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Babies don't have teeth as they don't need them yet. But as children grow, teeth grow in and then fall out to be replaced by adult teeth.
Junie B. worries about her loose tooth. If she's the first in her class to lose a tooth, will she appear different, weird?
Dr. Flossman welcomes his class of incisors, canines, etc. (appropriately for each of the typical mouth's 32 teeth), providing actual information in a wacky, slightly abstract combination of art and story.
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The words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., inspired four students to protest in a way that ultimately changed the United States.
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The youngest daughter of civil rights leader Andrew Young shares a time when she and her two older sisters moved from New York to Atlanta to protest and ultimately change unfair laws.
In spite of growing up in the 1940s before the United States was integrated, in a segregated Mobile, Alabama, Henry Aaron dreamed of playing baseball.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. prepared diligently for his now famous "I have a dream" speech given on August 28, 1963 during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
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Cassius Clay learned to box when he was twelve, trained by Joe Martin in his native Louisville, Kentucky. He would go on to win the Golden Gloves championship and to box in the Olympics.
Greek goddesses experience the highs and lows of romance and heartbreak in dramatic ways that teens can relate to. This book relates the stories from the goddesses' points of view.
Teachers, have you ever wondered how mythology can relate to your student's life or how to make mythology relevant in the classroom? This book combines reader's theater, activities, and discussion questions to invigorate the teaching of ancient myths.