Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott’s most popular and enduring novel, Little Women. Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy, united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War. It is no…
Three Men in a Boat, Not Counting a Dog is a humorous 19th century English novel that describes the journey and adventures of three Londoners: George, Harris, an unknown narrator and 123 miles from Kingston to Pangbourne. The author intended the book to be a serious tourist guide on the Thames, containing descriptions of the monuments located on the banks of the river, but the ironic sense of h…
A fun, feel-good, "underdog" story about a little-known female athlete whose derring-do transformed girls' sports. Are you brave enough to make a wave? If you love sports and people who aren't afraid to swim against the tide, Annette Kellerman and her freestyle approach to life will make your heart swell. With strokes of genius, Shana Corey and Edwin Fotheringham pool their talents to cre…
Braden was so excited for his upcoming Championship baseball game! The night before he dreamt of that moment]] THE moment]]the oohs and ahhs of the crowd as he scored the game-winning run! But imagine his surprise when he woke up to pouring rain]]and NO GAME! This, coupled with some events at school that don't go his way, send Braden on an overreaction tailspin! Will Braden be able to recover f…
Children will delight in following the peddler’s efforts to outwit the monkeys and will ask to read it again and again. Caps for Sale is an excellent easy-to-read book that includes repetition, patterns, and colors, perfect for early readers. This tale of a peddler and a band of mischievous monkeys is filled with warmth, humor, and simplicity and also teaches children about problem and res…
Have you ever dreamed of being locked in a department store at night? The endearing story of Corduroy paints a picture of the adventures that might unfold (for a teddy bear at least) in such a situation. When all the shoppers have gone home for the night, Corduroy climbs down from the shelf to look for his missing button. It's a brave new world! He accidentally gets on an elevator that he think…
Following on from the hugely successful "Start-Up Science", "Step-Up Science" has been created specifically to support the schemes of work in the Science Curriculum at KS2 - the next step up! Highly illustrated with colour photographs and diagrams, this series is designed to encourage investigative skills and covers a wide range of living things, materials and phenomena.
Uses case histories to discuss a person's place in the world and his or her relationship with other people and the environment.
What is Right? is Etan Boritzer's 6th title in his best selling "What is?" life concepts series. This title addresses issues of integrity and fairness for children. If your neighbor's orange tree has a branch full of oranges hanging over his fence into your backyard, is it right to help yourself to a few oranges? What is Right? asks the child to consider many issues and situations related to ma…
Introduces the study of matter and the steps in the scientific method and outlines simple experiments that demonstrate the three main states of matter and how scientists work.