Some of the funniest poems you will ever read! Poetry about real life things in a kids life told in a fun way. From doughnuts to dad it is just a great book of poems! The illustrations only add to the already fantastic poetry!
It is sometimes hard to move to a new town and make new friends! Opal and her dad do just that, they move too Floridak. Opal meets a crazy dog running through the local Winn-Dixie supermarket and makes her first friend. Her new friend, the dog she names Winn-Dixie, helps Opal makes a variety of new, interesting friends and togther they spend the summer listening to some great stories. Opals mother is not in the picture anymore. It is a summer of larning and growing on many levels.
| This book shares facts about Frederick Douglass from his childhood as a slave to his time as a runaway slave. It tells about Douglass’ ocupation as a ship caulker and then later as an advisor to President Lincoln. Douglass was also an abolisionist and an advocate for womens rights. |
| An upbeat look at how quilts were actually story boards and maps to freedom for the slaves! Jacqueline Woodson is also originally from upstate SC, so a great way to show how a SC person can be an author! |
 Sylvester a donkey finds a magic pebble that grants his wishes, while he holds the pebble. On his way home with the pebble he is confronted with a lion and in fear wished he was a rock! As a rock he could no longer hold the pebble and so could not wish to be a donkey again. The story has a happy ending with his mother and father having a picinic on his back, in his rock form. They found the pebble and wished that Sylvester was with them and he was changed back to himself again. |
Victoria Woodhull was born into poverty in 1838; she spent most of her childhood in a variety of bad situations. Victoria and her sister began the first stock business owned by women and eventually ran for the presidency.