Pictures and simple text show how different kinds of animals greet each other.

"He Came In With It is the chronology of a mother and her family's coping with mental illness: the hurdles of diagnosis and treatment -- of stigma, denial, shame-- of pretending that things are T-square perfect for all the lacquered world"--

Students will act out the story of Anne, a city girl who helps her neighbor make a beautiful garden in the city! After visiting her friend's house in the country, Anne misses the animals and plants in the fruit and vegetable garden. When she learns that her neighbor is building a garden in the city, Anne does all she can to help! This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles...

It's 1930, and Birdie William's life has crashed along with the stock market. Her father's bank has failed, and worse, he's disappeared along with his Jenny biplane. When Birdie sees a leaflet for a barnstorming circus with a picture of Dad's plane on it, she goes to Coney Island in search of answers. The barnstorming circus has lady pilots, daredevil stuntmen, fire-spinners, and wing walkers, and Birdie is instantly enchanted--especially with a girl...

A fearsome raider known as the Devil of the Seas, Gavin MacLachlan has only ever loved one woman-and he lost her to another man over a year ago. A rich, powerful man that Cora's clan insisted she wed for the powerful alliance it would bring them, though she swore her undying love for Gavin on the eve of her marriage. Consumed by a lust for vengeance, he took to the high seas to make his fortune, which now rivals that of the wealthiest Highland laird....

Readers the world over have fallen in love with her strong, forceful heroes and fiery heroines. Now award-winning author Miriam Minger sweeps you into a world of epic adventure and bold passion in THE O'BYRNE BRIDES SERIES! Ronan was a legend among men...and the last thing he needed was a troublesome woman. Yet this fierce Irish warrior took a deathbed oath to protect a chieftain's rebellious daughter. Triona was a hellion of a woman...who would let...

Promised in marriage to a brutal Norseman, Nora MacTorkil flees in terror the night before the wedding. The daughter of the richest merchant in Dublin, she knows she must hide-but where? In the moonlight, she makes a desperate run along the dock hoping to conceal herself aboard one of her father's ships. Until Nora trips and tumbles into the River Liffey, her cry for help cut off as the dark water closes over her head… Many drunken nights have passed...

Kassandra whirled to face the arrogant military man she'd hoped never to see again, remembering all too clearly his impassioned kisses that lingered like molten honey on her lips. To admit to her scandalous indiscretion would ruin her father's diplomatic career and forever destroy her reputation. Stefan nearly shouted in triumph. He'd searched throughout Vienna for the beguiling tavern wench who had aroused him past endurance, and here she stood...

The gentle sister of Ireland's most infamous rebel, Maire O'Byrne remains ever loyal to country and clansmen-until a strange twist of fate carries her to Lord Duncan FitzWilliam, the proud Norman master of Longford Castle. And now she must feign amnesia to ensure her brother's safety-even as her yearning heart seeks the warm shelter of an enemy's arms. A man of peace in a land seething with rage, Lord Duncan is touched by this mysterious, afflicted...

For his part in saving Robert the Bruce's life, Conall Campbell is rewarded like his elder brother, but with the last thing he wants... a bride. He enjoys women, but only as a lighthearted dalliance, a game, an amusement. He had vowed four years ago never to marry. One broken heart is enough for any warrior's lifetime. Yet now the ultimate irony? He must steal Isabeau from under the very nose of the man she's supposed to wed, Euan MacCulloch, a hated...