The phenomenon returns! Originally published in 1987, The Book of Questions, a New York Times bestseller, has been completely revised and updated to incorporate the myriad cultural shifts and hot-button issues of the past twenty-five years, making it current and even more appealing. This is a book for personal growth, a tool for deepening relationships, a lively conversation starter for th…
from the back cover: An adorable toddler ballerina twirls and whirls her way through this eye-catching book with fancy, glittery cloth on every spread!
from the back cover: Herbivor purba ini adalah penyuka tumbuhan paku. Dengan gigi tajam, rahang kuat, dan paruh yang mirip burung beo, Triceratops mampu memotong batang tanaman yang keras. Untuk melindungi diri dari predator, Triceratops menggunakan jumbai leher dan tiga tanduk atau cula di kepalanya sebagai senjata. Mari kita kembali ke Zona Prasejarah dan pelajari lebih banyak tentang hewa…
When she was almost electrocuted by her older brother : her insecurities were zapped right out of her, and in their place appeared a sassy new confidence. No longer shy or self-conscious, Minerva goes where most thirteen-year-olds wouldn't dare-like behind the line of yellow crime-scene tape, or wherever a a new mystery rears its head.
'ON THE DAY THEY WERE GOING TO KILL HIM, SANTIAGO NASAR GOT UP AT FIVE-THIRTY IN THE MORNING TO WAIT FOR THE BOAT THE BISHOP WAS COMING ON' When newlywed Angela Vicario and Bayardo San Román are left to their wedding night, Bayardo discovers that his new wife is no virgin. Disgusted, he returns Angela to her family home that very night, where her humiliated mother beats her savagely and her…
This gripping story, written in sparse first-person, free-verse poems, is the compelling tale of Billie Jo's struggle to survive during the dust bowl years of the Depression. With stoic courage, she learns to cope with the loss of her mother and her grieving father's slow deterioration. There is hope at the end when Billie Jo's badly burned hands are healed, and she is able to play her beloved …
Karen Hesse's Newbery Award-winning skills are put to great use in Witness, a poetic tale about friendship, fanaticism, and the deadly undercurrents of racial prejudice. The story takes place in a small Vermont town in the year 1924, revealing the devastating impact of the Ku Klux Klan on this pastoral, insular community. At the heart of the tale are two motherless girls who come to the attenti…