tugged on your shirt and whispered in your ear. This time I&’m writing a letter. So begins this heartfelt picture book about a girl who prefers running and jumping to listening and learning—and the teacher who gently inspires her. From stomping through creeks on a field trip to pretending to choke when called upon to read aloud, this book&’s young heroine would be a challenge to any teacher. But this teacher isn&’t just any teacher. By listening carefully and knowing just the right thing to say, she quickly learns that the girl&’s unruly behavior is due to her struggles with reading. And at the very end, we learn what this former student is now: a teacher herself. From award winning author Deborah Hopkinson and acclaimed illustrator Nancy Carpenter, this picture book is made to be treasured by both those who teach and those who learn.
A Level Playing Field
by Rachel WiseA middle-school star reporter has a tough time taking a stance on a story when her cowriter is also her crush.Samantha really enjoys writing for her school newspaper, particularly when she's assigned to write with Michael Lawrence, who happens to also be her crush. She's thrilled to work with him--but less thrilled to realize they disagree on how the article should be written. The topic is whether students should pay for extracurricular activities, such as sports, and Samantha thinks it's a good idea. After all, baseball isn't as important as math or language arts, she argues. But try telling that to the star pitcher on the school's baseball team! Maybe Samantha's headline should be Trouble in the Newsroom!All's not fair in love and journalism in this newsworthy addition to a tween-savvy series.
A Level Playing Field
by Rachel WiseA middle-school star reporter has a tough time taking a stance on a story when her cowriter is also her crush.Samantha really enjoys writing for her school newspaper, particularly when she's assigned to write with Michael Lawrence, who happens to also be her crush. She's thrilled to work with him--but less thrilled to realize they disagree on how the article should be written. The topic is whether students should pay for extracurricular activities, such as sports, and Samantha thinks it's a good idea. After all, baseball isn't as important as math or language arts, she argues. But try telling that to the star pitcher on the school's baseball team! Maybe Samantha's headline should be Trouble in the Newsroom!All's not fair in love and journalism in this newsworthy addition to a tween-savvy series.
A Library
by Nikki GiovanniIn this lyrical picture book, world-renowned poet, New York Times bestselling author, and Coretta Scott King Honor winner Nikki Giovanni and fine artist Erin Robinson craft an ode to the magic of a library as a place not only for knowledge but also for imagination, exploration, and escape.In what other place can a child "sail their dreams" and "surf the rainbow" without ever leaving the room? This ode to libraries is a celebration for everyone who loves stories, from seasoned readers to those just learning to love words, and it will have kids and parents alike imagining where their library can take them.This inspiring read-aloud includes stunning illustrations and a note from Nikki Giovanni about the importance of libraries in her own childhood.
A Library for Juana
by Pat Mora Beatriz VidalFrom the author of Tomás and the Library Lady, an amazing, true story about the quest for knowledge that inspired one of Mexico's most famous and beloved poets, Sor Juana Inés. Juana Inés was just a little girl in a village in Mexico when she decided that the thing she wanted most in the world was her very own collection of books, just like in her grandfather's library. When she found out that she could learn to read in school, she begged to go. And when she later discovered that only boys could attend university, she dressed like a boy to show her determination to attend. Word of her great intelligence soon spread, and eventually, Juana Inés was considered one of the best scholars in the Americas-something unheard of for a woman in the 17th century.Today, this important poet is revered throughout the world and her verse is memorized by schoolchildren all over Mexico.
A Library for Juana: The World of Sor Juana Inés
by Pat MoraA biography of the seventeenth-century Mexican poet, learned in many subjects, who became a nun later in life.
A Life Electric: The Story of Nikola Tesla
by Azadeh WestergaardA lyrical biography of the eccentric engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla &“An elegant and enlightening look at a man who brightened the whole world.&” –Booklist, starred reviewBorn at the stroke of midnight during a lightning storm, Nikola Tesla grew up to become one of the most important electrical inventors in the world. But before working with electricity, he was a child who loved playing with the animals on his family's farm in Serbia. An inventor since childhood, Tesla's patents encompassed everything from radar and remote-control technology to wireless communications. But his greatest invention was the AC induction motor, which used alternating currents ( AC) to distribute electricity and which remains the standard for electric distribution today. Tesla's love of animals also remained constant throughout his life and led to his anointment as the Pigeon Charmer of New York for his devotion to nature's original wireless messengers.Exploring his groundbreaking inventions against the backdrop of his private life, A Life Electric introduces Nikola Tesla to young readers unlike ever before. Azadeh Westergaard's lyrical debut brings compassion and humanity to the legacy of the brilliant inventor, while the esteemed illustrator Júlia Sardà deftly brings him to life.
A Life Of Our Lord For Children
by Marigold HuntDescribes the life of Jesus Christ and the establishment of his Kingdom as the Catholic Church.
