Tiki has had seven long touch-down runs this season, and Ronde is proud of his brother, but he can’t help feeling a little down when Tiki gets all the glory. If Ronde hadn’t been leading the way with his blocks, Tiki wouldn’t have been clear to score. Ronde thinks nobody notices the guy who blocks; they only notice the guy who scores. Will the day ever come when Ronde will get his chance?…
Tiki and Ronde were each other's best friends. Together from the start, these twins might not have been the strongest or the tallest, but they were fast and worked hard at what they loved. And they loved sports, especially football. Then one day Tiki badly hurt his knee in a biking accident, and he was sure he'd never be able to play again. Their mother had always told them, "You are each othe…
This is the moving story of how Jackie Robinson became the first black player on a Major League baseball team when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s, and how on a fateful day in Cincinnati, Pee Wee Reese took a stand and declared Jackie his teammate. Illustrated with a blend of historic photographs and eloquent watercolors by Paul Bacon.
Illustrates fourteen entertaining hand games with bright, cheerful paintings and easy-to-follow drawings as children animate rhymes like "Two Little Monkeys," "Quack! Quack! Quack!," and "The Caterpillar"
Going to the theater often means seeing a spectacular performance. But theater have not always been full of lights, microphones, scenery, and costumes. Thousands of year ago, performances were usually outside. There certainly weren't soft, comfortable chairs for the audience to sit in! Enter this world of the theater in Masks and Makeup, Plays and Performances, and see how acting has changed ov…
What is it about sport that appeals to so many people? Is it the excitement of watching a team of players work together like a well-oiled machine? Is it the admiration of players' endurance as they strive to be the very best? Do you dream of playing your sport at the highest level? Would you like to try a different sport?
This book is part of the phenomenally successful Oxford Reading Tree which is used to teach reading in 80% of primary schools. The stories within it are about much-loved Biff, Chip and Kipper, their friends and family, and the exciting adventures they have together. They are carefully graded across 9 stages and contain built-in progression and vocabulary repetition throughout. Each book include…
The Stage 3 Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories provide a rich story context to help develop language comprehension and decoding skills. Stories, More Stories A and More Stories B build on the reading skills from Stage 2 and are slightly longer.
Rookie Readers (Ages 5-7) have provided entertaining, high-quality introductions to reading for more than a generation. Each title features full-color, often hilarious illustrations and engaging stories that always involve a young child figuring out concepts or solving problems on his or her own. A girl and her brother retrieve a large box from the garbage and pretend that it is a cave, car,…
Join Thea Stilton and the Thea Sisters on an adventure through Mouseford Academy! To celebrate Mouse Academy's 600th anniversary, the headmaster and teachers decide to stage a performance of William Squeakspeare's favorite play Mouseo & Juliet! The Thea Sisters all want the part of Juliet, but so does their rival, Ruby Flashyfur. Who will be the star of the show?