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ONE SUMMER

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Baldacci, David, PUBLISHER: PAN MACMILLAN PAPERBACK OMES, From #1 "New York Times" bestselling author David Baldacci comes a moving family drama about learning to love again after heartbreak and loss. ONE SUMMER It's almost Christmas, but there is no joy in the house of terminally ill Jack and his family. With only a short time left to live, he spends his last days preparing to say goodbye to his devoted wife, Lizzie, and their three children. Then, unthinkably, tragedy strikes again: Lizzie is killed in a car accident. With no one able to care for them, the children are separated from each other and sent to live with family members around the country. Just when all seems lost, Jack begins to recover in a miraculous turn of events. He rises from what should have been his deathbed, determined to bring his fractured family back together. Struggling to rebuild their lives after Lizzie's death, he reunites everyone at Lizzie's childhood home on the oceanfront in South Carolina. And there, over one unforgettable summer, Jack will begin to learn to love again, and he and his children will learn how to become a family once more.

The Novels of Mrs. Aphra Behn

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Behn, Aphra, PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press, Contents--The Royal Slave; The Fair Jilt; The Nun; Agnes de Castro; The Lover's Watch; The Case for the Watch; The Lady's Looking-Glass to Dress Herself By; The Lucky Mistake; The Court of the King of Bantam; The Adventure of the Black Lady.

Other Women

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Crawford, Kristy, PUBLISHER: Orion Publishing Group, Three women, all very different, but each with their own problems. Jane is determined to save the family home for her children, despite the financial problems she has had since her husband's premature death. The only way she can survive is to sell off parcels of the property. So Sam has moved in next door, with her husband Ben, and is now marooned in the country with a teenage stepdaughter she resents. Down at the lodge, Bella and her family have been uprooted from London to follow her husband's dream of an idyllic new life in the country. But the cracks of their marriage are beginning to show. Each woman is drawn inexorably into the lives of the others, whether she likes it or not.

Peter Pan

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barrie, James Matthew / Hanft, Joshua, PUBLISHER: Playmore Publishers, The world's best-loved children's stories set in large type for easy reading. -- Over 100 illustrations in each book

Hans Brinker

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hanft, Joshua / Dodge, Mary Mapes, PUBLISHER: Playmore Publishers, The world's best-loved children's stories set in large type for easy reading. -- Over 100 illustrations in each book

A Terrible Thing Happened: A Story for Children Who Have

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Holmes, Margaret M. / Pillo, Cary / Mudlaff, Sasha J., PUBLISHER: Magination Press, This gently told and tenderly illustrated story is for children who have witnessed any kind of violent or traumatic episode.

Old House, New House: A Child's Exploration of American

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gaughenbaugh, Michael / Camburn, Herbert, PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, A fictional youngster takes the reader on a voyage of discovery as his family moves into a run-down Victorian house and he learns all about restoring houses and how home styles have developed over the past 400 years in America. Lavish illustrations help to tell this fascinating tale. An aunt's townhouse in Chicago and the homes of cousins in the south and in the country are some of the other architectural journeys in this book, which introduces children to a whole new vocabulary and way of looking at architecture in houses. Acquista Ora

Don't Call Me Special: A First Look at Disability

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Thomas, Pat / Harker, Lesley, PUBLISHER: Barron's Educational Series, This delightful picture book explores questions and concerns about physical disabilities in a simple and reassuring way. Younger children can find out about individual disabilities, special equipment that is available to help the disabled, and how people of all ages can deal with disabilities and live happy and full lives. Titles in this series for younger children explore emotional issues that boys and girls encounter as part of the growing-up process. Books are focused to appeal to kids of preschool through early school age. Written by psychotherapist and counselor Pat Thomas, "A First Look At" books promote positive interaction among children, parents, and teachers, and encourage kids to ask questions and confront social and emotional questions that sometimes present problems. Books feature appealing full-color illustrations on every page plus a page of advice to parents and teachers.

