HowtoBeanEarthling（《外星小子来地球》）系列讲述了外星人Spork登陆地球，与一群三年级小学生一起完成获得星系徽章任务的故事。为了获得徽章，Spork需要了解地球人的行为，他们是否诚实、尊重他人、有责任感？如何才能成为一名地球人？ 每个故事关注一种正能量好品德，包括勇气、耐心、自控力等，让孩子跳出自己的生活框架，从外星人的角度思考，获得成长所需的情商教育。 每册故事后是精心设计的趣味题目，用选择、判断、补充句子等多种形式，帮助孩子复习故事中的主题，引导孩子举一反三，学会处理问题，同时锻炼想象力、观察力、思考能力、阅读能力等。 本册PlanetoftheEggs（《等待孵蛋》）的主题是 耐心 ，讲的是：Newton有一个秘密，嘘，千万别告诉别人。他要带一只刚孵出来的小鸡去参加农场日活动，当然，前提是，如果他的鸡蛋能孵出小鸡的话

HowtoBeanEarthling（《外星小子来地球》）系列讲述了外星人Spork登陆地球，与一群三年级小学生一起完成获得星系徽章任务的故事。为了获得徽章，Spork需要了解地球人的行为，他们是否诚实、尊重他人、有责任感？如何才能成为一名地球人？ 每个故事关注一种正能量好品德，包括勇气、耐心、自控力等，让孩子跳出自己的生活框架，从外星人的角度思考，获得成长所需的情商教育。 每册故事后是精心设计的趣味题目，用选择、判断、补充句子等多种形式，帮助孩子复习故事中的主题，引导孩子举一反三，学会处理问题，同时锻炼想象力、观察力、思考能力、阅读能力等。 本册OneSmallStepforSpork（《外星人迈出一小步》）的主题是 协作 ，讲的是：太棒了，外星人Spork终于赢得独自探险徽章了！他现在只要返回他的星球领取徽章就可以了。另外，撞坏的宇宙飞船也修

HowtoBeanEarthling（《外星小子来地球》）系列讲述了外星人Spork登陆地球，与一群三年级小学生一起完成获得星系徽章任务的故事。为了获得徽章，Spork需要了解地球人的行为，他们是否诚实、尊重他人、有责任感？如何才能成为一名地球人？ 每个故事关注一种正能量好品德，包括勇气、耐心、自控力等，让孩子跳出自己的生活框架，从外星人的角度思考，获得成长所需的情商教育。 每册故事后是精心设计的趣味题目，用选择、判断、补充句子等多种形式，帮助孩子复习故事中的主题，引导孩子举一反三，学会处理问题，同时锻炼想象力、观察力、思考能力、阅读能力等。 本册ParksandWrecks（《公园大改造》）的主题是 慷慨 ，讲的是：嗖！外星人Spork把球踢过了墙头，Trixie爬上那堵旧砖墙，意外地发现了一个被遗忘的花园。喷泉坏了，长椅也倒了。不过，如果Trixie

HowtoBeanEarthling（《外星小子来地球》）系列讲述了外星人Spork登陆地球，与一群三年级小学生一起完成获得星系徽章任务的故事。为了获得徽章，Spork需要了解地球人的行为，他们是否诚实、尊重他人、有责任感？如何才能成为一名地球人？ 每个故事关注一种正能量好品德，包括勇气、耐心、自控力等，让孩子跳出自己的生活框架，从外星人的角度思考，获得成长所需的情商教育。 每册故事后是精心设计的趣味题目，用选择、判断、补充句子等多种形式，帮助孩子复习故事中的主题，引导孩子举一反三，学会处理问题，同时锻炼想象力、观察力、思考能力、阅读能力等。 本册LibrariansoftheGalaxy（《外星人的真相》）的主题是 接纳 ，讲的是：Grace真不敢相信自己的好运气，大作家LucyHarper要来他们学校了。LucyHarper的书写得非常好，但是她笔下的外星人都是坏蛋。Grace

Manolo was only three when his father, the great bullfighterJuan Olivar, died. But Juan is never far from Manolo'sconsciousness -- how could he be, with the entire town of Arcangelwaiting for the day Manolo will fulfill his father's legacy? But Manolo has a secret he dares to share with no one -- he is acoward, without afición, the love of the sport that enables abullfighter to rise above his fear and face a raging bull. As theday when he must enter the ring approaches, Manolo finds himselfquestioning which requires more courage: to follow in his father'slegendary footsteps or to pursue his own destiny?

