Richly textured illustrations bring to life the true story of one man's efforts to build a school and change the world one child at a time.
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Self confident, cheerful, and bright but friendless, Dyamond is the newest kid in Mrs. Cordell's 3rd grade. That is, until a grumpy boy named Free moves to town — and a friendship begins.
Relive the journey of the Apollo 11 where the first people stepped on the moon's surface and saw Earth from a very different perspective. Eloquent language and illustrations combine to present this historical event in a unique, unforgettable way.
Nubs was the leader of a pack of wild dogs in Iraq but became part of a human pack when he met Marine Major Brian Dennis. The story of this amazing friendship is all the more remarkable as it happened in a war zone.
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The story of a Russian family's emigration to the United States parallels the travel from Paris of Bartholdi’s statue of Lady Liberty. Both tell moving sagas and intersect in a unique way. poignant illustrations make this a memorable presentation.
Follow the life of a puffin pair as they nest, hatch, care for, and teach their "puffling" until it can live independently. A note about Puffin Project concludes this handsome and dramatic book.
Each room of every house holds items, objects, and other surprises that were invented at one time or another. (A kitchen calendar, for example, comes from a 16th century.
Another dystopic tale, this one in a futuristic world in which floods threaten to drown all of civilization. Mara sets out on a flotilla to find food and land, but some of those she encounters suspect she is more than just an ordinary 15-year old.
Lonely teenage Lucas becomes the keeper of some human ashes he finds neglected in a taxicab office. As he searches for their owner, some coincidences (HUGE coincidences!) lead him to realize the ashes may be tied to his M.I.A. father.
Peak is the son of two famous, now-divorced, climbers. (get it? Peak?) When arrested for attempting to scale a large city building, his punishment is to go live with his father.