This is an ethopian folktale with a moral involved. A young girl give up something precious and asks for nothing so she gets much. A great lord gives up much and asks for nothing, but still expects it, so he get the orange.
This book contains poems about different aspspects of science from microscopes to fossils. The poems are descriptive, funny, and sometimes a little gross.
This is a biography written about the life of Judy Blume. It goes into her childhood as well as why she writes.
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This book is about the author’s many accomplishments. Shel Silverstein’s life is so much more than poetry. He is also a songwriter, an illustrator, among other things!
This book is layed out as an alphabet book. There is a different African tradition or term for each letter. The book is so interesting and the pictures are even better!
Ramona Quimby thinks she is the coolest (even cooler than Beezus) because she just started Third Grade! As she goes through her “big girl” experiences, you will recall some experiences and antics you caused at this age also!
This is the story of Sarah, a young woman who answers an ad for a new mother for a family. After answering she quickly thinks she has made the wrong decision but she begins to grow a relationship with the family. She finds out through this relationship the joys, the pains, and above all the importance of being a motherly figure to others.
The tall tale of John Henry. Born with a hammer in his hand, he became the strongest railroad worker ever. He was so strong, he beat a drilling machine in a contest.
The creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar gives readers a warm, intimate glimpse of his real-life universe of animals, insects, and family. The events in these short stories take place from his earliest childhood to the present. All of the stories are true; but they are set down, not in the order in which they happened, but as they occurred to the author. They come from various places and times of his life and have three things in common: animals or insects, friends or relatives, and Eric Carle.
This book about the White House is very interesting and a good read to assist children in learning about the life of the President. It not only introduces each President by telling interesting (and sometimes embaressing) facts about them, but it also lays out the rooms of the White House and the interesting history in each. I found this book helpful and interesting so I am sure kids would too.