After twelve-year-old Natalie writes a wonderful novel, her friend Zoe helps her devise a scheme to get it accepted at the publishing house where Natalie's mother works as an editor.
Ten A+ tales from the master of the school story, Andrew Clements, are now available in one collection.
Ted Hammond learns that in a very small town, there's no such thing as an isolated event.
... the whole tale may be given—that he grounded himself on such passages as that of the satyr which Jerome tells us ... a huff with some such word as that these high and dry parsons had no eyes but for a prayer-book or a pint of wine.
Beloved and New York Times bestselling author Todd Parr uses his signature blend of playfulness and sensitivity to introduce readers to all the wonderful things they can do at school, where everyone is welcome!
In No Talking, Andrew Clements portrays a battle of wills between some spunky kids and a creative teacher with the perfect pitch for elementary school life that made Frindle an instant classic.
This is the true story of an extraordinary little girl who became the first Black person to attend an all-white elementary school in New Orleans.
Award-winning author and illustrator Suzanne Bloom's signature gentle humor, exuberant characters, and reassuring message will resonate with every child who has similar anxiety about the first day of school.
And the longer he remains under the spell, the more froglike he becomes. Can Ginger turn Hopper back into his regular self before it's too late? Don't miss the companion activity book, Science and Sorcery!
1 Peter Hunt, “Enid Blyton”, in British Children's Writers 1914–1960, eds Donald R. Hettinga and Gary D. Schmidt, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 160, Detroit: Gale Research, 1996, 65. 2 Greenfield, Enid Blyton, 73.
When a teacher asks her students on the first day of school what they wish for in the coming year, the answers range from having a good school picture to receiving a perfect report card.