In 1957, Theodor Geisel, known to the world as Dr. Seuss, wrote a book called The Cat in the Hat. It was fun to read aloud, easy to read alone, and impossible to put down. From this magically right beginning came the concept of Beginner Books, exacting blends of words and pictures that encourage children to read - all by themselves. Hailed by elementary educators and remedial reading speciali…
The history of America at sea is presented through the travels of Seabird, an ivory gull carved by a cabin boy. The story presents three generations of sailing families in America. Traveling all over the globe, students will delight in this story of sailing, whaling, ships and ship building, while they learn world geography and so much more!
Can learning about punctuation really be fun? You bet--in Elsa Knight Bruno's Punctuation Celebration, featuring illustrations by Jenny Whitehead. Punctuation marks come alive in this clever picture book featuring fourteen playful poems. Periods stop sentences in a baker's shop, commas help a train slow down, quotation marks tell people what to do, and colons stubbornly introduce lists. This…
“You are standing on a narrow quay-side waiting to board a small sailing ship. You are about to make an exciting but dangerous and uncomfortable voyage" So begins the racy and imaginative account of the voyage of The Mayflower which David Gay has written specially for young people. His exciting historical narrative follows the nine week passage of the Pilgrims through the eyes of an imagin…
Tinker Bell bosan! sebagai peri-bakat-kuali-dan-panci yang terbaik di Pixie Hollow, tugas-tugas yang diberikan kepadanya terlalu remeh. Mengganti mata cangkul yang berkarat, apa susahnya? Coba aku bisa mendapat tugas yang menantang! katanya. hati-hati kalau bicara, Tink, harapanmu bakal menjadi kenyataan lho! Peluru meriam Kapten Hook tiba-tiba nyasar ke halaman Home Tree. Nah, Tink, coba piki…
A review of research, Mainly 1930-1960 Now the Modern Language Association adds the Middle Ages to its list to literary areas covered by a bibliographical survey. Surely no other period has undergone such a radical re-examination in recent times as the medieval period-much of the re-examination having been done in the United States. Critics now see subtlety, power, sophistication, and wholenes…
These brief lessons are based on historical people and events, with insightful questions at the end of each. They will encourage families to talk about what God has done in their lives and in the lives of Christians of years gone by.
Ketika semua warga Perkampungan binatang ceria sibuk mengusulkan ide acara untuk musim semi, Kelinci Putih hanya diam mendengarkan. Sebenarnya ia memiliki ide yang bagus, tapi ia ragu mengemukakannya karena takut ditertawakan teman-temannya. Apakah akhirnya Kelinci Putih berani mengemukakan idenya yang bagus itu...?
Unusually for Dickens, Hard Times is set, not in London, but in the imaginary mid-Victorian Northern industrial town of Coketown with its blackened factories, downtrodden workers and polluted environment. This is the soulless domain of the striet utihuarism Thomas Gradigrind and the heartless factory qwner Josiah Bounderby. However, human joy is not excluded thanks to Mr Sleary's Horse-Riding c…