SC Cilandak ( Bridging Later ) A collection of stories within the story of a family celebration where the guests relate their memories of growing up in various Latin American countries. Also contains recipes. Salsa music blares from the stereo. One by one, friends and family, who come from all around Latin America, arrive at Carmen Teresa's house to cook, dance, gossip, and play dominoes. An…
SC Cilandak ( Bridging Later ) Jake doesn't mean to be a teacher's pet. But somehow everything he does has his teachers singing his praises--and his classmates rolling their eyes in disgust. Jake figures a little misbehavior should take care of his goody-goody image, but even his attempts to the bad just seem to make his teachers praise him more. And now he's been summoned to the principa…
"Run!" shouted Mrs. Bernthal. Melissa was looking left and right. "Left! Stage left!" called Mrs. Bernthal. Melissa ran, first one way, then the other.
SC Cilandak ( Bridging Later ) Ralph the mouse ventures out from behind the piney knothole in the wall of his hotel-room home, scrambles up the telephone wire to the end table, and climbs aboard the toy motorcycle left there by a young guest. His thrill ride does not last long. The ri
SC Cilandak ( Bridging Later ) Offers young sleuths seven cases to solve, providing clues for readers to put into the jigsaw puzzle at the end of each.
SC Cilandak ( Bridging Later ) Cassie spends her days watching Grandfather and Caleb in the barn. She's an observer, a writer, a storyteller. Everything is as it should be. But change is inevitable, and just as life changes, people change too. And Cassie learns that unexpected surprises can bring great joy.
SC Cilandak ( Bridging Later ) Ben, a noisy old english sheepdog, is not very popular. Especially with his neighboars, Mrs. Fitz and her pampered poodle, Sheba-they can't stand Ben's howling and barking!
SC Cilandak ( Bridging Later ) If there's one word Hattie hates, it;s grateful. When her family dies in a New York tenement fire, people tell Hattie she should be grateful to be alive. Then they tell her to be grateful for the haven of the orphanage. Now, in 1933, she's supposed to be grateful for the Orphan Train that brought her to Nebraska, and for her new home with Henry and Elizabeth …
SC Cilandak ( Bridging Later ) Whether He's sliding down the sink drain or racing a sailboat in Central Park, every day is an adventure for Stuart Little.
SC Cilandak ( Bridging Later ) When fat Elsie Edwards walks into Jenny Sawyer's fifth grade class, she's the last person Jenny expects to be friendly with. Nothing's fair! But, hey... some things are not as bad as they seem!'