Nzingha and Saying Goodbye

Nzingha and Saying Goodbye
Author: Enomwoyi Damali
Publisher: Conscious Dreams Publishing
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2020-10-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781913674281

When someone dies, we may feel several different emotions. Join Nzingha and the children in Amber Class as they share some of these feelings when their teacher tells them about the death of their special pet.

Nations Apart - Book One (Bicultural Series)

Nations Apart - Book One (Bicultural Series)
Author: Shakera Munnings
Publisher: SommerSet Way Fantasy Novels LLC
Total Pages: 469
Release: 2022-05-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

The eastern and western worlds came together when Princess Nzingha of Kongo-Kingdom and Lord Andrew Barton of Tantallon Scotland both survived unpleasant circumstances, which led them to an unknown island. Princess Nzingha defied her Father by fleeing home to search for her lover, as she believed him to be exiled after her Father found out about a Scandal that involved his daughter, the Princess, and his high-ranked soldier. The night she left home, Pirates invaded their shores, placing the Princess in captivity. Her bravery and fighting skills aided her escape, allowing her to find refuge on an unknown Island. Meanwhile, a ship's Captain named Lord Barton is thrown from his ship while battling a catastrophic storm in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The two strangers become companions as they are forced to fight against Natives who fought to protect the Island from foreigners. While on the Island, the two grow a strong companionship, as Nzingha finds peace in Lord Barton after being captured and almost sold into slavery. When the two find their way off the Island. A decision has to be made. Will the Princess follow the Captain to his Homelands? Or will she return home to face the hurt her Father has caused? Her decision to travel with Drake to his homeland ends in chaos when Lord Barton's rapacious uncle captures her and forces the Princess to take him to a cave made of jewels in her mother's homeland in Africa. In an attempt to rescue Princess Nzingha from his uncle, Lord Barton is forced to meet Nzingha's Father, an angry King. Their introduction does not end well, as Nzingha is forced to choose between being her Father's heir or following her lover back to Scotland.

The Funeral

The Funeral
Author: Matt James
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2018-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1554989094

A New York Times / New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book New York Public Library Best Books for Kids Ezra Jack Keats Award Honor Winner Norma and her parents are going to her great-uncle Frank’s funeral, and Norma is more excited than sad. She is looking forward to playing with her favorite cousin, Ray, but when she arrives at the church, she is confronted with rituals and ideas that have never occurred to her before. While not all questions can be answered, when the day is over Norma is certain of one thing — Uncle Frank would have enjoyed his funeral. This sensitive and life-affirming story will lead young readers to ask their own questions about life, death and how we remember those who have gone before us. Key Text Features speech bubbles Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.7 Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)

Wait and See

Wait and See
Author: Tony Bradman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1988
Genre: Interracial marriage
ISBN: 9780749703516

Jo must decide on how to spend her allowance when she and her mother go on a shopping trip and leave Dad at home to prepare the midday meal. Suggested level: junior.

Mum's Jumper

Mum's Jumper
Author: Jayde Perkin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2019-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781911496137

If Mum has gone, how do you carry on? Missing her feels like a dark cloud that follows you around,or like swimming to a shore that never comes any nearer. But memories are like a jumper that you can cuddle and wear. And Mum's jumper might be a way to keep her close. A simple, heartfelt and ultimately uplifting bookfor anyone coping with loss.

I Don't Want to Talk about it

I Don't Want to Talk about it
Author: Jeanie Franz Ransom
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781557987037

After reluctantly talking with her parents about their upcoming divorce, a young girl discovers that there will be some big changes but that their love for her will remain the same. Includes an afterword for parents on helping children through such a change.

A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906 (Dear America)

A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906 (Dear America)
Author: Judy Blundell
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2013-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545510066

From National Book Award-winning author Judy Blundell, a thrilling account of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. When Minnie Bonner's father disappears after losing the Bonners' Philadelphia tavern, the wealthy gentleman Edward Sump, led by his avaricious wife, offers Minnie a chance to work as a lady's maid to support her family. The Sumps have grand plans, grander than the city of Philadelphia can offer, however, and decide to move to San Francisco -- the greatest city in the west. But when a powerful earthquake strikes, Minnie finds herself the sole survivor among them. After the dust settles, Minnie discovers a bag belonging to the Sumps filled with cash and papers that could drastically change her fortune. With no one else to claim it, Minnie has turned into an heiress overnight. Wealth comes at a price, though, and she is soon wrapped up in a deception that leads her down a dangerous path. As the aftermath of the earthquake ravages the city, Minnie continues to maintain her new identity. That is, until a mysterious but familiar stranger appears.

Surviving Sydney Cove

Surviving Sydney Cove
Author: Goldie Alexander
Publisher: Scholastic Australia
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2010-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1925063984

Lizzie Harvey, a convict transported to Sydney Cove, is starved and overworked. She has to fetch water, mend clothes, please her master, care for his china-doll daughter and tiptoe around his moody soldier son. She can barely find time to dream about the way things used to be, let alone write in her diary. But write she must. It is her only hope of reaching out to the home she has left behind, all those thousands of miles across the sea.

Dear Canada: A Season for Miracles

Dear Canada: A Season for Miracles
Author: Gillian Chan
Publisher: Scholastic Canada
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2012-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1443119962

Twelve original holiday stories from the top children's writers in the country! What an incredible gift book for Dear Canada fans! The twelve stories in this treasury are set around Christmas time and feature the young girls from a dozen previous Dear Canada books. Readers will be thrilled to reconnect with their favourites and get a glimpse of each character's life a year or so after the events in the actual diary are over. Anyone new to the Dear Canada series will be introduced to characters so compelling, they'll want to read more.

The Lost Tribes: Trials

The Lost Tribes: Trials
Author: Christine Taylor-Butler
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2023-09-19
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1632894335

With Safe Harbor under the control of a dangerous new leader, the stakes are higher than ever. Known as a “planet killer,” Earth’s largest supervolcano shows signs of erupting. Now the clock is ticking as the mission’s timeline is reduced to only months. Ben and his friends are slammed into new roles as mission specialists and forced to complete their training as warriors in weeks instead of years. Their search for solutions takes them from a secret outpost in Antarctica to a hidden tomb in China and even the dark side of the moon. As they fight to prevent the destruction of Earth, they finally understand what it means to be human. But is it too little, too late?