A boy describes growing up in the 1930s in a Brooklyn seaside community filled with colorful characters.
One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this is a collection of Roald Dahl stories covering a wide variety of topics and scenes.
Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd (Legendary Women of World History, #6) (Cyfres Merched Chwedlonol Yn Hanes Y Byd, #6)
by Laurel A Rockefeller
Out of the Nest (Italian Saga, #2) (Italian Childhood, #2)
by Gaia B Amman
After the Mosquito Bite (Amie and the Safekeepers Project, #2)
by Bintu Mansaray
Bedtime Meditation Stories for Kids
by Fairyland Publishing Company
Stacey's Book (the Baby-Sitters Club Portrait Collection)
by Ann M Martin
George Washington Carver (Real Readers) (Real Readers Series: Level Blue)
by Miena Benitez and Mirna Benitez
A biography of the agriculturist for beginning readers, chronicling his struggle to get an education, his work at the Tuskegee Institute, and how he helped popularize peanuts as a cash crop in the South. Simple text and illustrations describe the life and accomplishments of the African American scientist who promoted the idea of crop rotation and found many uses for peanuts.
Babe Ruth (The Childhood of famous Americans) (History's All-Stars)
by Guernsey Van Riper
Discover the childhood of Babe Ruth, baseball legend and American history all-star. Babe Ruth was one of the first five players inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and for good reason: he broke countless records and hit 714 home runs, an achievement that went unmatched from 1935 until 1974. A legend in baseball and an American icon, Babe Ruth's impressive tenure with the Red Sox and later the New York Yankees left an enduring legacy. But did you know that Babe Ruth spent his childhood in...
Based on a scene from Wright's autobiography, Black boy, in which the seventeen-year-old African-American borrows a white man's library card and devours every book as a ticket to freedom.