Jamaica finds a stuffed dog at the playground and after taking him home without trying to find the owner discovers her conscience as well. Jamaica's honest and appealing character inspired five more books, each about a childhood ethical dilemma.
Jamaica's Find celebrates its twentieth anniversary with this new edition featuring an author's note in the paperback edition.
Jamaica finds a stuffed dog at the playground and after taking him home without trying to find the owner discovers her conscience as well. Jamai...
Jamaica was friends with everyone in school - except for Russell. No wonder: Russell was a mean brat. When they had art class, Russell borrowed her markers and spoiled her picture. At recess, he threw sand and chased little kids. Jamaica certainly wasn't sorry to learn that Russell was going to move away. She didn't even want to make a card for him, the way the others in her class were doing. But then something happened to change her mind . . .
Jamaica was friends with everyone in school - except for Russell. No wonder: Russell was a mean brat. When they had art class, Russell borrowed her ma...
Goodnight Kuu Kuu takes you on a sweet adventure as young Katoto describes the encounters and surroundings as the mother-child bond inevitably keeps growing. Katoto takes in a whirlwind of cozy, familiar sights and startling scenes, skittering movements and bouncy rides, scary sounds and socializing laughter until Katoto must say goodnight. An endearing story told by Wamoro P. Njenga with artwork by award-winning illustrator Anne Sibley O"Brien.
Goodnight Kuu Kuu takes you on a sweet adventure as young Katoto describes the encounters and surroundings as the mother-child bond inevitably keeps g...
Three students are immigrants from Guatemala, Korea, and Somalia and have trouble speaking, writing, and sharing ideas in English in their new American elementary school. Through self-determination and with encouragement from their peers and teachers, the students learn to feel confident and comfortable in their new school without losing a sense of their home country, language, and identity. Young readers from all backgrounds will appreciate this touching story about the assimilation of three immigrant students in a supportive school community. Anne Sibley O'Brien is one of the...
Three students are immigrants from Guatemala, Korea, and Somalia and have trouble speaking, writing, and sharing ideas in English in their new America...
Three immigrant students--from Guatemala, Korea, and Somalia--have trouble speaking, writing, and sharing ideas in English in their new American elementary school. Young readers will appreciate this touching story about the assimilation of the students in a supportive school community. Full color.
Three immigrant students--from Guatemala, Korea, and Somalia--have trouble speaking, writing, and sharing ideas in English in their new American eleme...
