A science book about valuing and caring for our Earth's resources.
It's not easy being nine, especially when everyone calls you little sister instead of your proper name. But nothing stops Sassy Simone Sanford! When the going gets tough, she reaches into her shimmery Sassy Sack to find what's needed-a camera, shoestring, flashlight, or superglue-to solve life's problems. When she and her family are trapped in a scary situation. Sassy learns that courage comes …
A Children’s Book Review Seven Middle Grade Books for African American History Month Pick Fans of Elijah of Buxton, Trouble Don’t Last, and Stealing Freedom will be drawn to this tale of the incredible journey of an abused twelve-year-old white girl and an escaped slave girl who run away together and form a bond of friendship while seeking freedom. Every day is a misery for a namele…
SC Cilandak ( Bridging Later ) Its summer vacation, and Sassy and her family are headed to Florida to visit Grammy for her birthday. A huge celebration is planned at Grammy's beach house. Sassy cant wait! But the weather reports say a hurricane is swirling in the Atlantic, and could be coming right toward Grammy's town. So much for family fun - everyone's to busy boarding up their houses an…
SC Cilandak ( Gold / Fluent ) I am a queen. I live in a castle, right across the street from the John Howard housing projects. Every day right after school, I run to my bedroom window and open it wide - even in the middle of winter when the wind blows wet show up my nose, I watch for my knight in shining armor. He's ten years old, in the fifth grade like me, and rides a bike - a two - wheel…
Ten-year-old Elijah Breeze, a.k.a. Jumper died, his mother has moved them form the suburbs to New York City's Harlem area, and he has to spend the summer at baseball camp. Baseball is Jumper's game. He doesn't know anything about baseball, or city life, or how to keep going without his dad. Jumper struggles in his new life, but he's encouraged by the support of his coach and his grandma's wisdo…
The award-winning creators of Alphabeasties and Bugs but the Numbers have gone prehistoric! Using letters in an artful assortment of type, the famed duo create a menagerie of dazzling dinosaurs and pack each page with captivating dino-facts. This sophisticated rendering of dinosaur-ologu will leap out from other dino-books to entrain, engage, and educate aspiring paleontologists.