Good Night Charleston features the City Market, Rainbow Row, Waterfront Park, Magnolia Plantation, Middleton Place, South Carolina Aquarium, Fort Sumter, Patriots Point, Morris Island Light, Dock Street Theater, Southern foods, and more. Welcome to one of the South's friendliest and most historic cities. This charming book takes young readers on an unforgettable tour of Charleston's most treasured sights and landmarks. This book is part of the bestselling Good Night Our World series, which inc...
As a new freshman at Wayne College, Ken Ward finds a way to win recognition through his pitching skills.
The wheels on the bus go round, the wipers go swish, the doors open and close, and the people go in and out in this movable book version of the classic song.
Country girl meets city birds in this hilarious "cautionary tale." When Swanda first moves to Brooklyn from the country, she misses the wildlife she left behind. But not for long. "Oh, look! What dear little birds!" Swanda says to her dog when she notices all the pigeons outside her apartment. "Come, Waldo, we'll get them a bird feeder all their own." It's fun to watch the pigeons flock to the feeder, at first. But then more arrive ... and more ... and more. And before she knows it, there are t...
Poppy Takes Paris (Big City Adventures)
by Allison Pataki and Marya Myers
In the City of Lights, where can you go to find the brightest light of them all? Find out in this spunky introduction to Paris shown through the eyes of a curious child. Paris is the City of Lights. Poppy should know—she lives there. Each morning, she wakes up to the sound of church bells ringing Ding! Dang! Dong! Each morning, she buys fresh flowers from Madame LesFleur, who has the most brilliant blooms in the city. Each morning, she eats delicious pastries from Monsier LePain’s bakery....
Meet The Clique, the five girls who rule Octavian Country Day School . . .When movie director Rupert Mann invites the girls to audition for his new teen blockbuster, Clique captain Massie packs her straight-leg velvet Sevens and heads off to L.A. on an ah-mazing private jet with all the girls except Kristen, who is grounded. But when they arrive, everyone starts treating Claire like she's the star. Dial W for What the . . .?!Back home, Kristen Gregory isn't missing her friends at all. The Briarw...
When she overhears one of the tenants in her apartment building verbally abusing the hard-working caretaker, Mr. Egozian, Hazel Green determines to find a way a to teach the unpleasant tenant a lesson.
Head Games (Richard Jackson Books (Pb)) (Richard Jackson Books (Simon Pulse))
by Mariah Fredericks
Reality sucks! That's what fifteen-year-old Judith Ellis thinks, anyway. Reality is her former best friend not talking to her. Reality is her dad living three thousand miles away. Reality is what happened outside 158 West Seventy-first Street. As far as Judith is concerned, fantasy rules! Especially in the Game. In the gaming world it's strictly alternative identities, strangers known only as the Witch, the Drunken Warrior and Irgan the Head Case. No one knows who you are. No one gets too clos...
Ten-year-old Lily Sinclair is a bored latchkey kid, an ardent fan of decaf coffee, shoes, and anything to do with lizards. (She has a pet gecko, Weemis.) When her elderly neighbor, Mrs. Hiller, introduces her to the owner of the nearby Pet Palace and his adult son Nate, who has Down’s syndrome, Lily finds herself with an unofficial after-school job. She forges a tentative friendship with Nate, but their bond is threatened by a dark secret that will change everything. Boasting a fresh, original v...
Russell Sprouts (Riverside Kids (Prebound)) (Riverside Kids (Hardcover))
by Johanna Hurwitz
Home and school adventures of Russell, age six and growing up fast.
A young boy is frightened by how busy and noisy the city is when he goes there to visit his Nana, but she makes him a fancy red cape that keeps him from being scared as she shows him how wonderful a place it is.