Literature

When Bridget the alligator arrives in the mail, she's only the size of a key chain! But after Zack soaks her in water, she grows into a real live alligator. Bridget wrestles the garden hose and swings from the monkey bars. And what other alligator can do cartwheels? 64 pages. Ages 4-8 Learn More

The key to effective fifth grade writing is vocabulary and descriptive language — and this workbook will help students become excellent communicators.

This workbook promotes:

• √ Language skills
• √ Composition
• √ Vocabulary & spelling
• √ Analytical writing
• √ Research
• • Includes vocabulary and spelling lists, comparative reading and writing, and character analysis
• • Inspires children to write with decision charts, organizers, and writing and design prompts
• • Fun themes: funny figurative language, Peter Pan and other literature
• • A certificate of completion ends each section
• • Perforated pages for easy removal Education.com workbooks offer thematic content to actively engage children and provide them with fun-filled, memorable learning experiences.

Written by teachers and based on subjects educators consider important, these workbooks have been tested by millions of educators and countless hours of classroom use: 1 in 4 U.S. teachers rely on Education.com material. Education.com and Dover Publications.

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Wuthering Heights It's the story of Heathcliff, an orphan who falls in love with Catherine, a girl above his class, loses her, and devotes the rest of his life to wreaking revenge on her family for two generations. From the time Heathcliff, a strange, course young boy, is brought to live on the Earnshaw's windswept estate called Thrushcross Grange (a grand house on the Yorkshire moors) through Catherine's marriage to Edgar Linton and Heathcliff's plans for revenge, to her death years later and the eventual union of the surviving Earnshaw and Linton heirs. Learn More

Writing Poetry with Children Reproducible Resource Book. Explore the world of poetry with your students! Step-by-step directions lead students through writing couplets, cinquains, haikus, and limericks. Resources include: writing forms, step-by-step directions, a trait-based writing guide, and more. Grades 1-6. From Evan-Moor. Learn More

"This is a fabulous resource to help young readers to become fantastic writers. Literary terms and information about creating characters, conflict, and determining a genre are all included." — Kinkeade ECS

It's time for young writers to go on an adventure — and their creative composition skills can lead the way!

This workbook promotes:

• √ Composition
• √ Creative writing
• √ Literary analysis
• √ Narrative writing
• √ Opinion writing
• • Writing organizers and prompts focus on brainstorming, textual details, and how to build and support opinions
• • Kids learn how to craft support statements, create characters, make haikus, and more
• • Fun themes: comic books, adventure, and points of view
• • A certificate of completion ends each section
• • Perforated pages for easy removal Education.com workbooks offer thematic content to actively engage children and provide them with fun-filled, memorable learning experiences.

Written by teachers and based on subjects educators consider important, these workbooks have been tested by millions of educators and countless hours of classroom use.

Grade level 4  (ages 9 - 10)

Education.com and Dover Publications.

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Wind in the Willows By KENNETH GRAHAME

The much-loved classic tales of Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad. When Mole goes boating with Ratty instead of doing his spring-cleaning, he discovers a whole new world. As well as adventures on the river and in the Wild Wood, there are high jinks on the open road with that reckless ruffian, Mr Toad of Toad Hall. Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad become the firmest of friends, but after Toad’s latest escapade, can they join together and beat the wretched weasels once and for all?

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame is one of the twenty wonderful classic stories being relaunched in Puffin Classics in March 2015

Paperback | Published by Puffin Books Mar 27, 2008 | 288 Pages | Middle Grade (Ages 8-12)

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Written for 4th-6th graders, this literature guide teaches valuable skills in reading comprehension, vocabulary, plots, themes and more. Includes teacher notes and answers. The book, Where the Red Fern Grows, is required. Sold separately.

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For fans of Old Yeller and Shiloh, Where the Red Fern Grows is a beloved classic that captures the powerful bond between man and man’s best friend. This edition also includes a special note to readers from Newbery Medal winner and Printz Honor winner Clare Vanderpool. Billy has long dreamt of owning not one, but two, dogs. So when he’s finally able to save up enough money for two pups to call his own—Old Dan and Little Ann—he’s ecstatic. It doesn’t matter that times are tough; together they’ll roam the hills of the Ozarks. Soon Billy and his hounds become the finest hunting team in the valley. Stories of their great achievements spread throughout the region, and the combination of Old Dan’s brawn, Little Ann’s brains, and Billy’s sheer will seems unbeatable. But tragedy awaits these determined hunters—now friends—and Billy learns that hope can grow out of despair, and that the seeds of the future can come from the scars of the past. Ages 8-12. 272 pages. Learn More

What Katy Did By SUSAN COOLIDGE Introduction by Cathy Cassidy.

What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge is a classic much loved by adults and children alike. Katy Carr intends to be beautiful and beloved and as sweet as an angel one day. For now, though, her hair is forever in a tangle, her dress is always torn and she doesn’t care at all for being called ‘good’. But then a terrible accident happens and Katy must find the courage to remember her daydreams and the delightful plans she once schemed; for when she is grown up she wants to do something grand . . . A wonderful, family story, with an inspiring introduction from the hugely popular Cathy Cassidy.