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Gulliver's Travels

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Swift, Jonathan / Ambrus, Victor G. / Riordan, James, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Embark on a journey with one of the greatest world travelers of all time. Ride with him across the South Seas to the miniature island of Liliput, where people grow no taller than six inches high. Round the Cape of Good Hope to the land of Brobdingnag, home of giants tall as church steeples, and sail on to the exotic lands of Laputa, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrip, and more. Share Gulliver's incredible adventures, from his singlehanded defeat of an entire naval fleet (albeit one whose ships are toy boat-sized), to his harrowing abduction by a giant eagle, to his unfortunate dunking in a reservoir-sized pot of cream by a jealous dwarf These are the stories of Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift's classic tale of fantastic adventures in far-off lands, brilliantly retold by James Riordan in rich, vivid prose that captures all the whimsy and satire of the original in the modern language of today's children. The illustrations by noted artist Victor Ambrus are rich and colorful, delicate in detail, strong in composition, and permeated with humor. And the insightful--often scathing--social commentary that Swift wove into his original tale remains intact, providing fascinating reading for adults as well as children.

Five Little Monkeys Wash the Car

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Christelow, Eileen, PUBLISHER: Clarion Books, The five little monkeys and Mama are eager to get a new car. The five little monkeys clean and paint their old car until it sparkles like new. But who will buy it? Perhaps those clever monkeys can convince their cranky crocodile neighbors that what they really need is... yes, a car Children will love predicting how the five little monkeys will deal with each new challenge, making this a perfect story for interactive reading. Lively verse and Eileen Christelow's inimitably comic illustrations put the five little monkeys in the driver's seat in more ways than one.

London Bus Money Bank

Carinissimo salvadanaio a forma di autobus. prodotto aperto ma mai usato confezione in cartone rovinata ma prodotto integro. descrizione tratta da internet: London Bus Money Bank/Box Souvenir Plastic Frame with Metal Parts Big Red Bus Money Box London bus money box - I Love London Suitable for children age 5+ Bus measures (approx): 16.5 cm Length / 8.5 cm Height / 5.01 cm Width The money enters through the top of the Bus

More Science Adventures with Children's Literature: Reading

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fredericks, Anthony D., PUBLISHER: Teacher Ideas Press(NH), These dynamic literature-based activities will help teachers and school librarians energize the entire science curriculum and implement national standards. Fredericks presents hundreds of hands-on, minds-on projects that actively engage students in positive learning experiences. Each of the units offers book summaries, science topic areas, critical thinking questions, classroom resources, reproducible pages, and lots of easy-to-do activities including science experiments for every grade level. Chapters cover: Life Science, Space Science, Earth Science, Physical Science, and the Human Body for students in grades K-4. The author also provides practical guidance for teaching science through inquiry, for collaborative ventures with school librarians, for integrating literature across the curriculum, and an up-to-date section of annotated bibliographies of the best in children's science literature. All titles are new to this volume and linked to national science standards. An entire chapter on the advantage of collaboration between the classroom teacher and the school librarian is included. Each individual unit includes a section on one or more collaborative classroom/library projects. An added plus is a section of related Readers Theatre scripts keyed to the science topics and standards. Grades K-4.

Double or Die

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Higson, Charlie, PUBLISHER: Hyperion Books for Children, Kidnapping. Explosions. Murder. This is no ordinary weekend. But then, James Bond is no ordinary boy... In a north London cemetery, a professor is kidnapped at gunpoint. Then, a suspicious letter crammed with cryptic clues arrives at Eton. To decipher the deadly mystery, James Bond must take a series of dangerous gambles. Once the code is cracked, he has just forty-eight hours to save the professor from the dark forces that threaten to destroy them both. And if they can't escape, it's not only their future under threat. It's the rest of the world's...

The Search for Rational Drug Control

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Zimring, Franklin E. / Hawkins, Gordon, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This book presents a comprehensive examination of the drug control policy process in the United States. How are policy choices identified, debated and selected? How are the consequences of governmental policy measured and evaluated? How, if at all, do we learn from our mistakes? Zimring and Hawkins present different ways of understanding American drug policy and provide a foundation for an improved policy process. They argue that protection of children and youth should shape policy toward illicit crime, with attention to the fact that youth protection objectives may limit the effectiveness of some drug controls.

