Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder? (Who Was...?)
by Patricia Brennan Demuth
Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books, based on her own childhood and later life, are still beloved classics almost a century after she began writing them. Now young readers will see just how similar Laura's true-life story was to her books. Born in 1867 in the "Big Woods" in Wisconsin, Laura experienced both the hardship and the adventure of living on the frontier. Her life and times are captured in engaging text and 80 black-and-white illustrations.
Describes the life of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, nineteenth-century educator, writer, newspaper editor, and civil rights worker who was the first African-American woman to enter law school or to publish a newspaper.
Buscar y Encontrar las Diferencias un Libro desafiante para niños
by Ava Taylor
The Black Hole Bandits (Mr. Kazarian, Alien Librarian)
by Steve Foxe
Mr Kazarian has a problem ... his evil cousin, Kronkhold, is threatening to consume the galaxy with his new device, a black-hole generator. Mr K's four favourite students are in the library researching Albert Einstein when they see Mr K heading out on his mission to stop Kronkhold. What better way to learn about black holes and Einstein's theories than to ride along? Oh, and hopefully help save their home in the Milky Way. Bravely facing Kronkhold and his space-pirate flunkies, Mr K and the stud...
Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller! As a young man, Roald Dahl's adventures took him from London to East Africa, until the Second World War began and he became a RAF pilot. You'll read stories of whizzing through the air in a Tiger Moth Plane, encounters with deadly green mambas and hungry lions, and the terrible crash that led him to storytelling. Going Solo is exciting, enthralling and just like its prequel Boy - it's all TRUE.. Illustrated with p...
The Great Gatsby (Lightbox Literature Studies)
by Blaine Wiseman and Sam Kuehnel
How the Printing Press Changed History (Essential Library of Inventions)
by Nel Yomtov
'If you have kids transitioning from primary to secondary school, this book is for you (well, for your kids!) ... Helpful, funny and encouraging' - Sarah Turner AKA The Unmumsy MumTHE BESTSELLING SECONDARY SCHOOL HANDBOOK, FROM THE NATION'S FAVOURITE HEAD TEACHER, MR BURTON.Secondary school can seem scary. Corridors are wide, older students look terrifying and there's homework, messy friendships and stressful exams to deal with.But, whether you're about to land at secondary school or you're stil...
How to Analyze the Works of J. K. Rowling (Essential Critiques) (Essential Critiques Set 2)
by Victoria Peterson-Hilleque
Natural Writer (Creative Minds Biography (Hardcover))
by Judy Smith Cook
Edgar Allan Poe (Just the Facts Biographies) (Biography (Lerner Hardcover))
by Thomas Streissguth
Presents the life of the nineteenth-century American author famous for his detective stories, horror stories, and poetry.
This collector’s edition of The Beatryce Prophecy, packaged in a keepsake box with a ribbon enclosure, includes an exclusive full-color piece of artwork, as well as a special beautifully decorated scroll with a story written by two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo and illustrated in full color by two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall. In a time of war, a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing. Gentle Brother Edik finds the girl, Beatryce,...
“This tribute to the author’s second-grade teacher will resonate with those who struggle with reading.” — Publishers Weekly Douglas is the youngest, smallest, and newest student in his second-grade class, and he doesn’t like reading. He doesn’t like sitting still. And he doesn’t like Miss Little, especially when she makes him stay after class, forcing him to sound out lines and blobs and squiggles when he’d rather be throwing a football. Luckily Douglas likes the pictures in the book Miss Littl...
Ancient Greek philosopher Socrates' ideas on how people should discuss, think about, and solve complicated problems have influenced centuries of thinkers in politics, law, and philosophy. The modern world would be very different without Socrates' method of asking questions about a problem to find the solution. Socrates' thinking has shaped modern science, government, and education, as well as many other parts of everyday life. Learn the story of one of the most important philosophical thinkers o...
