This clever and thought-provoking story demonstrates that there's more than one way to think about someone who might seem "different" at first glance.
It isn't
easy to say hi to someone new,
is it?
Told from the perspective of a student, The New Kid Welcome (or Welcome the New Kid when flipped) presents listeners with two versions of what happens when a 'new kid' joins the protagonist's school.
In the first half of the book, the student tells us that they don't want to be nice to the new kid or welcome them into their group simply because they seem different. In the second half, the same lines of the story are placed in reverse order. When heard this way, the student encourages us to say hello to someone new, saying they will share their table and snacks.
With a simple flip of the story, feelings of intolerance give way to those of inclusion and kindness. Precise, thoughtful text create a perfect tool for promoting acceptance and a kinder world.
After all...
It is
easy to say hi to someone new,
isn't it?
Annie’s joyful exuberance and her family’s whole-hearted support leave no doubt that her dream is within her grasp. This delightful story-with backmatter about women astronauts-encourages young readers to pursue their dreams and reach for the stars.
Career Day is approaching, and Annie can’t wait to show her family what she’s planning to be when she grows up. But, she must keep it a secret until Friday! So curious family members each ask Annie for a clue. Convinced that she’ll be a news reporter like he once was, Grandpop gives her his old camera and notebook to use for her presentation. Grandma is sure Annie wants to be a champion baker like her, so she offers a mixing bowl and oven mitts to Annie. Hopeful she'll become the mountain climber he aspired to be, Dad gives Annie an old backpack. Mom presents Annie with a pair of high-top sneakers to pursue Mom's favorite sport in high school-basketball.
Grateful for each gift, Annie cleverly finds a way to use them all to create her Career Day costume. When the big day arrives, Annie finally reveals her out-of-this-world dream to everyone.
The inspiring true story of mathematician Katherine Johnson--made famous by the award-winning film Hidden Figures--who counted and computed her way to NASA and helped put a man on the moon!
Katherine knew it was wrong that African Americans didn't have the same rights as others--as wrong as 5+5=12. She knew it was wrong that people thought women could only be teachers or nurses--as wrong as 10-5=3. And she proved everyone wrong by zooming ahead of her classmates, starting college at fifteen, and eventually joining NASA, where her calculations helped pioneer America's first manned flight into space, its first manned orbit of Earth, and the world's first trip to the moon!
Award-winning author Suzanne Slade and debut artist Veronica Miller Jamison tell the story of a NASA 'computer' in this smartly written, charmingly illustrated biography.
Both Thomas Edison and Henry Ford started off as insatiably curious tinkerers. That curiosity led them to become inventors-with very different results. As Edison invented hit after commercial hit, gaining fame and fortune, Henry struggled to make a single invention (an affordable car) work. Witnessing Thomas's glorious career from afar, a frustrated Henry wondered about the secret to his success. This little-known story is a fresh, kid-friendly way to show how Thomas Edison and Henry Ford grew up to be the most famous inventors in the world-and best friends, too.
No one thought Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass would ever become friends. The former slave and the outspoken woman came from two different worlds. But they shared deep-seated beliefs in equality and the need to fight for it. Despite naysayers, hecklers, and even arsonists, Susan and Frederick became fast friends and worked together to change America.
No one thought Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass would ever become friends. The former slave and the outspoken woman came from two different worlds. But they shared deep-seated beliefs in equality and the need to fight for it. Despite naysayers, hecklers, and even arsonists, Susan and Frederick became fast friends and worked together to change America.
In this world, sixteen-year-old Charlotte and her fellow refugees have scraped out an existence on the edge of Britain's industrial empire. Though they live by the skin of their teeth, they have their health and each other. When a new exile with no memory of his escape or even his own name seeks shelter in their camp, he brings new dangers with him and secrets about the terrible future that awaits all those who have struggled has to live free of the empire's Machineworks. The Inventor's Secret is the first book of a YA steampunk series set in an alternate nineteenth-century North America where the Revolutionary War never took place and the British Empire has expanded into a global juggernaut propelled by marvelous and horrible machinery.
Many animals, like people, enjoy spending time with
their friends and family. Many groups of animals
have their own unique names. Did you know a
group of gorillas is a called a band? And a bunch of
billy goats is a tribe? Following in the footsteps of
Multiply on the Fly (multiplication), What's New
at the Zoo? (addition) and What's the Difference?
(subtraction), this rhythmic, fun-to-read-aloud book
introduces children to division as they conquer
bands, tribes, mobs and more.
A los animales, como a las personas, les gusta pasarel tiempo con sus amigos y su familia. Muchos grupos de animales tienen nombres propios que son únicos. ¿Sabías que a muchos gorilas juntos se le llama grupo? ¿Y que a un grupo de cabras monteses se le llama rebaño? Siguiendo los pasos en ¡A volar con la multiplicación (la multiplicación), ¿Qué es nuevo en el Zoológico? (la adición) y ¿Cuál es la diferencia? (la sustracción), este libro rítmico, divertido de leer en voz alta presenta la división a los niños mientras conquistan grupos, rebaños, manadas y más.
A los niños les gustará aprender acerca del mundo de los insectos en ¡A volar con la multiplicación! Siguiendo los pasos de ¿Qué hay de nuevo en el Zoológico? (sumas) y ¿Cuál es la diferencia? (restas), este libro en rima enseña la multiplicación de tal manera que hará que los niños "te enchinchen" para que les des más. Junto con hechos divertidos, los lectores multiplicarán con una variedad de insectos, incluyendo luciérnagas, saltamontes, mariposas luna, libélulas, hormigas, abejas melíferas, mariquitas, chinches piratas, insectos palo, mariposas y salivazos.
From pirate bugs to spittlebugs to lovely Luna moths, children will love learning about the world's insects in Multiply on the Fly! Following in the footsteps of What's New at the Zoo? and What's the Difference, this rhythmic book teaches multiplication in a way that will make children "bug" you for more. Teeming with fun facts, readers will multiply with a variety of insects, including daring dragonflies, hungry honeybees, and stealthy walking sticks. The "For Creative Minds" section in the back of the book keeps the fun rolling with facts about the insect life cycle, matching insect activities, and multiplication guides to make anyone a multiplication master.
Los animales amenazados y en peligro de extinción se encuentran en todo el mundo, en todos los diferentes tipos de hábitats. Los lectores celebran la gran diferencia que hacen las personas bondadosas por estos animales mientras practican sus habilidades utilizando las restas. Cada animal se presenta a través de un verso que rima inteligentemente con un problema de resta.
