This fascinating exploration of children's inquiry -- what it is, how it develops, and how it contributes to children's learning -- will help teacher educators and elementary teachers to understand, appreciate, and foster children's inquiry in classrooms. In this volume. Lindfors introduces a theoretical framework for understanding children's inquiry language -- not as linguistic forms (questio…
Alexander is not going to leave his best friend Paul. Or Rachel, the best babysitter in the world. Or the Baldwins, who have a terrific dog named Swoozie. Or Mr. and Mrs. Oberdorfer, who always give great treats on Halloween. Who cares if his father has a new job a thousand miles away? Alexander is not -- Do you hear him? He Means it! -- going to move.
Shhh... The Moon Is Out. The Stars Are Twinkling In The Night Sky. And All The Animals Are Sleepy-Expect Thumper. Will This Mischievous Bunny Ever Go To Bed?
Alexander wakes up with gum in his hair. His best friend mean to him. He has to eat lima beans for dinner. And there's kissing on TV. For Alexander, it's a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day
Who stole the Cookies? Oh no! Who took all the cookies? Was it Cat, or was it Mouse? Or maybe it was Turtle! Read this funny story and find out!
"What I heard could cost my life and General Washington's as well," says Phoebe's father. "I need your help!" But Phoebe's job will be terribly dangerous... Disguised as the general's housekeeper, Phoebe will be a spy - listening, watching, guarding his very life from an unknown killer - can she do it?
Charley Maplewood has never been one for parties. That would require friends, which he doesn't have. But now that he's turning ten - the big one oh - he decides to throw a birthday party for himself, complete with a "House of Horrors" theme and a big birthday cake. Of course things don't work out as Charley plans. In trying to make friends, he ends up inviting the class bully Cougar to come, an…
This new version of the Caldecott-winning classic by illustrator David Small and author Judith St. George is updated with current facts and new illustrations to include our forty-second president, George W. Bush. There are now three Georges in the catalog of presidential names, a Bush alongside the presidential family tree, and a new face on the endpaper portraiture. Hilariously illustrated by…
Alexander had hoped to save the dollar from his grandparents for a walkie-talkie.