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53 produkter
A Glass Slipper for Rosie
Häftad, 1998
65 kr
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Rosie is thrilled when Miss Deirdre chooses Cinderella as the class ballet. Rosie knows the performance will make the perfect birthday present for her grandfather. But he's planning to go to England! Can Rosie convince him to stay?"Fans of Giff's 'Kids of the Polk Street School' series will find …
Beast in Ms. Rooney's Room
E-bok, 2008
92 kr
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It''s September again.What does it mean for Richard "Beast" Best to be left back? It means being teased by his old friends while he''s stuck facing the same old teacher in the same old classroom. He even has to take a special reading class with "babies" like Emily Arrow and Matthew Jackson. And …
Candy Corn Contest
E-bok, 2008
81 kr
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It''s almost Thanksgiving, and Richard Best can''t stop thinking about Ms. Rooney''s Candy Corn contest. Whoever can guess the exact number of yellow-and-orange candies in the jar on Ms. Roney''s desk gets to keep them all. The only problem is Richard has to read a page in a library book for each …
December Secrets
E-bok, 2008
97 kr
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Emily is stuck with crybaby Jill Simon as her "secret Pal" to be kind to for the whole month of December. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Eleven
E-bok, 2008
101 kr
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Sam is almost 11 when he discovers a locked box in the attic above his grandfather Mack’s room, and a piece of paper that says he was kidnapped. There are lots of other words, but Sam has always had trouble reading. He’s desperate to find out who he is, and if his beloved Mack is really his …
In the Dinosaur's Paw
E-bok, 2008
90 kr
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It''s the first day back to school after winter vacation, and Richard Best is off to a bad start. Who ever heard of a January without any snow? And as usual, he has already forgotten something--the ruler Ms. Rooney had told him to bring for dinosaur day. Luckily Richard finds a ruler in his …
Lazy Lions, Lucky Lambs
E-bok, 2008
65 kr
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The children in Ms. Rooney''s room are supposed to be writing about real people, but writing is Beast''s worst subject. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Nory Ryan's Song
E-bok, 2009
102 kr
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Nory Ryan''s family has lived on Maidin Bay on the west coast of Ireland for generations, raising a pig and a few chickens, planting potatoes, getting by. Every year Nory''s father goes away on a fishing boat and returns with the rent money for the English lord who owns their cottage and fields, …
Pickle Puss
E-bok, 2008
79 kr
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It''s August, and Emily has big plans at the library. She''s going to read lots of books and tack a paper fish next to her name for each one. Then Dawn Bosco says she can read more books than Emily. Not only that, both Emily and Dawn want to keep Pickle Puss, a stray cat thay found. They decide …
Pictures of Hollis Woods
E-bok, 2008
113 kr
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This Newbery Honor book about a girl who has never known family fighting for her first true home “will leave readers . . . satisfied” ( Kirkus Reviews ). Hollis Woods is the place where a baby was abandoned is the baby’s name is an artist is now a twelve-year-old girl who’s been in so many foster …
Snaggle Doodles
E-bok, 2009
74 kr
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April is invention month. "We''re going to make our own inventions," says Ms. Rooney, "and work together in groups." Though Emily Arrow knows it''s important for each group to think, listen, and share, she still wishes she were the leader of her invention group. Linda Lorca, the bossy leader, …
Valentine Star
E-bok, 2009
81 kr
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February is fun. It''s time for everyone in Ms. Rooney''s room to make cards for the Valentine box. Emily Arrow couldn''t be happier when Dawn Bosco gives her some colored stars to decorate her cards. She plans to make a special one for Ms. Vincent, the new student teacher. But things take a turn …
Water Street
E-bok, 2009
104 kr
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Brooklyn, 1875: Bird Mallon lives on Water Street where you can see the huge towers of the bridge to Manhattan being built. Bird wants nothing more in life than to be brave enough to be a healer, like her mother, Nory, to help her sister Annie find love, and to convince her brother, Hughie, to stop …
Willow Run
E-bok, 2008
79 kr
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1944 Meggie Dillon’s life has been turned upside down by World War II. Her older brother Eddie enlisted and was shipped off to fight in Europe. And people say that anywhere else Grandpa would be turned in because he’s German, and people might think he’s a spy. Is it true? Could Grandpa be taken …
All the Way Home
E-bok, 2012
81 kr
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It’s August 1941, and Brick and Mariel both love the Brooklyn Dodgers. Brick listens to their games on the radio in Windy Hill, in upstate New York, where his family has an apple orchard; Mariel, once a polio patient in the hospital in Windy Hill, lives in Brooklyn near the Dodgers’ home, Ebbets …
Sky High
E-bok, 2012
91 kr
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Charlie has lots of ideas. Need something to go sky high? Ah-ha! The zinger-winger ! Need to launch a cheese popper into soup? The amazing popper-upper ! But the zinger-winger zings more than wings and the popper-upper plops. Charlie isn''t allowed to invent for a week. Meanwhile, the afterschool …
Zigzag Zoom
E-bok, 2013
65 kr
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The Zigzag Zebras have been challenged by the Timpanzi School Tigers to a race. They''ll have to practice hard. Too bad Gina is a better opera singer than a runner. Ramon has them running all over—in the schoolyard, down Stone Street, back into the gym, down the stairs. They have to win!
