Author: Virginia Hamilton
Publisher: Blue Sky Press
Keywords: pieces, time
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2002-11-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0590288814
ISBN-13: 9780590288811

From attending the circus with her family to surviving the death of her beloved collie, the daily life of Valena is drawn here with warmth and quiet humor. Hamilton has deftly woven together moments in time - the present, the past, and hopes for the future - in this gathering of time pieces that move backward and forward. Atrfully quilted together, thes epieces create a picture of family, schoolteachers, neighbors (good and bad), and a history of escaped slavery, as well as the strabds of racism that seemingly permeate everything - both directly and indirectly.

Author: Katie Riley Nakamura
Publisher: Blue Sky Press
Keywords: night, song
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 2002-03-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0439266785
ISBN-13: 9780439266789

As night falls, all the little animals are in their homes getting ready for bed. A young duckling splashes in the bathtub as his mother looks on. Two kittens snuggle up to their papa as he reads a bedtime story. A baby skunk gets a nice backrub before she climbs into bed. A daddy bears sings quietly as his baby drifts off to sleep. All over, little animals and their parents prepare fir bed, just like children and their parents do, in a gorgeous song of night.

Author: Dav Pilkey
Publisher: The Blue Sky Press
Keywords: books, collection, underpants, captain, new
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2002-08
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0439417848
ISBN-13: 9780439417846

Tra-La-Laaaaa! Join George and Harold on FIVE hilarious adventures with the amazing Captain Underpants, as they duel Dr. Diaper, tackle the talking toilets, clash with the crazy cafeteria ladies, plot against Professor Poopypants, and wrestle the wicked Wedgie Woman. Overflowing with humor, action, and that world-famous cheesy animation technique, Flip-O-Rama, this boxed collection will make kids laugh until soda comes out their noses. Have you read your UNDERPANTS today?

Authors:Audrey Wood, Bruce Wood,
Publisher: The Blue Sky Press
Keywords: rescue, alphabet
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 2006-09-01
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0439853168
ISBN-13: 9780439853163

Engaging alphabet books are perennial bestsellers with unlimited demand, and so are books about fire trucks. This splendid book is a surefire winner! As in their previous collaborations, the Woods bring lowercase letters to life in a fun adventure that is sure to have children learning their alphabet without even realizing they are studying. In this action-packed adventure, we witness the lowercase letters as they save the day and the uppercase letters. Riding in a fire truck they fixed themselves, these lowercase letters become heroes with firehoses!

Author:
Publisher: Blue Sky Press
Keywords: david
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 1998-09-01
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0590930028
ISBN-13: 9780590930024

When author and artist David Shannon was five years old, he wrote a semi-autobiographical story of a little kid who broke all his mother’s rules. He chewed with his mouth open (and full of food), he jumped on the furniture, and he broke his mother’s vase! As a result, all David ever heard his mother say was "No, David!" Here is his story.

Author: Daniella Carmi
Publisher: Blue Sky Press
Keywords: yonatan, samir
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2002-11-01
List price: $5.99
ISBN-10: 0439135230
ISBN-13: 9780439135238

Nothing could be more frightening to Samir, a Palestinian boy, than to be where he is now: an Israeli hospital ward, trapped among the very people he blames for his brother’s death. Amid this explosive atmosphere, Samir begins to learn about the Israeli kids around him He discovers their hurts and conflicts - and hesitantly begins to share his own. This is a story of violence and healing -the story of a boy facing the enemy he has been taught to fear.

Author: Abby Klein
Publisher: The Blue Sky Press
Keywords: freddy, ready, school, day, 100th
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2008-01-01
List price: $5.99
ISBN-10: 0439895936
ISBN-13: 9780439895934

The 100th day of school is approaching, and to mark the occasion, Freddy and his classmates must each collect and bring to school 100 of something. Freddy is overwhelmed by the thought, then he has a great idea to collect 100 shark trading cards. But he only has 21 cards! How will be get another 79 before the 100th day of school? Even if he had the money, his mom would NEVER let him buy that much bubble gum. Join Freddy as he plots the perfcet plan to reach his goal. The Ready, Freddy! series has content, humor, characters and vocabulary perfect for the early chapter-book reader.