Lawrence’s confidence boost when he finally realizes (with his friend’s help) the best defense against a bully is to accept himself just the way he was made and find joy in it.
Filled with humor that youngsters will appreciate, this charming picture book stars two unforgettable characters in a story of an odd couple learning how to share. "Duck & Goose" has all the ingredients of a classic-in-the-making.
Angry words can ruin friendships, but a gesture as simple as a smile can cause kindness to bloom and friendships to mend. Die-cut pages feature a sapling that grows into a flowering tree with each turn of the page as kindness is spread. Harsh words, disagreements, and shouting can cause friendships to bend and sometime break. Friends are sad when they're left out, and once a mean word is spoken, i ...
A classic tale by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo, America's beloved storyteller. Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who adored him completely. And then, one day, he was lost. . . . Kate DiCamillo takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the depths o ...
From a multiple Coretta Scott King Award-winning author comes the story of a brilliant girl that no one knows about because she cannot speak or write. "If there is one book teens and parents (and everyone else) should read this year, "Out of My Mind" should be it.O--"Denver Post."
The personification of numbers in this story makes it accessible to a wide range of young readers. Youngest observers will sense playful antics, while older readers realize the feelings portrayed to uniquely show harmful effects of favoritism, unkindness, and pride, as well as the mending ways of humility, wise choices, and forgiveness. This is powerful in its simple complexity whose message will ...
