Pam Allyn

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Reading & Language Arts

Powerful, Effective Steps to Implementing and Achieving the Common Core State Standards

This book provides practical strategies for how to implement core ideas for the classroom, school, and home communities. All students can be college and career ready scholars-reading, writing, speaking, listening, and using language in real world ways. This book answers all your questions about how to master core teaching and core learning. And it's all about what you, your students, and their families can do right now to become Core Ready.

Be Core Ready

7770e4a2-b279-4020-ba03-b88df6dba93d-0

MaryAnn F. Kohl

Jean Potter

Art, music, drama/theater

Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of 100 Great Picture Book Illustrators

Presents techniques for teaching children how to create art in the style of picture book illustrators.

Storybook Art

9440163c-5b67-4c58-9b8b-19f68917b112-0

Kim Solga

Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters

Featuring more than 150 activities, this guide teaches the styles, works, and techniques of the great masters--Van Gogh, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and more.


Discovering Great Artists

18f48641-c14f-49b1-b49b-944bbdb7683c-1

Eve Bunting

Book in great condition, my name is stamped in inside cover, reading level jotted on back. 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries.

Grandfather's Journey

29ee01e5-b2e4-41a3-9ecf-940d5e2e6db9-1

Sue Monk Kidd

Ann Kidd Taylor

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

A Mother and Daughter Journey to the Sacred Places of Greece, Turkey, and France

The New York Times bestselling memoir of pilgrimage and self-discovery by Sue Monk Kidd, the author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Book of Longings, and her daughter, Ann Kidd Taylor

Sue Monk Kidd has touched the hearts of millions of readers with her beloved novels and acclaimed nonfiction. Now, in this wise and engrossing dual memoir, she and her daughter, Ann, chronicle their travels together through Greece and France at a time when each was on a quest to redefine herself and rediscover each other.

As Sue struggles to enlarge a vision of swarming bees into a novel, and Ann ponders the classic question of what to do with her life, this modern-day Demeter and Persephone explore an array of inspiring figures and sacred sites. They also give voice to that most protean of human connections: the bond of mothers and daughters.

An absorbing book about spiritual growth and finding one's destiny, Traveling with Pomegranates is both a revealing self-portrait by a beloved author and her daughter, and a momentous story that will resonate with women everywhere.

Traveling with Pomegranates

242a07f5-c981-48fc-af91-d86990168dd9-1

Chris Biffle

(and the Rest of Your Class, Too!)

Join the teaching revolution that's sweeping the U.S. ... and the world 150,000 registered members of WholeBrainTeaching.com worldwide: 5,000,000 YouTube views: 15,000,000 pages of free ebooks downloaded from WholeBrainTeaching.com, one of the world's largest, free, education websites If your rambunctious kids are driving you batty, read this book. Guffaw with delight as your class, guided by the Guff Counter, halts back talking students in their tracks Weep with joy at the power of the Independents that turns rebel cliques against each other. Gasp in awe as you discover Mirror, the simple technique that makes every lesson magnetically engaging. Chortle with merriment as the magical Scoreboard transforms classroom management into a living video game.

Whole Brain Teaching, a grass roots, education reform movement, begun in 1999 by three Southern California teachers, has attracted an astonishing following among educators across the U.S. and in 30 foreign countries.

Based on cutting edge scientific research, Whole Brain Teaching recognizes that students learn the most when they are engaged in lessons that involve seeing, hearing, doing, speaking and feeling.


Join the revolution Transform your students from passive receivers of information to dynamic creators of high energy lessons.


"In my 38 years in education, I have never seen a more successful classroom management system than Whole Brain Teaching. It's simple, effective and powerful. Chris Biffle and his colleagues have developed a strategy that works for all students."


