Can you imagine spending a freezing cold Antarctic winter outside, with no food for miles around--maybe even a hundred miles? This is what the male emperor penguin does. After his mate has laid her egg, she takes off for the ocean where she swims about, getting plump on squid and fish, while Papa stands around keeping the egg warm for two entire months! Martin Jenkins's remarkable picture book …
A lonely girl draws a magic door on her bedroom wall and through it escapes into a world where wonder, adventure, and danger abound. Red marker in hand, she creates a boat, a balloon, and a flying carpet that carry her on a spectacular journey toward an uncertain destiny. When she is captured by a sinister emperor, only an act of tremendous courage and kindness can set her free. Can it also lea…
story about seasons
Dou you ever mail a letter and wonder what happens to it after you drop it in the box? Read all about the post and learn hoe letters are weighed, sorted, transported, culled, canceled, coded, binned, boxed, and sorted one again. Find out how people and m
Joe and John are a lot alike. But there's one important way they're different: Joe is white and John is black. And in the South in 1964, that means john henry isn't allowed to do everything his best friend is.'