Gingersnap
E-bok, 2013
91 kr
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It''s 1944, W.W. II is raging. Jayna''s big brother Rob is her only family. When Rob is called to duty on a destroyer, Jayna is left in their small town in upstate New York with their cranky landlady. But right before he leaves, Rob tells Jayna a secret: they may have a grandmother in Brooklyn. Rob …
Maggie's Door
E-bok, 2003
104 kr
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We will dance on the cliffs of Brooklyn. Maggie’s Door is the story of the journey from Ireland to America told by both Nory and her neighbor and friend Sean Red Mallon, two different stories with the same destination—the home of Nory’s sister Maggie, at 416 Smith Street, Brooklyn, America. …
House of Tailors
E-bok, 2004
91 kr
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SEWING! NO ONE could hate it more than Dina Kirk. Endless tiny stitches, button holes, darts. Since she was tiny, she’s worked in her family’s dressmaking business, where the sewing machine is a cranky member of the family. When 13-year-old Dina leaves her small town in Germany to join her uncle’s …
Wild Girl
E-bok, 2009
111 kr
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A contemporary and irresistible story from Patricia Reilly Giff Lidie lives in Jales, Brazil, where she’s free to ride, to be a wild girl, and to dream of going to live with her father and older brother, Rafael, in New York City. Finally Lidie is 12—time to leave Brazil for New York. Meanwhile, a …
Number One Kid
E-bok, 2010
65 kr
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The author of the beloved Kids of the Polk Street School series introduces a new generation of readers to a multicultural group of kids who enjoy all the activities of an after-school center. I''M #1! That’s what Mitchell McCabe’s favorite T-shirt says. He''d like to be Number One at the Zigzag …
Big Whopper
E-bok, 2010
65 kr
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The author of the beloved Kids of the Polk Street School series introduces a new generation of readers to a multicultural group of kids who enjoy all the activities of an after-school center. It’s Discovery Week at the Zigzag Afternoon Center! Everyone writes their discoveries on a big sheet of …
Flying Feet
E-bok, 2011
65 kr
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When Charlie hears that special buzz in his head, he knows it means one thing: an idea for a new invention. But Charlie''s ideas tend to backfire—such as the flying feet that don''t really fly. If only Charlie could make his inventions work, people might think he''s as special as his older brother, …
Star Time
E-bok, 2011
65 kr
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In the fourth book in the Zigzag Kids series, it''s showtime at the Zelda A. Zigzag Afternoon Center. Gina loves to sing and she''s determined to be the star of the play. She''s already told everybody she knows to come see her. But her friend Destiny wants to be the star, too! From the Hardcover …
Bears Beware
E-bok, 2012
64 kr
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Mitchell really doesn''t want to go camping with the other kids at the Zigzag Afternoon Center. Sleeping in the woods with creepy crawly things, coyotes, and bears? Yikes! But his best friend Habib is going, and it''s Mitchell''s birthday that weekend. He''s just got to find a way to be brave, and …
Super Surprise
E-bok, 2012
65 kr
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This week the kids at the Zigzag Afternoon Center are being creative, and trying new things. But that''s not so easy for Destiny. All of her ideas turn into disasters—until she finds out what a good poet she is. The sixth book in award-winning author Patricia Reilly Giff''s Zigzag Kids series …
Storyteller
E-bok, 2010
87 kr
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A story of the American Revolution from two-time Newbery Honor–winning author Patricia Reilly Giff. While staying with her aunt, Elizabeth finds something remarkable: a drawing. It hangs on the wall, a portrait of her ancestor, Eliza, known as Zee. She looks like Elizabeth. The girls’ lives …
R My Name Is Rachel
E-bok, 2011
82 kr
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Rachel, Cassie, and Joey live in the city with their Pop, until Pop''s search for work lands the family on a run down farm. Dreamy Rachel loves to read, and doesn''t know much about the country. Times are hard there, too—the school and library are closed. When Pop gets work near Canada, he has to …
