Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel

Spunky third-grader Dyamonde Daniel misses her old neighborhood, but when she befriends a boy named Free, another new student at school, she finally starts to feel at home.

Rich

Dyamonde's friend Free wants to enter the big poetry contest so he can win $100. Then the quietist girl in the class signs up too. There's a mystery about this girl, and Dyamonde aims to figure it out. And when she does, just maybe she can help Free understand that there are more important things than money.

Halfway to Perfect

Despite what Dyamonde and Free say, Damaria worries that she is getting fat, until a classmate's problem with diabetes causes her to change her thoughts about body image.

The Solar System

Early learning of our planets and solar system sight/vocabulary words kindergarten and first grade

Fireflies In The Night

Describes how and why fireflies make their light, how to catch and handle them, and several uses for firefly light.

Five Silly Fishermen

A retelling of the traditional tale in which five silly fishermen, unable to count properly, are convinced that one of their group has drowned.

The Little Butterfly

A Step 2 Step into Reading Science Reader about the life cycle of a butterfly! Full-color photographs give emergent readers an up-close look at each stage of the insects life. Originally a read-aloud storybook, The Little Butterfly is now available as an I can read it myself! early reader. Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories, and are for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help.

Summer of the Sea Serpent (Original MTH #31, Merlin Mission #3)

Dinosaurs Are Different

Explains how the various orders and suborders of dinosaurs were similar and different in structure and appearance.

This Body's Not Big Enough for Both of Us

Zack used to be in control of hisown body. But that was before someone elsesomeone who's been dead almost one hundred yearstook over. She's bossy, she's British, she's a queenand she and Zack are not amused!

Grasshopper On The Road

Everything seems hopeless until Grasshopper meets a worm.

Miss Daisy Is Still Crazy!

In this fifth book in the My Weirdest School series, the students of Ella Mentry School are in for a surprise. Mr. Cooper is sick, and that means A.J. and the gang are getting a substitute teacher-crazy Miss Daisy! Now that she's back, she's weirder than ever. Instead of learning, she wants the kids to eat bonbons all day. And she thinks that germs are out to get her. Will third grade ever be normal again?

The Fran that Time Forgot

When her embarrassing middle name is revealed at school, mad-scientist Franny K. Stein experiments with time in order to return to the past and give herself a more dignified name.

Mrs. Kormel Is Not Normal!

A.J. and his friends are in for a wild adventure when their school bus gets a flat tire and their driver, Mrs. Kormel, gets lost in the middle of nowhere.

Jesse Owens

Sprint around the track and get to know Jesse Owens in this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a new series of biographies about people you should meet.Meet Jesse Owens, an African American runner who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin! What made his achievement even more memorable was that Adolph Hitler expected the Olympic Games to be a German showcase. In fact, he criticized the United States for even including black athletes on its Olympic roster. According to many reports, after Owens won his fourth gold medal, Hitler stormed out of the stadium. In 1936 Jesse Owens took a stand against racism and made history. A special section at the back of the book includes extras on subjects like history and math, plus a short article filled with interesting facts about the Olympics. With the You Should Meet series, learning about historical figures has never been so fascinating!