The Pirate's Coin (Sixty-Eight Rooms Adventures, #3) (Sixty-Eight Rooms Adventure)
by Marianne Malone
A magical coin coin leads sixth-graders Ruthie and Jack to 1753 Massachusetts and to Jack's pirate ancestor when they return to the Art Institute of Chicago's miniature Thorne Rooms on a mission to restore an African American family's reputation.
My First Build and Play encourages learning through play! With a chunky, shaped board book, a spectacular 24-piece slot-together model and four character play pieces, little ones will enjoy hours of interactive play.
Ajay and his friends are back in a third adventure! When Kai, the young keeper of a legendary map, asks The Mumbai Sun for help, Ajay knows his newspaper has landed its next scoop. Propelled on the journey of their lives, Ajay and friends must travel to a distant desert city where a rare treasure is hidden. But someone else has heard of the map too – a billionaire treasure hunter who is not far behind them . . . The third stor...
Lacking paper, a young Panamanian artist paints the outside of his adobe home.
Discover all the foul facts about fifty gruesome great houses with history’s most horrible headlines: Gruesome Great Houses edition. Jump into horrible houses with Terry Deary, the master of making history fun. From Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh to Buckingham Palace in London, this book covers the history of Britain and Ireland from the time of the savage Stone Age right up until the present day. Full of dark mysteries, gruesome ghost...
I taught my Horse to bend but he taught me how to fall
by Marry Jones
Mandalas are a reflection of life and when we color mandalas, skills and talents we didn’t think we had rise to the surface. We develop a special and unique sensitivity to Mother Nature. We perceive everything with a new and growing intensity. In short, the satisfaction we feel is enormous.
Danny loves drawing pictures in his yellow drawing book. One snowy day, when he and his friend Ettie go to the zoo, Danny draws an elephant and an aardvark. Danny and Ettie watch in amazement as the animals come to life in the pages - and then they join them to embark on a wildly exciting journey to somewhere very different.
When Angelo is restoring an old church in Rome, he finds a small bird, barely breathing. Not being able to find somewhere safe to leave her, he has no choice but to take her home with him. Despite Angelo's 'professional dislike for pigeons', the pair become friends, and Angelo names the bird Sylvia. Eventually, Sylvia is able to repay Angelo's kindness by supporting him when he needs it most.
Practice your numbers in English and Spanish when you count the beautiful dancers, playful musicians, and happy children of Oaxaca as the Guelaguetza parade goes by! Pronounced Gal-a-get-zah, the lively celebration--full of traditional dancing and music--takes place every July deep in the heart of southern Mexico. ONE band leader with a big white balloon! DOS hombres with firecrackers! THREE musicians! FOUR giants! All exquisitely handcrafted by the Mexican folk art masters Guillermina, Josefina...
