After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and agora phobic neighbor, twelve-year-old Heidi sets out from Reno, Nevada, to New York to find out who she is.
This third volume in the Mrs. McNosh series finds McNosh engaged in a mad dash for her dog, George, after he scampers off after a squirrel. One obstacle after another manages to pop up as the three traverse the entire park. With watercolor and colored-pencil illustrations.
This new edition of Ian Hogg's classic is this century's ultimate reference work on the subject of military small arms. It has been fully updated and expanded (by 64 pages) to cover all small arms in military service during the 20th century and now includes many arms listings and photographs that did not appear in earlier editions. Recognised ...
A rocking, upbeat ballad of a friendship between a baby sea turtle and the little boy who saves his life. A cassette of the author singing the song is included with the book.
Oggie Cooder has a talent -- he can charve better than anyone else in Truman Elementary School. (Charving, for the uninitiated, is the carving of a piece of cheese with one's teeth.) Oggie doesn't think this is anything special -- but his whole school will soon be disagreeing with him. Because after he inadvertantly charves during a nationwide ...
Every customer who comes into a dinner orders the same thing: "two eggs, please" but every order is a little bit different--just like the customers. For example, the rhino orders his eggs sunnyside up, while the alligator requests his eggs poached. Watercolor illustrations accompany the text.
Mrs. McNosh plants a harmless looking seed in her garden and is surprised when it yields a huge, quickly growing squash. Color illustrations accompany the text.
Ella love-love - loves her brand-new umbrella. It's sky blue with white clouds, and it makes the most satisfying whoosh...click sound. Rain or shine, Ella insists on taking it with her everywhere. Unfortunately, a whoosh-clicking umbrella can cause serious trouble...especially at a ballet recital. It's a good thing Ella is a problem solver, ...
A detailed examination of Proverbs 1-9, an early Jewish poetic work. Stuart Weeks incorporates studies of literature from ancient Egypt and from the Dead Sea scrolls, but his focus is on the background and use of certain key images in the text. Proverbs 1-9 belongs to an important class of biblical literature (wisdom literature), and is less well ...
This is the second edition of a concise, practical guide aimed at beginning couple therapists. Gerald Weeks and Stephen Treat have now updated and added to the original discussions of basic principles, approaches, and techniques that include assessment and case formulation, systematic intervention, enhancing intimacy, marital contracting, and ...
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ...
Sam the lamb has a bad cold. But every time he thinks he's going to sneeze, he gets only as far as, "Baa . . .ahhh." No "choo." With help from his clever barnyard friends, Sam may be on his way to the biggest sneeze of all. Full color.
After an accident causes Jamies aunts memory to develop a skip, he tries in vain to find the magic trigger that will help her memory jump the scratch like the needle on her favorite record. Instead, its his aunt who helps Jamie jump the scratch in his own life.
Guy can't imagine life without his best friend, Buzz. They have been through everything together since second grade. But after Buzz is injured, Guy remembers that they weren't always buddies. Somehow fate threw them together--and now threatens to tear them apart.
Nat Boyd and Boyd Fink are best friends. They even share the same name, albeit in different places. But while Fink is clever and quick to come up with ways to keep the two boys out of trouble, Nat seems to be plagued with the worst luck EVER. A boy named Mad Dog is after him--and that's never a good thing. So the time has come for the Boyds to ...
It's a hide-and-seek adventure as Scruff disappears when it's time for his bath. The creators of "Who's Under That Hat?" return with this interactive novelty book featuring textures to touch, flaps to lift, and lots of pop-up surprises on every page. Full color.
Completely updated with the latest findings and statistical information in the field, the new Fifth Edition of this award-winning text continues to educate people about effectively controlling the spread of HIV and AIDS. Intended for undergraduate and special topics courses, AIDS: The Biological Basis, Fifth Edition also explores the history of ...
Pip Squeak, the star of "Drip, Drop," turns into a cleaning whirlwind as he prepares for a visit from his friend Max. But after all of Pip Squeak's hard work, Max doesn't even wipe his feet before he comes inside--and that's only the beginning. Full color.
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The Illustrated Book of Guns: An Illustrated Directory of Over 1,000 Military, Sporting, and Antique Firearms