Dominic F. Mucci, Superintendent of Schools, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Whole Brain Teaching for Challenging Kids

f2a467e3-d75b-4ed8-9c9c-47a2b7de8aab-1

Ruth Culham

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

English

The Complete Guide - Grades 3 and up - Everything You Need to Teach and Assess Student Writing with This Powerful Model

Assessing and teaching the most important qualities of good writing has never been easier.Ideas, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Conventions, and Presentation. Look at good writing in any genre, and you'll find these traits. Think of them as the fuel that stokes the engine of writing. With this book, teachers will learn how to assess student work for these traits and plan instruction. And they'll be amazed at how the writing in their classroom improves. Includes scoring guides, focus lessons, and activities for teaching each trait. For use with Grades 3 & Up.;Assessing and teaching the most important qualities of good writing has never been easier. ;The 6+1 Traits of Writing model is used throughout the United States and the world. It has become a highly respected, essential tool for evaluating student writing and planning instruction. Its primary author, Ruth Culham, is unit manager for the assessment program at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) in Portland, Oregon. As the recognized expert in 6+1 Traits of Writing model, she conducts workshops, designs institutes, writes extensively on the topic. Prior to joining NWREL, Ruth was a classroom teacher for 19 years.

The 6 + 1 Traits of Writing

f525fb2a-c683-43db-b4af-86ab6bd08db8-1

Bruce D. Perry

Maia Szalavitz

And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook -- What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us about Loss, Love, and Healing

The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog

6638ef76-b65f-41c4-bff7-99b3b3bf4416-1

N. T. Wright

Why the Gospel Is News and What Makes It Good





The bishop, Bible scholar, modern heir to C. S. Lewis, and revered author of Simply Christian and Simply Jesus offers a fresh look at the Gospel, explaining why Jesus' message is "good news" and why it is more timely and transforming today than we know.

The Gospel means good news. But if the message has been around for 2,000 years, what makes it significant today What's so "good" about stories involving damnation, violence, and a God who sacrifices his only son

Noted Bible scholar N.T. Wright shows us how Christians today have lost sight of what the "good news" of the gospel really is. In Simply Good News, he takes us back in time to reveal how the people of the first-century--the gospel's original audience--would have received Jesus' message. He offer a clear and thoughtful analysis of what the "good news" really is, and applies it to our lives today, revealing its power to transform us.

Simply Good News

854e11ec-67e2-420e-a0ba-83e1962c17d7-1

Vera Brosgol

All Vera wants to do is fit in—but that’s not easy for a Russian girl in the suburbs. Her friends live in fancy houses and their parents can afford to send them to the best summer camps. Vera’s single mother can’t afford that sort of luxury, but there's one summer camp in her price range—Russian summer camp. Vera is sure she's found the one place she can fit in, but camp is far from what she imagined. And nothing could prepare her for all the "cool girl" drama, endless Russian history lessons, and outhouses straight out of nightmares!

Be Prepared

1e24a39c-a90c-40f8-8297-3c75ab83c611-1

Thanhhà Lai

No one would believe me but at times I would choose wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama. For all the ten years of her life, HÀ has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by . . . and the beauty of her very own papaya tree. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. HÀ and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, HÀ discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of its food, the strange shape of its landscape . . . and the strength of her very own family. This is the moving story of one girl's year of change, dreams, grief, and healing as she journeys from one country to another, one life to the next.

Inside Out and Back Again

72371de7-c23d-4619-a52c-b62abdc87546-1

Rush Limbaugh

Kathryn Adams Limbaugh

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Rush Revere and the kids from Manchester Middle School go back in time and meet the first three presidents of the United States.

Rush Revere and the Presidency

5c5bd1ad-4384-4abc-a212-b7dc7752a7fe-1

Matthew Manning

Your Guide to the Gear, Gadgets, and Goings-On of the World's Most Elite Fairy Force

Now an original movie on Disney+!




There's no team better suited to giving Artemis Fowl fans a fairy-level look at the LEP and the world beyond than Foaly, Commander Root, and Holly. With inside access granted by the LEP's finest, readers will get unprecedented insight into the inner-workings of the LEP, the enchanting subterranean world of fairies, and the fairy perspectives on the world above.




Disney's "Artemis Fowl," based on the beloved book series by New York Times best-selling author, Eoin Colfer, is a fantastical, spellbinding adventure that follows the journey of 12-year-old genius Artemis Fowl, a descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds, as he seeks to find his father who has mysteriously disappeared. With the help of his loyal protector Butler, Artemis sets out to find him, and in doing so uncovers an ancient, underground civilization-the amazingly advanced world of fairies. Deducing that his father's disappearance is somehow connected to the secretive, reclusive fairy world, cunning Artemis concocts a dangerous plan-so dangerous that he ultimately finds himself in a perilous war of wits with the all-powerful fairies.

