| 281. Bronze Bow | |
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by: Elizabeth George Speare Amazon.com's Price: $6.95 Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description This is a serious story with a gripping plot about brutality in ancient Palestine. I feel this book is really more for adults that for children because the protagonist is already 18 at the outset, doing a man's job (blacksmith/bandit). The themes of hatred and revenge are adult as well. We read of the espionage adventures of four Hebrew teens, struggling to maintain their Jewish heritage and national identity in the face of ruthless Roman occupation. Scholars are awaiting the Messiah; while hotheads, ... Read More  Read Reviews and Description
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| 282. A Light in the Attic | |
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by: Shel Silverstein List Price: $17.99 Amazon.com's Price: $12.59 You Save: $5.40 (30%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description Shel Silverstein does it again. This time with "A Light in the Attic". A great compelation of poems that will have you laughing throughout the day. When I first picked this book up, I couldn't put it down for its gripping the reader techniques with such humorous poems. With characters in his poems ranging from any animal to any human, this book definitely has variety. I love the way Shel is able to rhyme things together and come up with such great stories in his poems......this is very evident in this book. Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 283. Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business | |
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by: Esphyr Slobodkina Amazon.com's Price: $5.99 Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description Caps For Sale is a wonderful tale that students love to read. It is an ideal book for shared reading and offers opportunities for students to learn about the structure of a good story. Slobodkina's story of a peddler trying to sell his wares in a small town has a clear beginning, middle, and end. You need this one if you would like children to learn how to make predictions, recognize patterns, sequence events, and notice setting elements. This book is a "must have" classic in any K and 1st grade classroom. Read Reviews and Description
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| 284. Discovering Great Artists: Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters (Bright Ideas for Learning) | |
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by: MaryAnn F. Kohl, Kim Solga, Rebecca Van Slyke List Price: $14.95 Amazon.com's Price: $10.47 You Save: $4.48 (30%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description This is a wonderful book for ways to spark an interest in both art as an activity and art history. I work with kids from ages 2 - 13 and this book has ideas that will work for most of that range. A variety of materials are suggested and the historical information helps bring perspective to the artists work, even for young minds. I highly recommend this for the home or school. I even bought one for my daughter's middle school art teacher for use at the school. Read Reviews and Description
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| 285. Through My Eyes | |
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by: Ruby Bridges, Margo Lundell List Price: $16.95 Amazon.com's Price: $11.87 You Save: $5.08 (30%) Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description I'd not read such a well-written book about the racism of the 60s for children, until now. Prefaced by Harry Belafonte, the book is remarkable on a number of levels. Off the bat, it is written particularly well for small children. The style is clear and concise without being patronizing. Large full pictures of the people and events of the time are placed on each and every page. While these photographs are effective, they are not violent or frightening in a visceral way. The pictures of racists yelling at Ruby and other black ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 286. My Side of the Mountain | |
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by: Jean Craighead George Amazon.com's Price: $6.99 Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description Sam runs away from home to the Catskill Mountains, because he isn't happy with his eight brothers and sisters. He is too crowded. He burns out a tree to live in. He sees all the animals of the forest storing up food for the winter. He thinks he doesn't have enough food to feed himself through the winter. Sam trains a duck hawk to catch food for him. Her name is Frightful. Sam meets an English teacher. He heard sirens before he met him, so he thought he was a bandit. He called him Bando. Bando brings Sam newspaper clippings. They ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 287. The Tiger Rising | |
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by: Kate Dicamillo Amazon.com's Price: $5.99 Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description Rob Horton, a young, brave boy who is about to find something amazing in his life. As he lives in the "Kentucky Star Motel" with his dad, and he finds a tiger in the back of the Motel. A new person comes to his scool, called Sistine, and they both become best friends. Together they go and visit the tiger after school everyday. Whenone day they let the tiger out of his cage and the tiger runs to the motel. When they hear screams and shoots of a gun they knew what happened. The best friends learn what its like to lose something close to ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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| 288. It's Not Your Fault, Koko Bear: Osread-Together Book for Parents & Young Children During Divorce Mpt | |
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by: Vicki Lansky, Jane Prince Amazon.com's Price: $6.99 Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description My son is 3 1/2 and is having a hard time understanding why Daddy and Mommy don't live together anymore. This book helped me introduce the word Divorce to my son and was useful in explaining how to help my child cope with the feelings and trauma of separation. It gives useful tips to parents on how to talk and draw out your feelings. The illustrations were great and very realistic. My son wanted to read it twice! Read Reviews and Description
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| 289. Jamberry Board Book | |
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by: Bruce Degen Amazon.com's Price: $7.99 Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description This is a wonderful little book. My 7-month old loves it. I started reading to him from birth. The hardcover pages make it a perfect size for little hands. He looks forward to our reading Jamberry. The author was so creative and the rhyming is wonderful. It's a fun book to read outloud to my son! I also recommend Sheep in a Jeep and Sweet Dreams, Ted. They, along with Jamberry, are his favorites! Pick yours up today as a gift or for your own little baby or toddler. Read Reviews and Description
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| 290. Breadwinner | |
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by: Deborah Ellis Amazon.com's Price: $5.95 Prices subject to change. Customer Reviews and Description The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis is the story of an eleven-year-old girl, Parvana, who lives in Afghanistan under the oppressive rule of the Taliban. After her father's imprisonment (for having a foreign education), she must disguise herself as a boy in order to safely leave the bombed out apartment she shares with her mother and siblings and be her family's "breadwinner". While the plot is based on stories from the author's interviews with Afghan women in refugee camps, the reader senses that the story is little more than a stringing together ... Read More Read Reviews and Description
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