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"In eighty-two poems and paragraphs, Naomi Shihab Nye alights on the essentials of our time -- our loved ones, our dense air, our wars, our memories, our planet -- and leaves us feeling curiously sweeter and profoundly soothed." -- Back cover.

An illustrated collection of poems about a variety of elementary school experiences.

As soon as Fred gets out of bed, his underwear goes on his head. His mother laughs, "Don't put it there, a head's no place for underwear!" But near his ears, above his brains, is where Fred's underwear remains. I am digging a hole in the ceiling in order to gaze at the sky, I began at the end of September, I intend to be done by July.

Do you want your kids to learn Japanese? Look no further! This English-Japanese bilingual book will definitely entertain and teach your kids Japanese! Your kids will learn about animals! And with frequent reading, they will be fluent in no time! 6 books available in the series. Introducing the Body Introducing Numbers Introducing Colors Introducing Shapes Introducing Animals and Sounds Being a Good Friend

Do you want your kids to learn Japanese? Look no further! This English-Japanese bilingual book will definitely entertain and teach your kids Japanese! Your kids will learn about shapes! And with frequent reading, they will be fluent in no time! 6 books available in the series. Introducing the Body Introducing Numbers Introducing Colors Introducing Shapes Introducing Animals and Sounds Being a Good Friend

The story of a twelve-year-old girl named Nat, who both loves and hates a mother that abandoned her when she was a baby, and who her father will not talk about. Nat's journey of self-discovery is aided by her friends, famous actor father, and a chance encounter with a whale as she learns the true meaning of family.

Texto repetitivo y bellas ilustraciones ayudan a contar el cuento clásico de "Juan y los Frijoles Mágicos." Cuando Juan va al mercado para vender la vaca de la familia y conseguir dinero, regresa a casa con cinco frijoles mágicos. Su madre está tan enfadada que lanza los frijoles por la ventana. ¿Que sucede a la mañana siguiente cuando Juan descubre una planta de frijoles gigante y la escala para encontrar un castillo mágico? La aventura continúa...

Suspicion falls on half-jumbie Corinee when local children from her Caribbean island home begin to disappear, and she is forced to go deep into the ocean to seek the help of a dangerous jumbie who rules the waves.

Donovan is definitely skilled . . . at getting into trouble. And when one of his thoughtless pranks accidentally destroys the school gym during the Big Game, with the superintendent watching, he knows he''s in for it. Suspension at best, maybe expulsion. Either way, a lawsuit and paying for damages. But through a strange chain of events, his name gets put on the list for the local school for gifted students: the Academy for Scholastic Distinction....

"With a group of children gathered around her on Christmas Eve, Ambra recites the story of her special Christmas in an orphanage, as a young child, when she meets 'Santa'.--Container