Synopsis: Second grader Leigh Botts adores a book about dog training by author Mr. Boyd Henshaw. To fulfill a school assignment, Leigh painstakingly writes to Mr. Henshaw and tells him how much he "licked" his book. And he keeps writing to him.At first, Leigh resents the flippant replies he gets from his idol, but gradually he answers Mr. Henshaw's questions, which are really only to encourage Leigh to put pencil to paper. Four years later, Leigh is in…

Synopsis: Anne und Philipp können es nicht glauben: Das magische Baumhaus hat sie in die Südsee verschlagen! Mit einem Mini-U-Boot machen sie sich in die Tiefen des Ozeans auf! Wogendes Seegras, regenbogenfarbene Korallen und jede Menge unbekannte Fische tummeln sich vor ihren Augen. Doch plötzlich geraten Philipp und Anne in große Gefahr. Ob ihnen die beiden Delfine helfen können?Die beliebte Kinderbuch-Reihe von Bestsellerautorin Mary Pope Osborne! Die…

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Synopsis: Photographs and simple text explore the variety of animals that have adapted to life in the Arctic.

Synopsis: Woolbur's list of Do's and Don'ts: DO express yourself creatively… DON'T worry if you weave your forelock into a pot holder! DO march to your own beat… DON'T worry when Maa and Paa tell you to stay with the herd! DO be bold and brave… DON'T be afraid to BE YOURSELF! Woolbur is not like other sheep. He hangs out with wild dogs, cards his own wool to avoid the shearing barn, and even dyes his wool blue. "Don't worry!" says Grandpaa when…

Synopsis: Dink and his friends investigate why pets, like Mrs. Davis's canary, Mozart, are mysteriously disappearing all over town.

Synopsis: Key Features Description When David Shannon was five years old, he wrote and illustrated his first book. On every page were these words: NO, DAVID! . . . and a picture of David doing things he was not supposed to do. All he hears from his mother as he breaks his mother's rules is "No, David!", "That's enough, David!", and "Settle down!" Now David is all grown up. But some things never change. . . . No, David! remains a perennial household…

Synopsis: 40 pages Scholastic; A Trumpet Club special ed edition (1995) English

Synopsis: Eight-year-old Jack, his seven-year-old sister, Annie, and Peanut the mouse ride in a tree house to the Amazon rain forests, where they encounter giant ants, flesh-eating piranhas, hungry crocodiles, and wild jaguars.

Synopsis: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Books in a tree house give kids the magic to travel to far away places and time periods.

Synopsis: An ALA Notable Book, A New York times Book Review Best Children's Books, 1970-1980 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a 1976 novel by Mildred D. Taylor. The novel won the 1977 Newbery Medal and is considered to be among the greatest children's novels of all time. Its sequel, Let the Circle Be Unbroken, was released in 1981. Why is the land so important to Cassie's family? It takes the events of one turbulent year-the year of the night riders and…

Synopsis: Magic Tree House volume 9

Synopsis: BABBITT, Natalie: Tuck Everlasting: A Novel. New York, Scholastic, Inc., 1975. Paperback, 139 pp. Subject: Novel / Children…

Synopsis: There is always enough room on your child’s bookshelf for this rollicking alphabet chant that has been a children’s favorite for over thirty years!A told B, and B told C, “I’ll meet you at the top of the coconut tree” In this lively alphabet rhyme, all the letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. Will there be enough room? Oh, no—Chicka Chicka Boom! Boom! Countless children—and their parents—can joyfully recite the familiar…