reSchool-Grade 2-A briskly told story in rhyme of a day at the beach. Setting off first by train, then bus, then bicycle (it's not clear where the bicycle comes from), a boy and his older sister finally arrive at the seashore, where they spend a glorious day in the surf and in the sand. "We're swimming-splishing, splashing-`Let's be porpoises and whales/Or pirates on a treasure hunt for mermaids' silvery scales.'" The absence of an accompanying adult is questionable, but, taken at face value, the story is sunny and upbeat. Barrette's winsome, full-page watercolor illustrations reflect the cheerful tone of the outing. 作者简介： A native of Pointe-Claire, Quebec, author Jane Barclay has been writing since she was a child; early credits include "Cinderelish", an elementary school play that involved sock puppets and very bad singing! Luckily for all, Jane's writing has matured. She is also the author of "How Cold Was It?" and "Going on a Journey to the Sea".

Six jet-setting stories for fluent readers. Robbie, Laura and Janie's dad is a celebrity guitarist-and now he's taking them on his band's world tour! READING HEROES is a series of graded storybooks with activities, created by reading experts.

Jenna is psyched to have all of her friends up to her lake house! Greenwood Lake is so much fun, especially on Memorial Day weekend, when they have an annual county picnic and an old-fashioned carnival. The weekend is off to a perfect start . . . until Jenna’s brother invites David, her old crush and Sarah’s current boyfriend! Jenna handles the situation by trying to ignore David. But when the picnic rolls around and she and David are partnered up for the three-legged race, the sparks that fly between them are way too electric to ignore!

"This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; thedew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor ever rising...each in its turn, as the round earth rolls." So observed John Muir, the naturalist, writer, and conservationist who fought to protect America's wild lands.Today the system of national parks he helped to create stretches from shore to shore, preserving nature's grand show for future generations. Native Americans were the first guardians of the land, taking only what they needed to survive and living in harmony with nature. For their descendants, mountains, canyons, and other features of the landscape are the spiritual connections with their ancestors, stretching back to ancient times. Many parks and monuments in the West are located on tribal lands.

The relationship between Oxford and the universtiy,or'town and gorn'as they are known colloquially,has been one of reciprocal development,and often of tension,since the beginnings of university in the early Middle Ages.The town's origins derive from Saxon times,when is was a walled enclosure with a grid layout,probably planned.The approxi-mately square shape of that enclosure,centred on Carfax,is still discern-ible in the present-day street plan.Oxford's importance was as a settlement on a north-south trade route,protected to the south,east and west by marshes and rivers-it is named after a ford through one of the rivers.After the unification of England,when Oxford ceased to be a part of the defensive system against the Danes,it became England's third largest town,London and Winchester.

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Gaby’s had it with “The Chelsea Show.” So she embarks on her own attention-seeking campaign, and claims the boy on a Survivor-type TV program for teens is her brother. At first this seems like the perfect getpopular- quick scheme. That is, until the boy wins the competition and is awarded the grand prize: a trip to Australia, leaving immediately, WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY!!! Forget popularity—unless Gaby figures out a way to convince her bunkmates that she’s on the next flight out to Australia, she’ll never be able to show her face at Lakeview again.

Hank’s dad has decided to enter a crossword-puzzle tournament, and he wants to make a family road trip of it! So the family piles into the car—along with Frankie and Katherine the iguana (Hank and Emily each get to bring a “friend”). When they reach their destination, they’ll get to spend the day at a roller-coaster park during Hank’s dad’s tournament! The only caveat is that Hank has a homework packet to finish before they get there . . . which he somehow manages to lose at a stop along the way. Suddenly, Hank doesn’t feel so good . . . Can Hank and Frankie rescue the lost packet and get Hank on a roller coaster?

