Nancy Elizabeth Wallace continues to explore difficult topics while making them more accessible to young readers with her signature cut-paper illustrations and, in this book, photographs from NASA. Minna is a stargazer. She looks at the nighttime sky and wonders, What are stars? Minna's friends wonder about stars too. How far away are they? Are they really shaped like stars? Is the sun a star? …
SC Cilandak ( Bridging Later ) level 13
SC Cilandak ( Gold / fluent ) Will coach let manny play? Manny's starting his first football season with the Hudson City Hornets, and he's determined to get in the game. Problem is, Manny's not a big guy, and when he tries to tackle the offense, he's the one who ends up on the ground. Coach isn't too pleased, especially when the team starts losing. But Manny refuses to give up; he's as to…
Move over, Junie B. Jones! Piper Green is back in her fourth chapter-book adventure, and it could take her all the way to China. Suitcase? Check. Passport? Check. Magic X-ray vision glasses from the Fairy Tree? Check, check, check! Piper Green s class is taking a school trip to China well, they re taking a pretend trip, on a pretend airplane. And when all the kids in the class announce they ve…