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Hest simply and faithfully holds a mirror to the milestone event for millions of turn-of-the-century immigrants." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)When a young girl from a poor eastern European village learns that she must leave her beloved grandmother for a new life - and a new love - in America, they both feel that their hearts will break. The sure and inspired narrative by award-winning author Amy Hest is paired with paintings by P.J. Ly...

On her eighth birthday Jamaica receives paints which she uses to surprise her grandmother and to brighten the subway station where Grammy works.

Hest presents a ducky story that will have every puddle-jumper wishing for rain! Full color.

No horsefeathers, this is a surefire bet for young equestrians." - BooklistDo you love horses? Do you love the way their noses are silky-soft but bristly too? And the way a horse's tail slowly swishes as he rests in the shade with eyes half-shut? Do you love to see them trot, canter, gallop, buck and rear? Every child who has ever clambered up the back of a pony or dreamed of owning a horse will delight in A Field Full of Horses. Full of inter...

Make reading a success the very first time with Brand New Readers! The series of books for children who want to feel like readers - and who soon will be readers.Kazam shows off her successful - and not so successful - magic tricks.Based on what experts know about how children learn to read, Brand New Readers are short, funny stories with words and pictures that help children reading for the very first time succeed - and have fun!Brand New Read...

This engaging storybook presents a haunting, deeply moving fictionalized account of a formative time in the life of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, the teenage girl who wrote the Gothic masterpiece "Frankenstein." Full color.

Drawing on primary sources, a renowned authority investigates the events thatled up to the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945, and discusses the consequences that are still evident today. Photos.

If James Marshall's George and Martha were not hippos and were both girls, they would be much like best friends Bink and Gollie. . . . More, please!" - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Meet Bink and Gollie, two precocious little girls - one tiny, one tall, and both utterly irrepressible. Setting out from their super-deluxe tree house and powered by plenty of peanut butter (for Bink) and pancakes (for Gollie), they share three comical adventures ...

It's a crazy compendium of puzzles! Hands-on games and teasers keep readers busy while Waldo and friends hunt for their own missing things.Spot-the-difference challenges, mazes, memory games, word games, doodles, tangled line teasers, and much more — find them all inside Waldo's wonderful new book chock-full of fun things to do. As Waldo and his buddies look for everything from a lost key to a lost camera, his fans are invited to pick up a pen...

Everything works in this book - the informative yet humorous writing, the not-too-scary illustrations, and a superb layout that employs multisized text and bright color backgrounds to great effect." - The Horn Book"SHAAAARRRKK!" That's probably the last word anyone wants to hear while swimming in the warm blue sea. But most sharks aren't at all what people expect. In fact, those who think all sharks are giant, man-eating killers are in for a s...

Simple, lyrical words and bright, acrylic doublepage pictures convey the astonishing facts about the loggerhead sea turtle. . . . A powerful nature story for a young audience." - BooklistFar, far out at sea lives one of the world's most mysterious creatures, the loggerhead turtle. For thirty years she swims the oceans, wandering thousands of miles as she searches for food. Then, one summer night, she lands on a beach to lay her eggs - the very...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend and the NBA's alltime leading scorer, champions a lineup of little-known African-American inventors in this lively, kid-friendly book.Did you know that James West invented the microphone in your cell phone? That Fred Jones invented the refrigerated truck that makes supermarkets possible? Or that Dr. Percy Julian synthesized cortisone from soy, easing untold people's pain? These are just some of the black ...

This compilation of Books 1 and 2 of McDonald's beloved series is served with a brand-new short story just for this collection. Includes "Judy Moody" and "Judy Moody Gets Famous." Illustrations.

Newbery Medal Winner! Step back to an English village in 1255, where life plays out in dramatic vignettes illuminating twenty-two unforgettable characters.Maidens, monks, and millers' sons - in these pages, readers will meet them all. There's Hugo, the lord's nephew, forced to prove his manhood by hunting a wild boar, sharp-tongued Nelly, who supports her family by selling live eels, and the peasant's daughter, Mogg, who gets a clever lesson i...

Based on the screenplay by Kathy Waugh and Megan McDonald. Features full-color stills from the movie.Roar! It's not bad enough that Mom and Dad are heading to California, leaving Judy and Stink with Aunt Awful (er, Opal), but now Judy's two best friends are going Splitsville, too. Just when it looks like her summer is going to be BOR-ing - eureka! - Judy comes up with the most thrill-a-delic plan ever. Get ready for a race involving tightrope ...