Many of our Presidents owned several pets that history books sometimes forget. Readers will meet all the dogs, cows, snakes, and cats, eagles, hyenas, bears, tigers, and rats, elephants, gators, raccoons, and turkeys, and even more pets that are equally quirky.

Featuring men and women who have worked passionately to pioneer peaceful solutions to violent conflicts throughout history, this new addition to the PROFILES series includes Mahatma Gandhi, Rev. Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr., Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Dorothy Day, and Ellen Sirleaf Johnson. Readers wll find out about their childhoods, where they went to school, what their families were like, and what their major accomplishments were.

Readers will learn all of the biographical information they need to know (background, family, education, accomplishments, etc.) about: Ho Chi Minh (Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam), John F. Kennedy (US President 1961-1963), Lyndon B. Johnson (US President 1963-1969), Ngo Dinh Diem (President of South Vietnam), Henry Kissinger (US National Security Advisor), and William Westmoreland (US Army General). This book will help illuminate one of the most controversial wars in American history to a new generation.

For more than two decades, millions of parents and educators have turned to Jim Trelease's beloved classic to help countless children become avid readers through awakening their imaginations and improving their language skills. Now this new edition of THE READ ALOUD HANDBOOK imparts the benefits, rewards, and importance of reading aloud to children of a new generation. Supported by delightful anecdotes as well as the latest research, THE READ ALOUD HANDBOOK offers proven techniques and strategies and the reasoning behind them for helping children discover the pleasures of reading and setting them on the road to becoming lifelong readers.

Long an advocate of frequent, voluminous reading in schools, the author draws on evidence gathered in twenty years of classroom teaching to make the case for reading workshop more powerful than ever. The book establishes the top ten conditions for making engaged classroom reading possible for students at all levels and provides the practical support and structures necessary for achieving them.

Here is a fun, colorful look at Ronald Reagan's fascinating life for readers 5-8, from his humble beginnings as the son of a shoe salesman to his years in Hollywood, his service in WWII, his life as a rancher, and the culmination of his political career in the Oval Office as 40th President of the United States

Princess Emily uncovers a plot to destroy all the beautiful deer in the nearby forest. Fortunately for the deer, the rescue princesses can do more than curtsy—they have ninja moves and aren't afraid to use them!

This value-priced collection features all 7 books in the Ricky Ricotta series! A perfect choice for kids who have already read all of the Captain Underpants books!

You thought you knew him. You were dead wrong. Carver Young dreams of becoming a detective, despite growing up in an orphanage with only crime novels to encourage him. But when he is adopted by Detective Hawking of the world famous Pinkerton Agency, Carver is given not only the chance to find his biological father, he finds himself smack in the middle of a real-life investigation: tracking down a vicious serial killer who has thrown New York City into utter panic. When the case begins to unfold, however, it's worse than he could have ever imagined, and his loyalty to Mr. Hawking and the Pinkertons comes into question. As the body count rises and the investigation becomes dire, Carver must decide where his true loyalty lies. Full of whip-smart dialogue, kid-friendly gadgets, and featuring a then New York City Police Commissioner Teddy Roosevelt, Ripper challenges everything you thought you knew about the world's most famous serial killer.

Rocket loves books and he wants to make his own, but he can't think of a story. Encouraged by a little yellow bird to look closely at the world around him for inspiration, Rocket sets out on a journey. Along the way he discovers small details that he has never noticed before, a timid baby owl who becomes his friend, and an idea for a story. This irresistible tale is sure to appeal to kids, parents, teachers, and librarians.