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This Level 1 guided reader explores the feeling of fear. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about their feelings.

What is a Friend? is the 10th title in Etan Boritzer’s best selling children’s books series on character education and social values. In this book Etan explores the themes of co-operative and supportive behavior between individuals, as well as what sometimes goes wrong in our relationships with...

Somos en 99% es un libro para abrir los ojos, informarte y descubrir qué medidas puedes tomar para cambiar una realidad que te afecta tanto o más que a nadie. #Somosel99 Vivimos en un mundo en el que: - el 1% de la población toma decisiones contrarias al interés del 99% restante. -...

Discovering Black America offers readers an unprecedented account of more than 400 years of African American history set against a background of American and global events. The book begins with a black sailor aboard the Niña with Christopher Columbus and continues through the colonial period, slavery,...

Kids in Bravo Hills trailer park usually have to grow up fast, and fifteen-year-old Jesse Sampson is no exception. With a meth addict for a mom and a drug dealer for a stepdad, Jesse spends most nights taking care of his sister, Pony. But when the cops arrest his mom for a mini-mart robbery gone wrong,...

Tom can’t read facial expressions, so he doesn’t understand the other children and they don’t understand him. Playing at the park can be lonely sometimes, but luckily Tom has his dog, Boo, and Boo is easy to understand. She wags her tail when she is happy and whines when she is sad. One...

“You can’t help falling in love with this hilarious upside-down take on Dungeons & Dragons. I read; I cheered; I laughed out loud.”—Gordon Korman In the mystical realm of Bríandalör, every day the brave and the bold delve into hidden temples or forgotten dungeons, battling vile monsters...

Lizzie is an Aspie Girl - she has Asperger's Syndrome, which means that her brain works differently to her friends, and even to boys with Asperger Syndrome. In this book, Lizzie explains what it's like to be an Aspie Girl, including how she has a special talent for blending in with her friends, how...

1969 a Jewish honor student in the Bronx is a school newspaper editor the son of Holocaust survivors and the newest member of a Puerto Rican extortion gang. A strong inciting sequence puts a sixteen-year-old boy in a dilemma of possible violence. After angering the gang's leader Dave at a neighborhood...

Alone in the dark, Little Seed feels scared. Children of all ages will cheer as the adorable main character makes a heroic journey from doubt to confidence. This captivating story teaches children that patience, courage, and self-belief can transform fear. The book features a gender neutral...

Alcohol is the most commonly used and abused drug among teens in the U.S. Young people who binge drink are more likely to experience academic and social problems, physical illnesses, risky sexual activity, car crashes, and accidental injuries. Alcohol poisoning, which can cause unconsciousness or...

For young children, learning to forgive—when they’ve been let down or had their feelings are hurt—can take time. Help children develop their forgiveness skills and learn how to accept an apology and move on without holding grudges. At the same time, encourage children to let go of disappointment...

Nothing prepares a girl for battling the forces of evil like the first year of middle school... Amanda Price adores all things bug-related—from spiders to mantises—like, seriously loves them. Unfortunately most of her fellow sixth-graders do not share her invertebrate obsession. They’re...

Thirteen year old Tom wants to audition for the school musical Batjack but he has a problem, A Big One – Dylan, the school bully, and Tom's arch enemy wants the same part. When Tom is cast as the main character and Dylan is his understudy the battle begins – fights, verbal...