Showing results for title "Black" in Chapter Books & Readers

Ever since Dory met Rosabelle, a real true friend whose imagination and high spirits match her own, school has been pretty good. But now the class is learning to read, and it's proving to be a challenge for Dory. While Rosabelle can read chapter books in her head, Dory is stuck with baby books about a happy little farm. Dory wishes for a potion to turn her into a reader, but things don't go as planned. Suddenly a naughty little girl who looks an awful lot like Dory's imaginary nemesis, Mrs. Gobble Gracker, shows up.

Hold on to your umbrella and stock up on marshmallows - Judy and Stink face wicked weather in their third adventure. Judy and Stink and the whole Moody family hunker down with beans and batteries, ready to wait out the storm. But along with massive rain and strong winds, Hurricane Elmer throws down ghosts, squirrels, and aliens. Spooky! Just when things couldn’t possibly get any freakier - flicker, flicker, gulp! - the lights go O-U-T out.

When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil’s Arithmetic and finds some words blacked out, he thinks it must be a mistake. But then when he and his friends discover what the missing words are, he's outraged. Someone in his school is trying to prevent kids from reading the full story. But who? Even though his unreliable dad tells him to not get so emotional about a book (or anything else), Mac has been raised by his mom and grandad to call out things that are wrong. He and his friends head to the principal's office to protest the censorship.

The story of a beautiful thoroughbred horse abused by its owners is also a story of courage and love. It is one of the greatest children's classics.

A beautiful alphabet picture book that presents key names, moments, and places in Black history with text lyrically written by poet Rio Cortez. This is an opportunity for children to learn their ABCs to the sound of words beyond apple, boy, and cat, and an opportunity for young thinkers to prepare for big ideas.

The Old Inn clings precariously to a cliff top above a storm-lashed ocean. Ethan and Cathy are sick. Their father has left them to fetch a doctor... but they are not alone for long. A visitor comes begging for shelter, and so the children, who have an unnatural appetite for stories of a macabre persuasion, sit out the throes of the storm in the company of a sailor with more than enough grisly tales to satisfy them.

In this audiobook we discuss the greatest US marshal of all time: Bass Reeves, the Texas Ranger that the character The Lone Ranger was based off of. Did you know that he was a real person? Learn about the man who was the real Lone Ranger! Share this and more amazing stories with your children! Give them a true historical foundation and a sense of belonging.

The monsters crowd the Haunted Hall. Los monstruos throw a monstrous ball. This lively poem introduces a spooky array of creatures and Spanish words to little niños everywhere.

Acclaimed author Nancy Krulik pens New York Times best-selling fiction for children and young adults. In this fourth installment of her humorous George Brown, Class Clown series, Krulik continues the misadventures of a kid who’s as likable as he is trouble prone. Burps are bad, but super burps are even worse. So when George comes down with a serious case of the super burps, he fears he’s going to ruin Field Day for everyone.

En començar el curs, en Víctor tem que en Marçal Batallé torni a buscar-li les pessigolles i hagi d?acabar al despatx de direcció. Però enguany les coses són ben diferents, ja que amb l´arribada de l´Ícar, el noi nou, en Batallé troba una nova distracció i deixa en pau en Víctor. Mentrestant, un misteriós esdeveniment deixa tothom entre consternat i atemorit: la Mà Negra ataca i ningú, ni el busca-raons d?en Batallé, no pot evitar les seves malifetes!

In Jaxon and Kevin’s Black History Trip Downtown, the second book in this educational book series, Jaxon shares his magical adventure with his cousin Kevin. They venture into town to meet Black inventors and scientists who are responsible for many of the things we encounter every day.

"Airplane Boys in the Black Woods" (1930) is an adventure novel for children by E. J. Craine. Excerpt from the book: "Holy Clover, that fellow would make his fortune in a dairy, all right," exclaimed Bob Caldwell. "His fortune, how do you make that out?" Jim Austin demanded. "I'll bite, let’s have the answer." "He'd do the biting - that one tooth ought to be great to make holes in Swiss cheese!" "If I didn’t need both hands you would get a wallop that would leave you only one tooth, then you could start competition," Austin answered.

Jones, Ruby and Thomas Gabriel have spent the summer apart following the extraordinary events of last winter - Jones is now a “normal” boy living with his parents, Ruby is secretly training to be a Badlander and Thomas Gabriel has commenced and has his own Badland area to protect. But magic is about to pull them back together once more, as they are tasked with hunting down the all-powerful magical artefact The Black Amulet, with each hoping it will hold the secret to their problems....

Look around you. Do you see a black spider? A shiny black car? A night sky? A black chocolate cookie? The color black is found in nature, at home, in the community, and in many other places. Listen to this audiobook and become an expert at spotting black everywhere! Learn about the colors you see all around you in the Colors Everywhere series - part of the Lightning Bolt Books™ collection. With high-energy designs and fun text, Lightning Bolt Books™ bring nonfiction topics to life!

Mmm-mm! Forest animals squeak, tweet, slurp, yip, and chomp over the sweet, plump fruit of a wild blackberry bush. But what happens when a bear arrives to take part in the feast? Young children will enjoy following the story by making the animal sounds, and the chaos that strikes upon the bear's arrival will surely bring on the laughter. The cumulative, rhyming audio makes for a great listen.