Short rhymes provide accurate glimpses at heavenly bodies, even noting Pluto's new status. Each poem is accompanied by colorful, evocative illustrations. Additional information about the topic of each poem concludes this handsome volume.
Dragons are beautiful, powerful creatures that have immense appeal to the budding artist. This book not only gives drawing advice but also background information on a wide variety of dragons.
As a pirate, Jack Plank was not a very good plunderer, although he makes up for it as a fine storyteller. He wows Mrs. Del Fresno's daughter and her other boarders with his stories as he seeks another profession.
Sometimes putting something off is worse than what is being put off – and that's just what Moxy Maxwell learns when she puts off her summer reading.
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From a sharecropper family, Althea Gibson went on to become a highly skilled tennis player and to break down the game's racial barriers.
Read about dogs with cat icons, and then turn the book over to learn about cats – with dog icons. Informative, informal text combines with textured collage illustrations for an intriguing and edifying look at these familiar animals.
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Stunning, semi-abstract illustrations create a contemporary, recognizable setting for Lewis Carroll's now classic nonsense poem.
Conversations with families provide insight and information into how books are created and the intergenerational impact of illustrating and writing them.
Stunning illustrations, recent photographs, and current information combine to present a compelling look at the various planets (including the dwarf planet Pluto), stars, and galactic mysteries.
The latest edition of the Young Explorers atlas uses satellite images to help focus on various parts of the world and to build an understanding of continents, countries, and natural resources.