Hi there, I'm Hank. Here's what you need to know about me: I don't try to make the kids in my class laugh, but somehow I do. Spelling is my worst subject. (Come to think of it, so are math and reading!) I try hard-I really do. So why does my brain always freeze into a Popsicle? The Crunchy Pickle has a new sandwich guy. It's Hank! Take Your Child to Work Day gives him the chance to help his mom at the deli. But Hank isn't the best at remembering orders-or following instructions. So when an important order comes in, Hank has one chance to get it right-or he's cooked!
'Am I pretty, Mummy?'
When Maryam asks her Mum if she's pretty, Sairah sees it as a chance to talk to her daughter about beauty standards, gender roles, and the importance of being true to ourselves. Together they explore what it means to be kind and how we can all come together by being mindful of others and embracing our inner beauty.
In todays's world we are surrounded every day by images, language and attitudes that tell us we must look a certain way in order to have value. Am I Pretty? aims to break down these messages and give children the confidence to be happy in themselves by encouraging philosophical discussion of these issues.
Aisha Saeed's middle-grade debut tells the compelling story of a girl's fight to regain her life and dreams after being forced into indentured servitude.
Life is quiet and ordinary in Amal's Pakistani village, but she had no complaints, and besides, she's busy pursuing her dream of becoming a teacher one day. Her dreams are temporarily dashed when--as the eldest daughter--she must stay home from school to take care of her siblings. Amal is upset, but she doesn't lose hope and finds ways to continue learning. Then the unimaginable happens--after an accidental run-in with the son of her village's corrupt landlord, Amal must work as his family's servant to pay off her own family's debt.
Life at the opulent Khan estate is full of heartbreak and struggle for Amal--especially when she inadvertently makes an enemy of a girl named Nabila. Most troubling, though, is Amal's growing awareness of the Khans' nefarious dealings. When it becomes clear just how far they will go to protect their interests, Amal realizes she will have to find a way to work with others if they are ever to exact change in a cruel status quo, and if Amal is ever to achieve her dreams.
When Amanda and her friends make a pinky-promise to run together in the Cross-Country race at school, Amanda needs to make a choice. Should she keep her promise or win the race.
It’s OPERATION CROSS COUNTRY!
Even though she is competitive, Amanda learns it is more important to show kindness to others than win.
When every girl in Year Three gets an invitation to Eve’s birthday party except Amanda, Amanda makes a plan, with the help of the Dolphin Squad, to win herself an invitation before the week is through.
It’s OPERATION INVITATION!
Amanda tries everything to make Eve like her and get an invitation to the party, until she finally learns it’s more important to be kind, not for what you can get but because of who you are.
Gabe Fuentes is reading under the covers one summer night when he is interrupted by a creature who looks like a purple sock puppet. The sock puppet introduces himself as the Envoy and asks if Gabe wants to be Earth's Ambassador to the Universe. What sane 12-year-old could refuse?
Some ingenious tinkering with the washing machine sends Gabe's entangled self out to the center of the galaxy. There he finds that Earth is in the path of a destructive alien force causing multiple mass extinctions--and Gabe himself is the target of an assassination plot. Exactly who wants him out of the way? And why?
Back home Gabe discovers that his parents are illegal aliens, and in imminent danger of being deported. Can Gabe survive long enough to solve two sets of alien problems?
Is Amber Brown ready for fourth grade? She has new sneakers, new notebooks and pencils, but she doesn’t have what she really needs–a new best friend. How can Amber go fourth without one? Who will be Amber’s best friend?
Nine-year-old Amber Brown faces further complications because of her parents' divorce when her father plans to move back from Paris and she must decide which parent she will be with on Thanksgiving.
Always Bright, Amazingly Bold, Amber Brown!
Amber's parents just aren't acting the way she thinks parents should. Sometimes her dad goes out on dates when he is supposed to be spending time with her. And her Mom went to Disneyland with Aunt Pam while Amber was with her dad (not fair!). Then Mom and Max decide to get married even sooner and move to a new house-maybe even a new town. Some kids seem to have no problems...and that makes Amber Brown green with envy.
Amber Brown and Justin Daniels are best friends. They sit next to each other in school, help each other with fractions and spelling, and always stick up for one another. But when Justin finds out that he is moving away, everything begins to change.
