Synopsis: Just when everything is coming together for Sam, his girlfriend Alicia drops a bombshell. Make that ex-girlfriend—because by the time she tells him she’s pregnant, they’ve already called it quits. Sam does notwant to be a teenage dad.There’s only one person Sam can turn to—his hero, skating legend Tony Hawk. Sam believes the answers to life’s hurdles can be found in Hawk’s autobiography. But even Tony Hawk isn’t offering answers this time—or is…

Synopsis: This anthology provides students with more than 100 celebrated poems that are suitable for performance.

Synopsis: Over in the Meadow in the sand in the sun Lived an old mother turtle and her little turtle one. So begins this classic nursery poem, written by Olive A Wadsworth in the late 19th century, a favorite counting rhyme for generations of children. Anna Vojtech's sweet illustrations depict a sun-drenched meadow filled with loving animal families-from mother turtle with her one baby to ten little beavers embraced by their doting mother. There are lots…

Synopsis: In this extraordinary board book, young readers are offered a wholly original approach to the alphabet - dramatic photos of wildlife in action, annotated in lively verse, range through the alphabet (A is for Arch, B is for Balance, C is for Charge) while delightful spot photos of young children imitating the animals' movements punctuate the action. Whether appreciated one-on-one or in a group focusing on movement, poetry, or the alphabet,…

Synopsis: From kid horror master K.R. Alexander, the story of spirit that comes back to life... by taking your body.You've been warned -- if you summon a spirit, it may want to go back to being human... by living inside you. Another chilling tale from K.R. Alexander.

Synopsis: A young girl and her teacher correspond about the whale she has discovered in her pond.

Synopsis: Every so often people encounter incredible situations that only the most courageous individuals can triumph over. The books in this series celebrate the human spirit and provide the true stories of people who faced impossible conditions and survived.

Synopsis: This title features pigs, farm animals known for their flat snouts.

Synopsis: When a little boy plants a carrot seed, everyone tells him it won't grow. But when you are very young, there are some things that you just know, and the little boy knows that one day a carrot will come up. So he waters his seed, and pulls the weeds, and he waits ... First published in 1945 and never out of print, this timeless combination of Ruth Krauss's simple text and Crockett Johnson's eloquent illustrations creates a triumphant and deeply…

Synopsis: Animals munch on favourite dishes throughout the week until Sunday, when all the children of the world are invited to share the meal.

Synopsis: For use in schools and libraries only. In this counting book, increasingly larger groups of animals try to help a duck that is stuck in the sleepy, slimy marsh.

Synopsis: A Caldecott Medal winner that conveys the silent wonder of a city snowfall and a small boy's solitary delight in it.

Synopsis: The enchanting story of a shipwrecked family--a minister, his wife, and four sons--who are cast up on a desert island, build a wonderful house in a tree, and survive so cleverly and happily apart from the world that they never want to be rescued.

Synopsis: Heidi is Johanna Spyri's classic story of a young orphan sent to live with her grumpy grandfather in the Swiss Alps. Heidi almost loses her liberty as she is ripped away from the tranquility of the mountains to tend to a sick cousin in the city. Happily, all's well that ends well, and Heidi is reuinted with her beloved mountains.

Synopsis: Gulliver's Travels is Jonathan Swift's satirical masterpiece, the fantastic tale of the four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, an English ship's surgeon. At first, he is shipwrecked in the land of Lilliput, where the alarmed residents are only six inches high. His second voyage takes him to the land of Brobdingnag, where the people are sixty feet high. Further adventures bring Gulliver to an island that floats in the sky and to a land where horses are…

Synopsis: "Peck! Crack! What's inside that egg? It's a fuzzy, downy duckling!" -- Page [4] of cover.

Synopsis: Liam loves mail, but never receives any. He decides to write a letter to his mailbox, and not long after that he receives more mail than he ever thought was possible. What will he do with it all?

Synopsis: The novel that launched the bestselling Ender's Shadow series. The human race is at War with the "Buggers," an insect-like alien race. As Earth prepares to defend itself from total destruction at the hands of an inscrutable enemy, all focus is on the development of military geniuses who can fight such a war, and win. The long distances of interstellar space have given hope to the defenders of Earth--they have time to train these future…

Synopsis: Animals and humans discuss, in rhyming verse, the possibilities of the day's weather.

Synopsis: Key Features Description It's evening in the forest, and Little Owl wakes up from his day-long sleep to watch his friends enjoying the night. Hedgehog sniffs for mushrooms, Skunk nibbles at berries, Frog croaks, and Cricket sings. A full moon rises and Little Owl can't understand why anyone would want to miss it. Could the daytime be nearly as wonderful? Mama Owl begins to describe it to him, but as the sun comes up, Little Owl falls fast asleep…