A Life in The Wild: George Schaller's Struggle to Save the Last Great Beasts
by Pamela S. TurnerIn this biography, Pamela S. Turner examines the amazing life and groundbreaking work of the man International Wildlife calls the worlds foremost field biologist. Schaller's landmark research revolutionized field biology, demonstrating that it is possible to study dangerous animals in their own habitats: mountain gorillas in Central Africa, predatory tigers in India, mysterious snow leopards in the Himalayas, and many others.
A Life of My Own
by Mary TuckerWhat would you do when your life has been turned upside down?Charlotte Daye is alone and angry. She has been physically abandoned by her mother and emotionally abandoned by her father. It seems nobody cares about her anymore. And her world is changing so fast. Her best friend tells her all she needs is a boyfriend. But Charlotte is afraid of loving, afraid of suffering more heartache, afraid of what her new life will bring.A Life of My Own is a stirring novel of teenage anguish and hope from the author of BEING BRANDIE.
A Light in the Attic
by Shel SilversteinNOW AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK! From New York Times bestselling author Shel Silverstein, the creator of the beloved poetry collections Where the Sidewalk Ends, Falling Up, and Every Thing On It, comes an imaginative book of poems and drawings—a favorite of Shel Silverstein fans young and old. This digital edition also includes twelve poems previously only available in the special edition hardcover. A Light in the Attic delights with remarkable characters and hilariously profound poems in a collection readers will return to again and again.Here in the attic you will find Backward Bill, Sour Face Ann, the Meehoo with an Exactlywatt, and the Polar Bear in the Frigidaire. You will talk with Broiled Face, and find out what happens when Somebody steals your knees, you get caught by the Quick-Digesting Gink, a Mountain snores, and They Put a Brassiere on the Camel. Come on up to the attic of Shel Silverstein and let the light bring you home. And don't miss these other Shel Silverstein ebooks, The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and Falling Up!
A Light in the Castle (The Young Underground #6)
by Robert ElmerBook 6 in The Young Underground series. Peter and Elise travel to Copenhagen at the invitation of King Christian. Suspicious of a German man's interest in an antique key, Peter uncovers an assassination plot!
A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin (Dear America)
by Karen HesseNewbery Medal winner Karen Hesse's Civil War diary, A LIGHT IN THE STORM, is now back in print with a beautiful new cover!In 1861, Amelia Martin's father is stripped of his post as a ship's captain when he is caught harboring the leader of a slave rebellion. Now he is an assistant lighthouse keeper on Fenwick Island, off the coast of Delaware -- a state wedged between the North and the South, just as Amelia is wedged between her warring parents. Amelia's mother blames her abolitionist husband for their living conditions, which she claims are taking a toll on her health. Amelia observes her mother's hate and her father's admiration for Abraham Lincoln. But slavery is the deeper issue separating the two sides. As the Civil War rages on, Amelia slowly learns that she cannot stop the fighting, but by keeping watch in the lighthouse each day, lighting the lamps, cleaning the glass, and rescuing victims of Atlantic storms, she can still make a difference.
A Likely Place
by Paula FoxA little boy who can't spell or ever seem to please his parents spends a week with an odd babysitter and makes a special friend.
A Line Can Go Anywhere: The Brilliant, Resilient Life of Artist Ruth Asawa
by Caroline McAlisterA sweeping picture book biography about influential Japanese-American sculptor Aiko Ruth Asawa and her childhood spent in an incarceration camp, by award-winning author Caroline McAlister and rising star artist Jamie Green.Growing up on a dusty farm in Southern California, Ruth Aiko Asawa lived between two worlds. She was Aiko to some and Ruth to others, an invisible line she balanced on every day.But when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, suddenly she was only Aiko, no matter how much her family tried to cut the lines that connected them to Japan. Like many other Japanese Americans, Ruth and her family were sent to incarceration camps.At the Santa Anita racetrack, Ruth ran her fingers over the lines of horsehair in the stable stalls the family had moved into. At the Rohwer Relocation Center in Arkansas, she drew what she saw—bayous, guard towers, and the barbed wire that separated her from her old life.That same barbed wire would inspire Ruth’s art for decades, as she grew into one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. Throughout her career, she created enchanting twisting sculptures and curving shapes that connected, divided, and intersected.This gorgeous biography delves into the magnificent life of Ruth Asawa and her timeless contributions to the art world.
A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence (Dear America)
by Sherry GarlandIn the journal she receives for her twelfth birthday in 1835, Lucinda Lawrence describes the hardships her family and other residents of the "Texas colonies" endure when they decide to face the Mexicans in a fight for their freedom.
