Joe has a lot of reasons to be happy. About a billion of them, in fact. You see, Joe's rich. Really, really rich. Joe's got his own bowling alley, his own cinema, even his own butler who is also an orangutan. He's the wealthiest twelve-year-old in the land. But Joe isn't happy. Why not? Because he's got a billion pounds… and not a single friend. But then someone comes along, someone who li…
"My father, without the slightest doubt, was the most marvelous and exciting father any boy ever had." Danny feels very lucky. He adores his life with his father, living in a gypsy caravan, listening to his stories, tending their gas station, puttering around the workshop, and occasionally taking off to fly home-built gas balloons and kites. His father has raised him on his own, ever since Dann…
Did you know the treatment for leprosy was developed by a young scientist called Alice Ball? And Josephine Baker- world famous cabaret singer and dancer- was also a spy for the French résistance? Featuring 40 trailblazing black women in the world's history, this book educates and inspires as it relates true stories of women who broke boundaries and exceeded all expectations.
When the world tells you to stay quiet, do you listen, or do you speak up? In She Spoke Too: 14 More Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World, with the touch of a button readers can hear Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones), Gerda Weissmann Klein, Patsy Takemoto Mink, Judy Heumann, LaDonna Harris, Antonia Hernández, Dr. Mae Jemison, Jacinda Ardern, Zuzana Caputová, Chimamanda Ngozi …
In this imaginatively illustrated book from the Work It, Girl series, discover how Harry Potter series creator J. K. Rowling became a best-selling author and publishing sensation in this true story of her life. Then, learn 10 key lessons from her work you can apply to your own life. When Joanne Rowling was a young woman, she found herself down and out of luck. But, she had a best-selling idea …
Hardcover with spirals inside - approx. 8 1/2" x 11" with 160 pages and colorful illustrations. - Is playing very young children enough? The question is, how? Fortunately, research indicates that for infants, babies, toddlers. and preschoolers, "having fun" and "learning" are one and the same. Bright Start is filled with a great variety of activities that incorporate this special combination of…
Dalam buku terbaru ini, Na Willa yang dulu dikenal sebagai anak kecil dari rumah dalam gang kini telah bertambah besar dan mulai memasuki jenjang sekolah menengah pertama (SMP) dengan mengenakan seragam rok biru. Gaya bercerita ikut bertumbuh seiring usia Na Willa yang semakin remaja. Ia menjalani hari-hari barunya dengan penuh semangat ditemani sebuah buku harian hadiah dari Mak. Cerita menyor…