Emily Arrow Promises to Do Better This Year

Emily Arrow Promises to Do Better This Year
Author: Patricia Reilly Giff
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 82
Release: 1990-10-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0440403693

Ms. Rooney asks her students to make New Year's resolutions and Emily promises "to do better"--at everything. But can she keep such a challenging resolution?

The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature

The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
Author: Bernice E. Cullinan
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 930
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780826417787

Provides articles covering children's literature from around the world as well as biographical and critical reviews of authors including Avi, C.S. Lewis, J.K. Rowling, and Anno Mitsumasa.

The Valentine Star

The Valentine Star
Author: Patricia Reilly Giff
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2009-01-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307548651

Celebrate Valentine's Day with this classroom tale! It's time for everyone in Ms. Rooney's room to make cards for the Valentine box. Emily Arrow couldn't be happier when Dawn Bosco gives her some colored stars to decorate her cards. She plans to make a special one for Ms. Vincent, the new student teacher. But things take a turn for the worse when Ms. Rooney asks Emily to be class monitor. Emily feels important sitting at the teacher's desk, until Sherri Dent leaves her seat without Emily's permission. Emily reports her. That's when Sherri tells Emily, "You'll be sorry." Emily is really worried. What will Sherri do to get even?

Sunnyside Up

Sunnyside Up
Author: Patricia Reilly Giff
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 82
Release: 1986-06-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0440484065

Summertime. It's hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk. Richard "Beast" Best and Matthew Jackson can't wait to dive into Emily Arrow's cool blue pool. But when they get there, Mrs. Arrow tells them that Emily has gone off to summer school. Summer school! How could they forget? That's exactly where they should be right now. Sitting in class, Beast still thinks summertime is the best time, and he and Matthew can always go swimming in the afternoon. But then Matthew gives Beast some bad news. It's up to Beast to think of a way to help Matthew fast--before the summer is ruined.

Number One Kid

Number One Kid
Author: Patricia Reilly Giff
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2010-08-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0553494686

The author of the beloved Kids of the Polk Street School series introduces a new generation of readers to a multicultural group of kids who enjoy all the activities of an after-school center. I'M #1! That’s what Mitchell McCabe’s favorite T-shirt says. He'd like to be Number One at the Zigzag Afternoon Center, where there are lots of fun activities to choose from: swimming, nature walks, field trips, art, even homework help. And YAY—there's snack time! But Mitchell is worried. What if he's the only kid who doesn’t get a prize on Prize Day? Luckily, Mitchell realizes he's a winner at something terrific. In this delightful new series, award-winning author Patricia Reilly Giff introduces readers to a quirky, lovable group of kids, capturing all the excitement and surprises of new friends and after-school fun.

Big Whopper

Big Whopper
Author: Patricia Reilly Giff
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2010-08-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0553494694

The author of the beloved Kids of the Polk Street School series introduces a new generation of readers to a multicultural group of kids who enjoy all the activities of an after-school center. It’s Discovery Week at the Zigzag Afternoon Center! Everyone writes their discoveries on a big sheet of paper in the hallway. But Destiny Washington can’t think of anything new to discover. Before she knows it, Destiny has told a BIG whopper. And snooty Gina, who’s great at discovering things, knows all about it. Destiny has to find a way out of the whopper. In the end, she makes the best discovery of all. In this delightful new series, award-winning author Patricia Reilly Giff introduces readers to a quirky, lovable group of kids, capturing all the excitement and surprises of new friends and after-school fun.

Pickle Puss

Pickle Puss
Author: Patricia Reilly Giff
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 82
Release: 1986-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0440468442

It's August, and Emily has big plans at the library. She's going to read lots of books and tack a paper fish next to her name for each one. Then Dawn Bosco says she can read more books than Emily. Not only that, both Emily and Dawn want to keep Pickle Puss, a stray cat thay found. They decide that whoever reads the most books can keep cat. When Emily adds a fish for a book she read along time ago, she has one more fish than Dawn. She knows she's cheating, but she wants to keep the cat. What a pickle she's in.

Beast and the Halloween Horror

Beast and the Halloween Horror
Author: Patricia Reilly Giff
Publisher: Yearling Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1990
Genre: Blind
ISBN: 9780440403357

A story about the kids of Polk Street School.