Author : Gary Chmielewski
Publisher : Norwood House Press
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 17,97 MB
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 159953181X
This fully illustrated book is jam-packed with over 100 food-themed jokes, tongue twisters, and "Daffynitions". Includes creative writing information and exercises written by literacy consultant Shannon Cannon which encourage readers to write jokes of their own.
Author : Kathleen A. Baxter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 36,98 MB
Release : 2010-10-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 159884377X
Here's help in selecting current, nonfiction books that will get boys excited about reading. Enticing boys to read is still a hot topic. With chapters like "Disasters and Mysteries," "Gross and Disgusting," "Machines and the Military," and "Prehistoric Creatures," Gotcha Again for Guys!: More Nonfiction Books to Get Boys Excited about Reading is a treasure trove of recent nonfiction books that will interest boys in grades 3-8. This sixth entry in Baxter and Kochel's Gotcha series covers books published between 2007 and 2009, with a few oldies-but-goodies also included. The book is organized into 12 thematic chapters, each of which offers booktalks for a select number of titles, followed by a list of other high-interest, well-reviewed titles that correspond with the chapter's topic. Features new to this volume include numerous booklists to be copied and saved, as well as profiles of new and innovative nonfiction authors writing for this age group. In addition, the book features interviews with seven male authors of nonfiction books for boys.
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,30 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Food
ISBN : 9781592962792
Presents a collection of jokes and riddles about food, including "What happens when you tell an egg a joke? It cracks up."
Author : Randy Pausch
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,93 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Cancer
ISBN : 9780340978504
The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.
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File Size : 48,82 MB
Release : 1988
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Author : Linda Bozzo
Publisher : Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 29,37 MB
Release : 2013-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1464503168
"Includes jokes, limericks, knock-knock jokes, tongue twisters, and fun facts about different fruits, vegetables, chocolate, popcorn, ice cream, and more, and describes how to write your own knock-knock jokes and how to create your own joke book"--Provided by publisher
Author : Pam Mu¤oz Ryan
Publisher : Charlesbridge
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 31,40 MB
Release : 2003-07-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1607342626
A funny and informative book about how grapes become raisins and their many uses.
Author : Anne Renaud
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 37,70 MB
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 152530383X
A lively tale of a cool invention. Frank William Epperson is a curious boy who loves inventing. And since inventing begins with experimenting, he spends a lot of time in his “laboratory” (i.e., his back porch) trying out his ideas. When he invents a yummy flavored soda water drink, his friends love it! And this gets him thinking: “I wonder what this drink would taste like frozen?” Though he doesn’t yet know it, Frank’s curiosity will lead to his best invention ever: the Popsicle! This delicious story includes hands-on experiments and is sure to whet the appetites of budding inventors everywhere!
Author : Sarah Moon
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 10,91 MB
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1338032593
The story of a sensitive, gifted African American girl who tells us with mordant humor what it feels like to spend every day wishing so hard that you could fly away from it all Sparrow has always had a difficult time making friends. She would always rather stay home on the weekends with her mother, an affluent IT executive at a Manhattan bank, reading, or watching the birds, than play with other kids. And that's made school a lonely experience for her. It's made LIFE a lonely experience.But when the one teacher who really understood her -- Mrs. Wexler, the school librarian, a woman who let her eat her lunch in the library office rather than hide in a bathroom stall, a woman who shared her passion for novels and knew just the ones she'd love -- is killed in a freak car accident, Sparrow's world unravels and she's found on the roof of her school in an apparent suicide attempt.With the help of an insightful therapist, Sparrow finally reveals the truth of her inner life. And it's here that she discovers an outlet in rock & roll music...
Author : Cecilia Minden
Publisher : Cherry Blossom Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,89 MB
Release : 2018-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781534128668
Learn about the different kinds of good food that can be found from food trucks.
