Time for Kids: Almanac 2007

Time for Kids: Almanac 2007
Author: Editors of TIME For Kids Magazine
Publisher: Time For Kids
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-06-27
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781933405339

Look out! Time For Kids magazine, the classroom publication of Time magazine, and Fact Monster, the kids reference site from Information Please, are back with their annual best-selling comprehensive almanac.This one-of-a-kind collection provides students in grades 3-7 (and their curious parents) with a wealth of fascinating facts about Space, Animals, Presidents, Inventions, and much, much more.The photo-filled Whos News chapter gives the up-to-date skinny on kids favorite actors, singers, authors, musicians, athletes, leaders, and more.Loaded with hundreds of current maps, charts, statistics, photos, and Web links, this handy full-color book will help students boost their brainpower, develop their learning skills, and improve their performance at school.The Time For Kids Almanacs unique Homework Helper offers students tips on how to tackle tough assignments.Throughout the book, kids will find engaging puzzles and games that inspire their curiosity and keep them spellbound for hours. Kids feel sophisticated because the almanac talks to them in a language they understand.The almanac also echoes the magazine with its credible content produced by the worlds top journalists and photographers.It is an almanac that will resonate equally among teachers, parents, and students. #1 Best-selling Almanac for Kids

Time for Kids: Almanac 2006

Time for Kids: Almanac 2006
Author: Editors of TIME For Kids Magazine
Publisher: Time For Kids
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2005-06-28
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781932994346

A compilation of charts and facts on miscellaneous topics, from animals and art to math and space. Also includes word searches and mazes, and maps and flags of each country.

Time for Kids: Almanac 2004

Time for Kids: Almanac 2004
Author: Editors of TIME For Kids Magazine
Publisher: Time For Kids
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2003-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781929049974

A compilation of information for kids, featuring maps, charts, and facts on over thirty topics.

Cows Sweat Through Their Noses

Cows Sweat Through Their Noses
Author: Barbara Seuling
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2007-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781404837492

A collection of strange facts about animals.

Monster on the Hill (Expanded Edition)

Monster on the Hill (Expanded Edition)
Author: Rob Harrell
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2020-12-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1684069386

Can a depressed monster learn how to be a hero? Maybe with a little help. The hilarious and heartwarming graphic novel that inspired the theatrical film RUMBLE! In a fantastical 1860s England, every quiet little township is terrorized by a ferocious monster—much to the townsfolk’s delight! Each town’s unique monster is a source of local pride, not to mention tourism. Each town, that is... except for one. Unfortunately for the people of Stoker-on-Avon, their monster isn’t quite as impressive. In fact, he’s a little down in the dumps. Can the morose Rayburn get a monstrous makeover and become a proper horror? It’s up to the eccentric Dr. Charles Wilkie and plucky street urchin Timothy to get him up to snuff, before a greater threat turns the whole town to kindling. Monsters of all ages are sure to enjoy this tale about life’s challenges, the power of friendship, and creative redemption, packed with epic battles and plenty of wild beasts! Prepare for the release of the 2021 theatrical film RUMBLE with this expanded edition of the beloved graphic novel, now featuring a new 10-page epilogue!

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner)

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner)
Author: Sherman Alexie
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2012-01-10
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0316219304

A New York Times bestseller—over one million copies sold! A National Book Award winner A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live. With a forward by Markus Zusak, interviews with Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney, and black-and-white interior art throughout, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.

That Time of Year

That Time of Year
Author: Garrison Keillor
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2020-12-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1951627709

With the warmth and humor we've come to know, the creator and host of A Prairie Home Companion shares his own remarkable story. In That Time of Year, Garrison Keillor looks back on his life and recounts how a Brethren boy with writerly ambitions grew up in a small town on the Mississippi in the 1950s and, seeing three good friends die young, turned to comedy and radio. Through a series of unreasonable lucky breaks, he founded A Prairie Home Companion and put himself in line for a good life, including mistakes, regrets, and a few medical adventures. PHC lasted forty-two years, 1,557 shows, and enjoyed the freedom to do as it pleased for three or four million listeners every Saturday at 5 p.m. Central. He got to sing with Emmylou Harris and Renée Fleming and once sang two songs to the U.S. Supreme Court. He played a private eye and a cowboy, gave the news from his hometown, Lake Wobegon, and met Somali cabdrivers who’d learned English from listening to the show. He wrote bestselling novels, won a Grammy and a National Humanities Medal, and made a movie with Robert Altman with an alarming amount of improvisation. He says, “I was unemployable and managed to invent work for myself that I loved all my life, and on top of that I married well. That’s the secret, work and love. And I chose the right ancestors, impoverished Scots and Yorkshire farmers, good workers. I’m heading for eighty, and I still get up to write before dawn every day.”

Zombie in Love (enhanced eBook edition)

Zombie in Love (enhanced eBook edition)
Author: Kelly DiPucchio
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2012-02-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442451378

Everyone’s favorite zombie romance picture book is now available as an enhanced eBook with animation and audio narration! Mortimer is looking for love. And he’s looking everywhere! He’s worked out at the gym (if only his arm wouldn't keep falling off). He’s tried ballroom dancing lessons (but the ladies found him to be a bit stiff). He’s even been on stalemate.com. How’s a guy supposed to find a ghoul? When it seems all hope has died, could the girl of Mortimer's dreams be just one horrifying shriek away?

The World Book Encyclopedia

The World Book Encyclopedia
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 554
Release: 2002
Genre: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN:

An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.

Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Boxed Set

Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Boxed Set
Author: Ransom Riggs
Publisher: Quirk Books
Total Pages: 1234
Release: 2015-10-20
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 159474839X

The New York Times #1 best-selling series. Includes 3 novels by Ransom Riggs and 12 peculiar photographs. Together for the first time, here is the #1 New York Times best seller Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and its two sequels, Hollow City and Library of Souls. All three hardcovers are packaged in a beautifully designed slipcase. Also included: a special collector's envelope of twelve peculiar photographs, highlighting the most memorable moments of this extraordinary three-volume fantasy. MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN: A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in this groundbreaking novel, which mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling new kind of reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob Portman journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. HOLLOW CITY: September 3, 1940. Ten peculiar children flee an army of deadly monsters. And only one person can help them—but she's trapped in the body of a bird. The extraordinary adventure continues as Jacob Portman and his newfound friends journey to London, the peculiar capital of the world. There, they hope to find a cure for their beloved headmistress, Miss Peregrine. But in this war-torn city, hideous surprises lurk around every corner. LIBRARY OF SOULS: A boy, a girl, and a talking dog. They're all that stands between the sinister wights and the future of peculiar children everywhere. Jacob Portman ventures through history one last time to rescue the peculiar children from a heavily guarded fortress. He's joined by girlfriend and firestarter Emma Bloom, canine companion Addison MacHenry, and some very unexpected allies.