School Time Books

Another great contribution from Kate Shuster. This book is excellent for students, teachers, and parents. There are good and bad things about homework. It objectively shows readers how to consider both sides of an issue and then has a section where the reader decides his or her position. Great discussion starter and topic for debating. This is part of the new "What Do You Think" series and I highly recommend all eight of them.

It's About Time! is the best book on the market for helping children learn how to tell time. It uses specific, step-by-step instructions that make it a great tool for parents and teachers. Children find it easy to understand and quickly learn how to tell time.

Great book for beginners or on going Kwanzaa observers. Informative and clear on the seven principal days, symbols, recipes and sewing instructions to make your own African outfits. An valuable and creative resource book. A perfect storyteller resource book as well.

The characters from the book In the Kitchen with Talluah are back! This time they are playing school. Talluah is a great teacher. She makes learning fun and makes everyone feel at home in her classroom!


The illustrations in this book are wonderful! They tease the imagination to see animals playing human roles. Also, the emotions of the animals seemed to be expressed through the style and colors of the background and the writing on the pages.


It's great for a back to school theme story time!

I originally bought this book for my younger sister and although it was a bit advanced for her at the time (it would probably be best for a 9-12 year old) we read it together and both of us enjoyed it. Jill gives a first-hand look at what it's like to skate for the Winter Olympics's biggest prize -- a medal in ladies figure skating -- and the story is complemented well with photos of Jill before during and after the competition as well as other photos from the Calgary Olympics that also bring you into her story.

Jill was very much in contention for one of the medals and although she ended up finishing just off the podium she has an excellent attitude, and describes her certificate indicating her finish with as much pride as if it were a medal. I would highly suggest buying this book if you know a young skater whose dream it is to go to the Olympics, as the most important thing both my sister and I took away from this book was not that she almost won a medal, but that she was THERE, in the middle of the Battle of the Brians, the Duel of the Carmens, and that she really enjoyed the whole experience of trying to skate her best at the biggest competition in the world.

This is a very fun, interesting, and funny book... I loved it! This book is about a teenage boy genius who is always doing experiments and making discoveries... a very good book... I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys fun/funny books... A great book for all!!! EXCELLENT!!!

Book three in the "Mr. Barrington's Mysterious Trunk" series, Journey to Gonzales continues the series of historical time-travel fiction for young adults, blending educational insight into Texas history with exciting adventure. Young Nick, troubled by the loss of a friend at the Battle of San Jacinto, returns to Mr. Barrington's trunk hoping to change history, yet this time the trunk magically transports him to Gonzales, Texas in 1835. Nick meets historical characters including young Alamo defenders William King, John Gaston, and Galba Fuqua, and becomes caught up in the tangled skein of events leading toward the Battle of Gonzales. Meanwhile, Hannah and Jackie are searching for Nick in hopes of bringing him home safely, yet when Hannah falls down a riverbank, Lieutenant Ramirez, part of the Alamo de Parras Company of dragoons tasked with retrieving the Gonzales "Come and Take It" cannon. Escorted to Ramirez's camp, the girls see firsthand the Mexican army and their point of view of the rising tensions in Texas. An eye-opening adventure that literally makes history come alive for young readers, and is sure to whet the reader's appetite for learning more. Also highly recommended are the previous books in the series, "Journey to the Alamo" and "Journey to San Jacinto".

I think this is a book very interesting for all ages becacuse of its graphics and easy language, etc. I'd like to get information regarding this type of books.(would like to buy many)(in spanish)

This is a fast paced, fun, adventure story set in the time of the conquistadores.

This fascinating account of pre integration baseball is a treasure. Not only does it introduce young readers (and parents not familiar with the "Negro Leagues") to great, almost legendary African-American players including Leroy "Satchel" Paige, Josh White, James "Cool Papa" Bell, Josh Gibson, and Jackie Robinson (as well as the Cuban-born Martin Dihigo, Jose Mendez, and Crisobal Torriente), but it explains segregation with facts and an appropriate tone of compassion and a sense of injustice:

"Before about 1950, if you were black and wanted to earn a living playing baseball, you were not allowed to play on the same team with white ballplayers. Prejudiced team owners, encouraged by bigoted players, established racist rules that prevented black athletes from playing in the major leagues, regardless of their skills."

The book also explains how Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier when Branch Rickey hired him to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. The book mentions the insults that Robinson endured (though not detailing them) as he paved the way for other early major league stars who came from the Negro Leagues (for example, Roy Campanella, Monte Irvin, Ernie Banks, and Elston Howard).

This initial integration spelled the eventual end of the Negro Leagues. Still, in one poignant quotation from Gene Benson, an outfielder with the Bacharach Giants and the Philadelphia Stars, famed baseball author Lawrence Ritter captures the accomplishments of these often unheralded players: "We never thought about the major leagues. We never dreamed that it would come true. But I know we were the pioneers. Without our league, where would Robinson have come from? If we weren't out there suffering and struggling, they wouldn't have any blacks in there now."

Although written primarily for kids, I would have liked to see photos (in addition to the excellent drawings) of the players, and, when known, their stats. For a more detailed look at the game, try Robert Peterson's great "Only the Ball Was White." This, however, is an excellent (if somewhat too brief) look at an era when "The National Pastime's" most prestigious (and highest paying) league excluded players on the basis of race.