"Artemis Fowl" is directed by Kenneth Branagh and stars Ferdia Shaw, Lara McDonnell, Tamara Smart, Nonzo Anozie, with Josh Gad, and Judi Dench.

Artemis Fowl: How to Be a LEPrecon

cd0da18e-123c-4832-b642-5b084db60174-1

Jonathan Auxier

The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

From the New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Auxier comes an enchanting standalone novel about the power of friendship and the beauty of finding home Nan Sparrow is one of London's countless "climbers"-children who spend their days cleaning chimneys. The work is brutal and dangerous. Thanks to her wits and will, Nan has managed to beat the deadly odds time and time again. But when she gets stuck in a chimney fire, it seems the end has come. Instead, she awakens to find herself unharmed in an abandoned attic. And she is not alone. Huddled in the corner is a mysterious creature-a golem-made from soot and ash. Together, these two outcasts carve out a new life-saving each other in the process. Lyrically told by one of today's most powerful storytellers, Sweep is a heartrending adventure about the everlasting gifts of friendship and wonder.

Sweep

41ef2e38-d1e6-407f-a820-440a4e2e4faa-1

Pam Muñoz Ryan

Nuria Molinero

Esperanza Ortega possesses all the treasures a young girl could want: fancy dresses; a beautiful home filled with servants in Aguascalientes, Mexico; and the promise of one day rising to Mama's position and presiding over all of Rancho de las Rosas. But a sudden tragedy shatters that dream, forcing Esperanza and Mama to flee to California and settle in a Mexican farm labor camp. There, Esperanza must relinquish her hold on the past as she confronts the challenges of hard labor, acceptance by her own people, and economic difficulties brought on by the Great Depression, and ultitmately discovers the riches of family and community. Pam Munoz Ryan eloquently portrays the Mexican workers' plight in this abundant and passionate novel that gives voice to those who have historically been denied one. "When I was a child, I always assumed my grandmother grew up in poverty because the stories she told were primarily about raising her children in farm labor camps in California in the 1930s. It wasn't until I was a young woman that she told me about her childhood in Mexico. I was so moved by her riches-to-rags fairytale that I felt compelled to share her story." -- Pam Munoz Ryan. Esperanza Ortega tiene todos los tesoros que una chica pueda desear: hermosos vestidos, una linda casa llena de sirvientes en Aguascalientes, Mexico, y la promesa de que un dia llegara a presidir el Rancho de las Rosas como su mama. Pero una tragedia inesperada destruye ese sueno, obligando a Esperanza y a su madre a escapar a California donde tendran que trabajar en una finca junto a otros mexicanos. Alli, Esperanza tendra que olvidar su pasado y enfrentarse a las nuevas realidades de su vida: trabajo duro, aceptacion y dificultades economicas. Esperanza descubrira que la verdadera riqueza esta en la familia y la comunidad. Pam Munoz Ryan nos presenta un retrato elocuente sobre la vida de los mexicanos en California en esta apasionada novela que le da voz a aquellos qu

Esperanza Renace

e40cfe25-3199-4b2b-92b9-be4fdeaad081-1

Kate DiCamillo

3 Books In 1

The first three tales of Kate DiCamillo's hilarious and heartfelt Deckawoo Drive series are collected in a convenient, affordable bind-up.

Dive into a spin-off series starring favorite characters from Kate DiCamillo's New York Times best-selling Mercy Watson books. Whether it's bumbling cowboy Leroy Ninker getting his first horse, Animal Control Officer Francine Poulet wrangling raccoons, or sweet Baby Lincoln striking out on her own, the characters of Deckawoo Drive are sure to enchant early readers.

Included are:
Leroy Ninker Saddles Up
Francine Poulet Meets the Ghost Raccoon
Where Are You Going, Baby Lincoln?

3 Adventures on Deckawoo Drive

918d978b-3adb-4698-b7b7-b224f3f4803f-1

Kelly Yang

Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was an engineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants--not to mention being only one of two Chinese in her fifth grade class, the other being Mr. Yao's son, Jason.

Front Desk

a1a4d9d9-590a-412c-ae62-ada4f9b2ee4f-1