***PLUS a behind-the-scenes journey, including an author profile, a guide to who’s who, activities and more . . .

*** Susan Coolidge (1835-1905) was born Sarah Chauncey Woolsey in Ohio, USA. She worked as a nurse during the American Civil War, after which she started to write. She is best known for her classic children’s novel What Katy Did , which was modelled on her own family, and its four sequels: What Katy Did at School, What Katy Did Next, Clover and In the High Valley.

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New England is ripe for revolution in the fall of 1773, and young Jeremy and Deliverance Winthrop are eager to play their part. The brother-and-sister duo join the conspiracy against the red-coated British "lobsterbacks," carrying messages from Sam Adams, Paul Revere, and other patriots to set the stage for the famous event in Boston Harbor.

The We Were There series brings history to life for young readers with engaging, action-packed entertainment. These illustrated tales combine fictional and real-life characters in settings of landmark events from the past. All of the books are reviewed for accuracy and approved by expert historical consultants.

Reprint of the Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1956 edition.

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H.G. Wells's science fiction classic, the first novel to explore the possibilities of intelligent life from other planets, it still startling and vivid nearly after a century after its appearance, and a half-century after Orson Wells's infamous 1938 radio adaptation.

The daring portrayal of aliens landing on English soil, with its themes of interplanetary imperialism, technological holocaust and chaos, is central to the career of H.G. Wells, who died at the dawn of the atomic age.

The survival of mankind in the face of "vast and cool and unsympathetic" scientific powers spinning out of control was a crucial theme throughout his work.

Visionary, shocking and chilling, The War Of The Worlds has lost none of its impact since its first publication in 1898.

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Autobiographical work by Thoreau gives an account of the two years he spent livving in a hut on the shores of Walden Pond in Massachusetts. Emphasis on political and environmental reform. Learn More

Wagon Wheels (I Can Read Book 3) by Barbara Brenner. The Muldie boys and their father have come a long way to Kansas. But when Daddy moves on, the three boys must begin their own journey. They must learn to care for one another and face the dangers of the wilderness alone. Grades K-3. Learn More

This special edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic pirate adventure — complete and unabridged — is packed with thrilling action and stunning illustations by Fran Parreno. Follow young Jim Hawkins as he boards the Hispaniola and sets sail across the high seas in search of buried treasure. Danger lies ahead as he encounters mutiny, murder, shipwreck, and the mysterious Long John Silver.

Series: Illustrated Originals Beautifully illustrated, complete, and unabridged stories in paperback version.

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This beautifully illustrated edition of Johanna Spyri's timeless classic is one to treasure. Follow Heidi's adventures, from her carefree life high in the Swiss Alps among the goats and the birds, to her loneliness in the city. One of the most popular children's books of all time, this heartwarming tale is as entrancing now as when it was first written.

Series: Illustrated Originals Beautifully illustrated, complete, and unabridged stories in paperback version.

Age 8 years and up

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A naughty puppet, a flying horse and a sorcerer’s apprentice are just some of the characters you’ll meet in tales from all over the world. These ten very different stories, each with their own lively illustrations, are the perfect length for reading at bedtime – or any time. Learn More

With typical zest and a wry sense of humor, David Macaulay has revealed the maze of intricate support systems that exist beneath the surface of a busy city street. His two- and three-dimensional cutaway views create a visual tour de force, capturing the staggering technical feats of our modern urban underground. Learn More

Selling more than 300,000 copies the first year it was published, Stowe's powerful abolitionist novel fueled the fire of the human rights debate in 1852. Denouncing the institution of slavery in dramatic terms, the incendiary novel quickly draws the reader into the world of slaves and their masters. Stowe's characters are powerfully and humanly realized in Uncle Tom, a majestic and heroic slave whose faith and dignity are never corrupted; Eliza and her husband, George, who elude slave catchers and eventually flee a country that condones slavery; Simon Legree, a brutal plantation owner; Little Eva, who suffers emotionally and physically from the suffering of slaves; and fun-loving Topsy, Eva's slave playmate. Critics, scholars, and students are today revisiting this monumental work with a new objectivity, focusing on Stowe's compelling portrayal of women and the novel's theological underpinnings. Reprint of the John P. Jewett & Company, Boston, and Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, Cleveland, 1852 edition. From Dover Publications. Learn More

Unbroken (Movie Tie-in Edition) A WORLD WAR II STORY OF SURVIVAL, RESILIENCE, AND REDEMPTION By LAURA HILLENBRAND.#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

 In boyhood, Louis Zamperini was an incorrigible delinquent. As a teenager, he channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics. But when World War II began, the athlete became an airman, embarking on a journey that led to a doomed flight on a May afternoon in 1943. When his Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean, against all odds, Zamperini survived, adrift on a foundering life raft. Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended onthe fraying wire of his will. Appearing in paperback for the first time—with twenty arresting new photos and an extensive Q&A with the author—Unbroken is an unforgettable testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit, brought vividly to life by author Laura Hillenbrand.

Paperback | Published by Random House Trade Paperbacks Jul 29, 2014 | 528 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4

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