A Linguagem Corporal Dos Cães Com Ilustrações -Ajude Na Segurança Dos Seus Filhos
by Elvira Sousa Amber RichardsA maior parte das vezes, como pais, não nos preocupamos em ensinar aos nossos filhos regras de segurança no que diz respeito a cães até surgir uma situação de perigo. Então, já não há tempo para ensinar, porque temos de agir rapidamente. Qualquer prevenção demora muito tempo. Mesmo não sendo donos de um cão, devemos ensinar aos nossos filhos a lidar com cães em diferentes situações. Este livro pode ser lido por um adulto a uma criança que tenha medo de cães, ou a uma criança que seja demasiado confiante, mas que precisa de aprender a ter mais respeito. No início do livro, os pais podem encontrar algum aconselhamento sobre a leitura, que deverá ser feita previa e integralmente antes da abordagem com a criança. Os pais conhecem a fase de desenvolvimento dos seus filhos, o seu temperamento e a sua experiência vivida com cães melhor do que ninguém. Todos estes factores se interligam quando se trata de ensinar sobre segurança e cães. Infelizmente, é uma temática à qual não damos muita importância. Como autora, não pretendi escrever um livro assustador, mas sim, um livro que ensina e encoraja a uma relação saudável entre a criança e o cão. O livro termina com algumas gravuras engraçadas para concluir com um tom mais ligeiro.
A Lion Called King
by Prg CollinsKing was a handsome lion who had raised his family like a good father, and he had learnt the meaning of respect in his many years in the jungle. When some younger lions decided they liked all the things that King had gathered in his life, and wanted them for themselves, King had to teach them that you just can’t come into someone’s life and think you can take their things, their homes and scare their family without asking. King made them learn and understand the life lesson of respecting each other.
A Lion In The Meadow: Early Reader
by Margaret Mahy Jenny WilliamsEarly Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. When the little boy tells his mother he has seen a big, roaring, yellow, whiskery lion in the meadow, she decides to make up a story for him too and gives him a matchbox with a tiny dragon inside. A brand new Early Reader edition of this beautiful classic story.
A Lion In The Meadow: Early Reader (Early Reader)
by Margaret MahyEarly Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey.When the little boy tells his mother he has seen a big, roaring, yellow, whiskery lion in the meadow, she decides to make up a story for him too and gives him a matchbox with a tiny dragon inside. A brand new Early Reader edition of this beautiful classic story.
A Lion in the Meadow
by Margaret MahyIn the quiet meadow, the grass is green, and the apple tree has lots of apples. Underneath the apple tree is...? Other books by Margaret Mahy are available in this library.
A Lion to Guard Us (A\trophy Bk Ser.)
by Clyde Robert BullaLeft on their own in seventeenth-century London, three impoverished children draw upon all their resources to stay together and make their way to the Virginia colony in search of their father.
A Lista de Coisas Que Nunca Vão Mudar
by Rebecca SteadUma história sobre a ansiedade provocada pelas mudanças da vida e sobre como o amor pode fazer a diferença! Da autora bestseller vencedora de uma Medalha Newbery, chega-nos um livro imperdível, nomeado para o prémio Goodreads. Há dois anos, os pais da Bea divorciaram-se. Mas apesar de estar dividida entre duas casas, os pais são amigos, amam-na e isso é para ela o mais importante. Agora o pai da Bea anunciou que ele e o seu namorado vão casar. São notícias maravilhosas e ela não podia estar mais entusiasmada, pois vai concretizar o seu sonho e «ganhar» uma irmã da sua idade! Só que a Bea carrega um (grande!) segredo que ensombra este momento tão especial. Uma decisão impulsiva pode pôr em risco a felicidade dos que a rodeiam... Para tentar evitar isso, a Bea vai precisar de muita coragem, humildade e confiança no amor. «Um livro belíssimo» The New York Times «Nenhum autor do momento compreende a vida das crianças com maior clareza, doçura e encanto como a única e incomparável Rebecca Stead.» Katherine Applegate, autora de O Único e Incomparável Ivan
A Literature of Questions: Nonfiction for the Critical Child
by Joe Sutliff SandersNonfiction books for children—from biographies and historical accounts of communities and events to works on science and social justice—have traditionally been most highly valued by educators and parents for their factual accuracy. This approach, however, misses an opportunity for young readers to participate in the generation and testing of information. In A Literature of Questions, Joe Sutliff Sanders offers an innovative theoretical approach to children&’s nonfiction that goes beyond an assessment of a work&’s veracity to develop a book&’s equivocation as a basis for interpretation. Addressing how such works are either vulnerable or resistant to critical engagement, Sanders pays special attention to the attributes that nonfiction shares with other forms of literature, including voice and character, and those that play a special role in the genre, such as peritexts and photography. The first book-length work to theorize children&’s nonfiction as nonfiction from a literary perspective, A Literature of Questions carefully explains how the genre speaks in unique ways to its young readers and how it invites them to the project of understanding. At the same time, it clearly lays out a series of techniques for analysis, which it then applies and nuances through extensive close readings and case studies of books published over the past half century, including recent award-winning books such as Tanya Lee Stone&’s Almost Astronauts: Thirteen Women Who Dared to Dream and We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson. By looking at a text&’s willingness or reluctance to let children interrogate its information and ideological context, Sanders reveals how nonfiction can make young readers part of the project of learning rather than passive recipients of information.