What happens when a child's favorite packed lunch is met with disparaging comments at the school lunch table?
In a classroom of sandwiches, four students stand out with their homemade, culturally-specific lunches. But before they can dig in and enjoy their favorite foods, their lunches are spoiled by scrunched noses and disgusted reactions from their sandwich-eating classmates.
Follow each of the four students as they learn to cope with their first "lunch box moments" in this audiobook that encourages empathy and inspires all listeners to stand up for their food! Inspired by the "lunch box moments" of four acclaimed chefs, Ray Garcia, Preeti Mistry, Mina Park, and Niki Russ Federman, this heartwarming story reminds us all that one's food is a reflection of self and an authentic celebration of culture.
June can't tell a lie - and that made for a lot of drama even before she joined her school musical! Tween readers won't want to miss this relatable and magical new series. Honestly.
June has a hard time telling the truth when it isn't what people want to hear. But she's trying to be honest with herself, and auditioning for the school musical is a step in the right direction! It's what she wants -- even if her parents have other ideas.
But the drama is brewing offstage, too, and on the night of the play, June's secret blog is released to the whole school. ALL of the inner secrets that she's been desperate to keep to herself are unleashed! Will her friends and family forgive her for the lies? Or is her carefully-constructed life going to come crashing down?
From a Newbery Medal-winning author comes a deeply moving ode to the complexity and uniqueness of every child.
In profound, uplifting verse, beloved author Matt de la Peña explores the endless possibilities each child contains: A young dancer may grow into a computer coder; a basketball player might become a poet; a class clown may one day serve as an inspiring teacher; and today's quiet empath might be tomorrow's great leader. Here's a profound and uplifting new classic with an empowering message for listeners of all ages: Your story is still being written.
Is it science...or strange and ghostly?
There's something very odd about Mr. Maan, the scientist who is helping teach Asim's class about the moon. He spends a lot of time staring up at the night sky. Sometimes, he almost seems to glow. Asim is sure Mr. Maan is a supernatural being straight out of Guyanese folklore-and the whole town is in danger!
His friend Rokshar thinks there's a scientific explanation for everything Mr. Maan does. But she agrees that he's up to no good. Can Asim and his friends find a way to stop Mr. Maan's sinister plans?
Find out...if you dare! It's a new spooky series based on ghost stories from Guyana.
Book five in the hilarious and action-packed Total Mayhem series from New York Times bestselling author Ralph Lazar, starring Dash Candoo, an ingenious problem-solver, with fantastic friends and a bottomless backpack of brilliant gadgets.
Wanted: One amazing forever home for one amazing sixth grader.
'My name is Gaby, and I'm looking for a home where I can invite my best friend over and have a warm breakfast a couple of times a week. Having the newest cell phone or fancy clothes isn't important, but I'd like to have a cat that I can talk to when I'm home alone.'
Gaby Ramirez Howard loves volunteering at the local animal shelter. She plays with the kittens, helps to obedience train the dogs, and writes adoption advertisements so that the strays who live there can find their forever homes: places where they'll be loved and cared for, no matter what.
Gaby has been feeling like a bit of a stray herself, lately. Her mother has recently been deported to Honduras and Gaby is stuck living with her inattentive dad. She's confident that her mom will come home soon so that they can adopt Gaby's favorite shelter cat together. When the cat's original owners turn up at the shelter, however, Gaby worries that her plans for the perfect family are about to fall apart.
Once, in a tiny village in India, a boy lived in an old house with his grandfather.
They loved to do everything together—growing mangoes, making paper boats to float in the monsoon rains—but what they loved most of all was to paint.
The boy and his grandfather filled their home with art. Some days, they would invite the village children to join in. They didn’t have much, but they had each other, and a loving bond that would always keep them together.
From Rashmi Sirdeshpande and Ruchi Mhasane comes a tender, vibrant story oflove passed on through the generations.
Featuring 18 classical tales, this stunning collection of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales is sure to fascinate the minds of older children. Full of exquisite detail and intricate plots, these stories include well-loved tales such as ‘The Ugly Duckling’ and ‘Thumbelina.’ Written according to their original form, they are bursting with both magic and mayhem.
With detailed foiling on the front and back and accompanied by a ribbon bookmark to keep your place, these beautiful books will make a wonderful addition to any bookshelf.
AVA'S MYSTICAL WISH is about two sister's, Ava and April, raised by two Parents that instilled love and success into them early on in life. The girls were taught how to give back to others, they learn the importance of being kind, to work hard, to excel in education. They were raised in a diverse neighborhood and school for the purpose of growing up to know and accept the difference in people, and that Jesus loves everyone. Their Mother had and idea like Serena and Venus Father, she decided to put the girls in all kind of professional hobby's to see which hobby they would excel in, hopefully one day would become their passion and serve as their future careers!! The storyline has a bit of fantasy added to show that all things are possible if only you believe and pursue. Hopefully, children will learn new words, and shape their character. This book is meant to teach children to love, to start thinking about their future from grade school throughout College. This book should help children to dream big, encourage other's to seek new sources, or references to fulfill that dream.. I believe what President Obama said, 'I CAN'!! We can be anything or anyone if we put our minds to it, and get all the training we need to get to make that happen!!
This book promotes kindness, loyalty to those that support you and love you, Jesus Christ is our higher power, Pray!!!! Never loose hope!!
Es regnete. So hatte sich Mila ihre Sommerferien nicht vorgestellt. 'Ich gehe spazieren', rief sie und schlüpfte in die viel zu großen Gummistiefel ihrer Mutter. Die Regentropfen trommelten auf ihre Regenjacke. Sie war noch nicht weit gekommen, als sie plötzlich stolperte und nach vorne ins nasse Gras stürzte. Da war eine Schnur quer über den Weg gespannt. Mila blickte in ein schreckgeweitetes Augenpaar...
Auf einem Campingplatz in der Eifel passieren merkwürdige Dinge. Schnell wird klar, dass ein Dieb sein Unwesen treibt. Jetzt gilt es schnell zu handeln, bevor das große Feuerwerk steigt! Und das ist für die Freunde alles andere als ungefährlich...
Basierend auf der Geschichte 'Der Campingplatzdetektiv' von Ralf Kramp und Emma Mertes. Die Geschichte hat den 1. Platz beim Tatort Eifel Junior Award 2022 gewonnen. Eine professionelle Hörspielproduktion des SWR! Mitgewirkt haben Leonie Keppeln, Matthias Breit, Lina Schlags und Bernhard Jakob.
The classic tale of three pig siblings and a crafty wolf. When two of the siblings build rickety housing and fall prey to the wolf, the third builds a house of bricks and eventually outsmarts his enemy.