Lucky, age ten, can’t wait another day. The meanness gland inher heart and the crevices full of questions in her brain makerunning away from Hard Pan, California (population 43), therock-bottom only choice she has. It’s all Brigitte’s fault–for wanting to go back to France.Guardians are supposed to stay put and look after girls in theircare! Instead Lucky is sure that she’ll be abandoned to someorphanage in Los Angeles where her beloved dog, HMS Beagle, won’tbe allowed. She’ll have to lose her friends Miles, who lives oncookies, and Lincoln, future U.S. president (maybe) and member ofthe International Guild of Knot Tyers. Just as bad, she’ll have togive up eavesdropping on twelve-step anonymous programs where theinteresting talk is all about Higher Powers. Lucky needs herown–and quick. But she hadn’t planned on a dust storm. Or needing to lug the world’s heaviest survival-kit backpack intothe desert.

When Marty Preston comes across a young beagle in thehills behind his home, it's love at first sight -- and also bigtrouble. It turns out the dog, which Marty names Shiloh, belongs toJudd Travers, who drinks too much and has a gun -- and abuses hisdogs. So when Shiloh runs away from Judd to Marty, Marty just hasto hide him and protect him from Judd. But Marty's secret becomestoo big for him to keep to himself, and it exposes his entirefamily to Judd's anger. How far will Marty have to go to makeShiloh his?

Moomoo!Hoohoo!Cock-a-doodle-doo!Oh,thewonderfulsoundsMr.Browncando.Nowseeifyoucandothemtoo!Thisfabulousbookisidealforteachingyoungchildrenallaboutnoises!Withhisinimitablecombinationofhilariousstories,zanypicturesandriotousrhymes,Dr.Seusshasbeendelightingyoungchildrenandhelpingthemlearntoreadforoverfiftyyears.CreatorofthewonderfullyanarchicCatintheHat,andrankedamongtheUK'stoptenfavouritechildren'sauthors,Seussisfirmlyestablishedasaglobalbest-seller,withnearlyhalfabillionbookssoldworldwide.

When she is caught in the backseat of a car with her olderbrother's best friend--Deanna Lambert's teenage life is changedforever. Struggling to overcome the lasting repercussions and thestifling role of "school slut," she longs to escape a life definedby her past. With subtle grace, complicated wisdom and strikingemotion, Story of a Girl reminds us of our human capacityfor resilience, epiphany and redemption.

Smoky knows only one way of life: freedom. Living on the openrange, he is free to go where he wants and to do what he wants. Andhe knows what he has to do to survive. He can beat any enemy,whether it be a rattlesnake or a hungry wolf. He is as much a partof the Wild West as it is of him, and Smoky can't imagine anythingelse. But then he comes across a new enemy, one that walks on twolegs and makes funny sounds. Smoky can't beat this enemy the way hehas all the others. But does he really want to? Or could giving upsome of his freedom mean getting something in return that's evenmore valuable?

The 1938 classic tells the story of Mr. Popper, the small-townhousepainter who dreamed of exploring Antarctic regions, andCaptain Cook, the redoubtable penguin who turned Mr. Popper's worldupside down. Reprint. Newbery Honor Book. H. SLJ. NYT. AB.

Readers today are still fascinated by "Nat," aneighteenth-century nautical wonder and mathematical wizard.Nathaniel Bowditch grew up in a sailor"s world—Salem in the earlydays, when tall-masted ships from foreign ports crowded thewharves. But Nat didn"t promise to have the makings of a sailor; hewas too physically small. Nat may have been slight of build, but noone guessed that he had the persistence and determination to mastersea navigation in the days when men sailed only by "log, lead, andlookout." Nat"s long hours of study and observation, collected inhis famous work, The American Practical Navigator (also known asthe "Sailors" Bible"), stunned the sailing community and made him aNew England hero.

After his motherdivorces his father and remarries, Asa's sharp intellect andcapacity for forgiveness help him deal with the instabilities ofhis new world. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailableedition of this title.