Daughter Of The Crocodile

Lyle is perfectly happy living with the Primms on East 88th St. until irritable Mr. Grumps next door changes all that.

A book about a father and daughter's trip into the wilderness, and how children can help parents see the world in a different way.

Everyone calls me 'Wheezy Bird' because of the way I laugh. It's a kind of 'giggle, wheeze, giggle, wheeze'. I can't really help it- it's just the noise that comes out when things are funny. But my real name is Wendy Quill and this is the story of how I got to be a little bit famous.

A one-year devotional calendar meant for mothers and daughters to connect to each other and to God.

A little child has always wanted a brother or sister…but instead got a crocodile! A little child longs for a brother or sister, but instead, gets a crocodile! It follows them around all day long, causing terrible trouble at teatime and big bother at bedtime. But without the crocodile the child is sad. Only the crocodile knows how to be a royal dragon, or a big, green slide, or a pirate island! The child always wanted a brother or sister but getting a crocodile is much better. This heartwarming tale is full of beautiful illustrations that will appeal to all children.

Siddiqa was only just into her teens when she was forced to leave her home to live with her new husband and his family in another village. The years have passed, and now Siddiqa has three children of her own. Her grown up son has brought his new wife, Naira, to live with them, so Siddiqa is no longer the lowliest in the household, for she has a daughter-in-law. Life in rural India is particularly harsh for women. This novel explores themes of female oppression and tradition and asks whether the next generation will find life any easier.

Bindi Irwin is an Australian conservationist, actress, television presenter, and the latest winner of Dancing with the Stars. She grew up on camera, appearing with her dad, Steve Irwin, on The Crocodile Hunter and winning a Daytime Emmy when she was only 9-years-old. Today, she and her family live and work at the Australia Zoo! Learn all about Bindi and her awesome animal friends in this book full of color photos and fun facts!

De Las Casas has adapted 25 folktales from across Asia for whole classroom use, borrowing a Japanese method of storytelling through pictures. The book offers tips on rehearsing and detailed discussion and background of the Kamishibai processes, and it describes how to coordinate grade-level story presentations. Reproducible tales can be distributed to each member of the class to aide in creating illustrations. The stories in Kamishibai Story Theater will delight children in grades 2-6, enticing them to participate in their own story fest. De Las Casas has adapted 25 folktales from across Asia for whole classroom use, borrowing a Japanese method of storytelling through pictures. Kamishibai theater harkens back to itinerant storytellers (Kamishibai Men) who conveyed their tales by means of illustrated cards slid into slots in wooden stages built on the back of their bicycles. This book includes an introductory chapter describing in detail the methods to use in coaching students in the art of Kamishibai Story Theater. It offers tips on rehearsing, and detailed discussion and background of the Kamishibai processes, and it describes how to coordinate grade-level story presentations. Reproducible tales can be distributed to each member of the class to aide in creating illustrations. Spot illustrations for each tale give students an idea of the flavor of their drawings for that story. The stories in Kamishibai Story Theater will delight children in grades 2-6, enticing them to participate in their own story fest.