The one thing Gilly wants is a home of her own. If only she could find her mother, Courtney, and live with her. Instead, she finds herself in yet another ugly foster home, the responsibility of frumpy Maime Trotter, who is almost illiterate.
from the back cover: oh, how delightful it is to fall in love for the first time! How exciting to go to your first dance when you are a girl of eighteen! But life can also be hard and cruel, if you are young and inexperienced and travelling alone across Europe... or if you are a child from the wrong social class. . . or a singer without work and the rent to be paid. Set in Europe and New Zea…
Trough Rosie is the meanest cow in the herd, five year old Marvin is inconsolable when she is sold and he and his family move to another dairy farm.
If the kids can't sit still for the class performance, Roscoe's teacher could be in big trouble. Fortunately Roscoe has a plan to save her—a super, mega, gonzo plan! What could go wrong?
Veteran educator and NCTE trainer Katherine McKnight shows how students can use graphic organizers as an important tool to organize new information. Providing a visual representation that uses symbols to express ideas, concepts, and convey meaning, graphic organizers help to depict relationships between facts, terms, and ideas. The author demonstrates how graphic organizers have proven to be a …
Ibu Holly akan segera melahirkan adik bayi. Kucing si Ben, teman Holly, juga akan mempunyai anak. "Dari mana adik bayi berasal, Bu?" tanya Holly kepada ibunya. Buku dengan illustrasi indah ini akan menjawab pertanyaan anak-anak tentang asal mula kehidupan manusia, siapa diri mereka, dan seberapa besar kasih sayang orang tua pada mereka.
"Siapakah Tuhan?" tanya burung gereja. Pertanyaan ini akhirnya membawa burung gereja untuk bertualang. Dia terbang tinggi dan juh untuk mencari Tuhan yang menciptakan pagi karena dia ingin mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Tuhan.
Sasha and Olly are up and away! From beaches to buses, these two friends are always ready for sparkly fun!