All Jeremy wants is a pair of those shoes, the ones everyone at school seems to be wearing. Though Jeremy’s grandma says they don’t have room for "want," just "need," when his old shoes fall apart at school, he is more determined than ever to have those shoes, even a thrift-shop pair that are much too small. But sore feet aren’t much fun, and Jeremy soon sees that the things he has — wa…
Alex just has to convince his mom to let him have an iguana, so he puts his arguments in writing. He promises that she won't have to feed it or clean its cage or even see it if she doesn't want to. Of course Mom imagines life with a six-foot-long iguana eating them out of house and home. Alex's reassurances: It takes fifteen years for an iguana to get that big. I'll be married by then and proba…
A young girl is having a very bad day, from falling out of bed in the morning to not being able to find her friends, but whwn she returns home from a rainy trip to the park her friends are waiting for her.'
Did Babushka's doll really come to life? Or did Natasha imagine it?'
Understand and enjoy Shakespeare with Jennifer Mulherin lively introduction. Follow the story of each play, get to know the characters, find out about the background, read the quotations and look at the superb pictures