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The “Star-Spangled Banner” is the great anthem of our nation. This book introduces readers to this special song, the story behind it, and why we still sing it today. Readers will love following the main character as they learn how to sing the “Star-Spangled Banner” in music class. Illustrations help tell both the main character’s story and that of Francis Scott Key. Young readers will enjoy following this engaging yet simple text about the United States’ anthem.

A remarkable tale of books and reading, now in a bilingual Spanish-English edition. On most days, teacher and librarian Luis Soriano Bohorquez packs his two burros, Alfa and Beto, with books and makes his way over mountains and through valleys to visit children in far-flung villages in rural Colombia all for the sake of literacy and culture. Based on the work of a remarkable man and his intrepid burros, this bilingual English and Spanish edition celebrates the impact that a special mobile library called the biblioburro has had on the lives of real children. About the author: Monica Brown s...

Calpurnia Virginia Tate is eleven years old in 1899 when she wonders why the yellow grasshoppers in her Texas backyard are so much bigger than the green ones. With a little help from her notoriously cantankerous grandfather, an avid naturalist, she figures out that the green grasshoppers are easier to see against the yellow grass, so they are eaten before they can get any larger. As Callie explores the natural world around her, she develops a close relationship with her grandfather, navigates the dangers of living with six brothers, and comes up against just what it means to be a girl at the...

Acompaña a Bat Pat, el murciélago detective, y a los hermanos Silver: Martin, Leo y Rebecca, a la fiesta más terrorífica jamás celebrada en Fogville... ¡no puedes perdértela! ¡¡¡HOLA!!! SOY BAT PAT. OS VOY A CONTAR UNA HISTORIA QUE OS PONDRÁ LOS PELOS DE PUNTA..... ¿ESTÁIS PREPARADOS? Nos hemos enterado que el pueblo de Fogville ha organizado un concurso de estatuas vivientes de lo más terrorífico: Los artistas se han disfrazado de monstruos y el ganador se proclamará ¡el Monstruo de los Monstruos! Y, claro, los hermanos Silver y yo no nos lo podíamos perder. Pero pronto...