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Benito Runs
From the Series Surviving Southside
Running away is the only option. Benito's father, Xavier, had been in Iraq for more than a year. When he returns, Benito's family life is not the same. Xavier suffers from… Read More →
Click!: A Story about George Eastman
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
When George Eastman decided to make photography his hobby, "simple" was hardly the word to describe the pastime. He had to lug 50 pounds of camera equipment around with him, including the… Read More →
Cool! Whoa! Ah and Oh!: What Is an Interjection?
From the Series Words Are CATegorical ®
What is an interjection? Oh, my! You’ll find the answer inside this book—it’s packed with interjections. Dear me! Brian P. Cleary’s playful rhymes and Brian Gable’s humorous illustrations… Read More →
Count Your Way through Japan
From the Series Count Your Way
For the numbers one to ten, the Japanese language offers two sets of numbers. In Count Your Way through Japan, Jim Haskins uses the set based on Chinese numbers to count such aspects of… Read More →
Equal Rights Is Our Minimum Demand: The Women's Rights Movement in Iran, 2005
From the Series Civil Rights Struggles around the World
“We want to live, we do not want to face persecution for expressing our political opinion; as women we don’t want to walk on the street with the constant horror that we could be intimidated… Read More →
Freshman: Tales of 9th Grade Obsessions, Revelations, and Other Nonsense
Annie has just started high school and she's a mess. Her older brother told her that her freshman year will strongly affect the rest of her life, and if that's true her future is looking… Read More →
Gay Power!: The Stonewall Riots and the Gay Rights Movement, 1969
From the Series Civil Rights Struggles around the World
"Come out for freedom! Come out now! Power to the people! Gay power to gay people! Come out of the closet before the door is nailed shut!" —Come Out! magazine, November 14, 1969 On the… Read More →
Human.4
Kyle Straker volunteered to be hypnotized at the annual community talent show, expecting the same old lame amateur acts. But when he wakes up, his world will never be the same. Televisions… Read More →
Kathy Ross Crafts Letter Shapes
From the Series Learning Is Fun!
Hands-on craft projects can make remembering the shape of each letter lots of fun and also help children associate a sound with each letter. In this book designed to supplement the teaching… Read More →
Lemonade for Sale
From the Series Real Kids Readers — Level 3
Kate wants to buy her dad a birthday present. She sets up a lemonade stand to earn the money, and her friends all help. But things keep going wrong. Will she ever have enough money to buy a… Read More →
My Pal Al
From the Series Real Kids Readers — Level 1
A girl and her favorite stuffed animal, a bunny named Al, spend a busy, happy day together. Read More →
Notes from the Blender
Declan loves death metal—particularly from Finland. And video games—violent ones. And internet porn—any kind, really. He goes to school with Neilly Foster and spends most of his classroom… Read More →
Oil Spill!: Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico
The oil spill was the largest in U.S. history. In April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded and sank. Oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico from a deep ocean well. For months, the… Read More →
President of the Underground Railroad: A Story about Levi Coffin
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
Growing up in a Quaker family in the South in 1830, Levi Coffin did not support slavery, but he was exposed to its atrocities. Convinced that every person deserved to be free, Levi began… Read More →
Seven Wonders of the Gas Giants and Their Moons
From the Series Seven Wonders
From earliest times, humans have wondered about the sky above them. Simple telescopes in the 1600s made possible descriptions of the wonders of Earth's Moon and the closer planets. It took… Read More →
Shattered Star
From the Series Surviving Southside
What's the price of fame? Cassie is the best singer in Southside High's Glee Club and dreams of being famous. She skips school to try out for a national talent competition. But her hopes sink Read More →
Shoes, Shoes, Shoes
From the Series Real Kids Readers — Level 2
Shoes, shoes, shoes, shoes. So many kinds at the shoe store - how can you choose? Read More →
Show and Tell
From the Series Real Kids Readers — Level 2
It's just not a good day when you've forgotten about Show and Tell. All the other kids have something neat to show, and you have...nothing. But if you think really hard, you just might come… Read More →
Spiky, Slimy, Smooth: What Is Texture?
From the Series Jane Brocket's Clever Concepts
Soft, gooey, fluffy, prickly—textures are all around us. What clever words will you use to describe the textures pictured in this book? Jane Brocket's appealing photography and simple,… Read More →
That's Hard, That's Easy
From the Series Real Kids Readers — Level 2
Can you climb a tree or fly a kite? Can you sing or play a drum? Some things are hard and some are easy - for everyone. Read More →
The Best Pet Yet
From the Series Real Kids Readers — Level 2
Today Jay is getting his first pet. But what will it be - a dog, a cat, a bird, or some fish? It's so hard to choose - until he finds the best pet yet! Read More →
The False Princess
Princess and heir to the throne of Thorvaldor, Nalia has led a privileged life at court. But everything changes when she learns, just after her sixteenth birthday, that she is a false… Read More →
The Ferret's a Foot: Book 3
From the Series Guinea PIG, Pet Shop Private Eye
Mr. Venezi has put up a “help wanted” sign in the pet shop. He needs someone to keep track of the animals. But more help might mean he sells more pets, and the animals will have to leave… Read More →
Ticks: Dangerous Hitchhikers
From the Series Arachnid World
Avoid these tiny, disease-carrying hitchhikers—they are ticks! In this book, you will learn how ticks are similar to and different from other arachnids. Close-up photographs and diagrams… Read More →