The stories Julian tells

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

0590203630

Collation

71 pages : illustration ; 19 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

C

Christophe's story

This is the story of a young Rwandan refugee now living in the UK. Christophe is having trouble getting used to his new school, new language and new life. Life has been very lonely for him. Most of all he misses his grandfather who they had to leave behind. His teacher persuades Christophe to share his story with his classmates - so he tells them of the terrifying day the soldiers came to his h…

Where the forest meets the sea

Beautiful collage illustrations take the reader on an extraordinary visual journey to a primeval wilderness, which like so many others is now threatened. "My father says there has been a forest here for over a hundred million years," Jeannie Baker's young protagonist tells us, and we follow him on a visit to this tropical rain forest. We walk with him among the ancient trees as he pretend…

Drawn from nature

Helen Ahpornsiri's intricate artwork transforms leaves, petals, and seeds into bounding hares, swooping swallows, and blossoming trees. Using nothing but pressed plants, this journey through the seasons captures the wonder and magic of the natural world between the pages of a book. This standout title with beautiful nonfiction text will take readers through an extraordinary year in the wild.

....if you were there when they signed the Constitution

If you were there when they signed the Constitution you would see --Why the Constitution is called a miracle. --The first big argument. --What was missing from the Constitution. This books takes you behind the locked doors of Philadelphia's State House during the history-making summer of 1787. You will meet the key delegates and find out what is going on.

The children's book of the earth

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

086020118X

Collation

32 pages : illustration : 28 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

550 WAT

The desert is theirs

You may think of the desert as a harsh, dry place where no one would ever want to live -- but think again. The Desert People know. so do the animals. Both love the land, and "share the feeling of being brothers in the desert, of being desert creatures together." Byrd Baylor's spare, poetic text and Peter Parnall's striking illustrations lime the sky, stone and sand of the desert in this haunt…

The Constitution

Describes the need for unification in a growing country and discusses the problems and decisions of the men who drafted the Constitution of the United States.

What are the branches of democracy?

Teaching Students About What A Democracy Is And How Our Country Was Founded On The Constitution, Which Protects Our Rights And Freedoms, Is The Main Focus In This Title. Filled With Democracy Fact Boxes Which Include Information To Reinforce The Text.

Why do sunflowers face the sun? : questions children ask about nature

Provides answers to children's questions about animals, plants, and the world around them.