These short stories are eyewitness account from the frontlines of the War of Independence, the period of time where Indonesians declared war against the Dutch forces (the latter seek to regain control of the archipelago post World War II's defeat of the Japanese). The stories are more about the personal struggles of the individuals involved in the battlefields, not the heroic elements of war. T…
When Cam, her friend Eric, and her father stop for pizza while they are at the mall, Cam must rely on her photographic memory to locate her missing jacket. Reprint.
The book starts with activities that makes babies busy before bedtime, and ends with babies going to bed.
Did someone take Jason's cookie? Cam Jansen can find a mystery anywhere - even in the school lunchroom! When Jason opens his lunch box and finds only cookie crumbs, Cam's amazing memory clicks into action. Can she figure out who ate Jason's cookie?
Spark a love of poetry and language with this classroom treasury of poems. It includes time-tested classics by poets such as Walt Whitman, Carl Sandburg, Elinor Wylie, and Emily Dickinson, plus new poems sure to become classroom favorites. The selections are perfect for teaching poetic forms such as haiku, cinquain, and free verse, as well as figurative language such as metaphor, alliteration, …
There are big cities and tiny villages. There are places to live on islands and by the seaside. This book tells you about places you can live in.'
Two polar bear cubs have a big day ahead. What will they learn today?'