Who could have dreamed, when Peter Minuit traded a few trinkets for Manhattan back in 1626, that this little island on the outer reaches of civilization would one day be the world's center of shipping, finance, theater, culture, architecture, and diplomacy? Through the tireless work and unbounded optimism of a few wealthy dreamers and a few million immigrant workers, this rocky, swampy islet at the mouth of the Hudson River was transformed into today's axis of world capitalism—a dazzling metropolis of soaring skyscrapers and great city parks, magnificent museums and professional sports teams, epicurean restaurants and intricate subway systems. Eminent photographer Carol M. Highsmith has captured the essence of Manhattan in a stunning new collection of over one hundred city portraits, ranging from breathtaking panoramas of the celebrated skyline to close-ups of architectural details. Her camera sweeps across the city, pausing at the magnificent stainless-steel Art Deco Chrysler Building and the Empire

Close-up, full-colour illustrations of wild plants and flowers. Detailed facts about size, flowering season and growing conditions to helpyou identify each plant. Discover more than 180 plants, including garden flowers, snowdrops and other woodland flowers, wild herbs and pond plants,such as water-lilies and watercress.

Ireland (Eire) is Europe's third largest island, lying between the Ilrish Sea and the Atlantic Ocean about 50 miles off the western shores of Britain. Politically, it is divided into the Republic of Ireland, which covers the south, east, west andnorthwest, and Northern Ireland, the northeast part of the island, which is a state within the United Kingdom. Dublin and Belfast are their respective capitals. Not for nothing is Ireland known as the 'Emerald Isle'. Its mild,maritime climate and all-too-frequent gentle rainfall (heaviest in the west) produce lush green vegetation all over the island.Within the mountains that girdle nmch of the coastline lie low,central plains, bisected from north to south by the great River Shannon and its tributaries that form a huge network of navigable inland waterways.

Afternoon kindergarten is having a field day, and Junie B. Jones is team captain! Only, here s the problem. Room Eight keeps on winning too many events. And so how will Room Nine ever become the kindergarten champions? As Captain Field Day, will Junie B. find a way to lead her team to victory? Or will it be up to someone else to save the day? 作者简介： BARBARA PARK is one of today's funniest, most popular authors. Her middle-grade novels, which include Skinnybones, The Kid in the Red Jacket, My Mother Got Married (And Other Disasters), and Mick Harte Was Here, have won over forty children's book awards. Barbara holds a B.S. in education from the University of Alabama. She has two grown sons and lives with her husband, Richard, in Arizona.

Part of the "Fast Talk" series, this title includes useful keyphrases for short trips, and features sightseeing, shopping andfood vocabulary. It also contains easy pronunciation tips and minidictionary.

Six states, a city called Boston, and home of the original Yankees - that's New England. It can claim to be the first clearly-defined region of the United States, without which there might not be a United States. Tucked away in the northeast corner of" the land, closest to the country that gave it its name, England, it was from New England that the earliest revolutionary talk came and where the first shot was fired in the American Revolution. To look at some of" these perfect pastoral landscapes today, New England hardly has the look of revolutionary fervor, although the area still has a reputation for political individuality. That applies to some states more than others, of the six that make up New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island andVermont. The region's largest center is Boston, always a maverick among American cities. It probably has more nicknames than any other city in the States, known among other things as The City on the Hill, The Athens of America, The

Buzby the kitten goes out to look for his first job and finds work as a busboybut he makes a few mistakes. "His sweetness wins him the support of some VIP customers, who won't let management fire him when Buzby's errors become too public. Perky drawings back the story, which should appeal to children's strong sense of fair play."BL.

Using the comventions of great British traves writing, Beryl Bainbridge, with the skills of a fine novelist, updates to the present Priestley's classic Depression-era journey to the heart and soul of England. Reaedrs will find in this ample evidence of Beryl Bainbridge's sense of humor and her understanding of ordinary people for which her writing is well known. "Fast, zany, smart and amusing."—The Times(london) "Most flavorsome and poignant."—Anthony Burgess,author of A Clockwork Orange.

Thanks to Color War,Natalie has started hanging out with some of the older kids.And not just Lainie Wilcox,the coolest girl in the sixth division,but also logan,the division's most adorable boy .Sure,she has less time to hang out with her fifth-division frends,but they're probably tooo busy with relay races and swim meets to even notice,right?Well,not exactly .Especially not tori,who's been appointed unlidely captaing of the Blue team,Natalie promises to help Tori out,but if she doesn't come through soon,the Blue feam will find itself in Loserville,and Natalie will find herself without a best friend.