The little paintbrush is often teased by all the other brushes in the cabinet, who have thick bristles and are chosen by their artist to create many paintings.
With See For Yourself, budding scientists can wow their teachers and classmates (and maybe win a ribbon or two) by learning How to extract DNA from an onion How pigments from vegetables make dye How to make paper out of lint from a clothes dryer How to make a friend feel like he or she has a third hand What happens when you grow yeast in dandruff shampoo That tea and iron pills make excellent inks And much more!
As The Kite Runner and The Swallows of Kabuldid for the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, this slim, profound novel illuminates the plight of those living under the Islamic State as well as the spirit of the Yazidi people.
Amid the turmoil of modern Damascus, one teenage boy finds his political voice in a message of rebellion that echoes throughout Syria and as far away as Western Europe.
A Coretta Scott King Honor Book A Boston GlobeHorn Book Poetry Award Winner An ';imaginative and moving' (The Horn Book, starred review) portrait of a Black family tree shaped by enslavement and freedom, rendered in searing poems by ALSC Children's Literature Legacy Award winner Carole Boston Weatherford and stunning art by her son Jeffery Boston Weatherford.
Ideal for fans of sports novels and Wisconsin novelsContinues the story of Mickey Tussler that began with The Legend of Mickey Tussler (the basis for the TV movie A Mile in His Shoes)Follows the journey of the minor league BrewersIt's 1949, and eighteen-year-old pitching phenomenon Mickey Tussler is back.
When Caroline watches her disabled friend Shannon struggling with an old, rusty, squeaking, and wobbling wheelchair, she decides to use her grandmothers secret recipe to make and sell lemonade to raise money for a brand-new wheelchair.
An epic road-trip romance from NYT-bestselling author of TikTok sensation The Summer of Broken Rules, inspired by the 80s classic, Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Find your voice in the waves in a heartfelt and hopeful story of family, friendship, and learning to accept change from the critically-acclaimed partnership, Sarah Ann Juckes and Sharon King-Chai, selected for Waterstones Childrens Book of the Month with The Night Animals.
When an injured fox (crippled by a steel-jawed trap) hobbled into Cherie Masons yard one morning, it was the start of a special and unusual relationship.
What better way for children to learn their ABCsand discover a little about Mainethan with this vibrant and whimsical volume from Camden, Maine, artist Susan Ramsay Hoguet.
Mit Herz und Verstand im Klassenzimmer: Eine Sammlung inspirierender Kurzgeschichten für Kinder ab 6 Jahren, die das Leben im Klassenzimmer zum Abenteuer machen.
Written to help address the dearth of age appropriate material focusing on the Vietnam conflict, Heroes Next Door Hornet 24 gives the middle school and young adult reader a window into the lives of helicopter pilots during that conflict.
An elementary school teacher's manual for using A Land Remembered to teach language arts, social studies, and science coordinated with the Sunshine State Standards of the Florida Department of Education.
Thirteen-year-old Bella wants to be a lector just like her grandfather, who sits on a special platform in the cigar factory, reading great novels, the newspaper, and union news to workers as they roll the cigars.
Olivia's life is in turmoil ever since she accidentally froze all of the world's water and her aunt and uncle were kidnapped by the Wardenclyffe thugs.