Wacky Word Games

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Golick, Margie / Churchill, Jane, PUBLISHER: Pembroke Publishers, Silly rhymes, tricky riddles, and all sorts of wacky word games to challenge children of all ages. Alliteration, homophones, and anagrams will help 8- to 12-year-olds learn the basics of the English language and create their own rhymes, unscramble words, solve riddles, and find words within words. The book uses both word and picture clues to challenge and entertain every student.

The Gladiators from Capua (The Roman Mysteries)

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lawrence, Caroline, PUBLISHER: Orion Children's Books, March, AD 80. In Rome the Emperor Titus has announced that there will be a hundred days of games to open the new Flavian amphitheatre (now known as the Colosseum). Suspecting that their friend Jonathan is not dead, as they had thought, Flavia, Nubia, and Lupus organie an invitation to Rome on the pretence of witnessing this historic event. Their search for Jonathan leads them straight to the games, where they must face wild beasts, criminals, conspirators, and gladiators. It's Nubia's turn to employ all of ther courage and talens, and before the end of the story she is called upon to make the most terrible choice. A heart-pounding behind-the-scenes account of gladiator fights, executions and beast fights makes this one of the most exciting Roman Mysteries yet.

Let's Learn All We Can

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hallinan, P. K., PUBLISHER: Ideals Publications, P.K. Hallinan has written a wonderful book to encourage children to learn all they can. True to the series Lifelong Values for Kids, P.K.'s newest title stresses the importance of gaining knowledge and shows that learning can be fun

The jungle book

Rudyard Kipling Here are the famous stories of how Mowgli came to the wolf pack, learned the law of the jungle from Baloo the bear, Bagheera the black panther, and Kaa the python, and killed the evil tiger Shere Khan. (cod. I_)

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Rapunzel and Other Classics of Childhood

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Benson, Robby / Moore, Dudley, PUBLISHER: Blackstone Audiobooks, This recording of three fairy tales, including background music and sound effects, is a delight for children of all ages. "Rapunzel," read by Robby Benson, tells of a girl locked in a tower by a witch who gains access by climbing up the girl's long hair. When a prince discovers Rapunzel and the two plan to run away, the witch tries to separate them, but they are reunited at last. Also included are "Rumplestiltskin" and "The Princess on the Glass Hill," both read by Dudley Moore.

Ten Terrible Dinosaurs

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stickland, Paul / Bonnell, J., PUBLISHER: Puffin Books, "Ten terrible dinosaurs, standing in a line.. ". One by one Paul Stickland's rowdy and rollicking dinosaurs leave the scene. Children count down along with the text until there is only one sleepy dinosaur left -- until he gets a loud surprise from his nine noisy pals

Stories Jesus Told

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Neff, LaVonne / Goffe, Toni, PUBLISHER: Tyndale House Publishers, This book introduces children to the important events in Jesus' life through simple retellings of his parables, Delightfully illustrated with full-color art.

Crash Course: A Radical Plan for Improving Public Education

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Whittle, Chris, PUBLISHER: Riverhead Books, Fifteen million children in our schools today are below basic literacy levels. Chris Whittle took action by founding Edison Schools, the country's largest partner of the toughest inner-city public schools imaginable. His solution radically bettered the education of hundreds of thousands of students. Now he applies it to a revolutionary program for all American schools in this groundbreaking, vitally important book.

The Bird in Santa's Beard: How a Christmas Legend Was

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schatzer, Jeffrey L. / Smith, Ty / Bush, Mark, PUBLISHER: Ann Arbor Editions, One small bird is left behind to face the bitter winter alone. Freezing and hungry, the bird calls out to Santa for help. With a kind word the bird is invited to shelter itself in the cozy blanket of Santa's beard. A warm friendship grows through the cold, cold winter. On Christmas morning, Santa himself receives one of the most wonderful gifts of all. The Bird in Santa's Beard is a tale of compassion, kindness and cooperation. Santa and the bird overcome problems and solve one of the biggest mysteries of Christmas?why children see so many different Santas each year. In this new Christmas classic, Santa reminds us that a small friend in need can become a big friend, indeed

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