You will fall in love with adorable, 5 year old, bi-racial Abe and his sweet, 6 year old cousin Amelia, in this story about a little boy trying to create the perfect birthday present for his best friend. Can he do it? Will it be the perfect present? You'll enjoy following Abe as he works hard to achieve his goal.

Parker Engels, a fourth grader, is the kind of kid that teachers love and the students despise because Parker always listens, does his homework and never gives the teacher any trouble. In "Fourth Grader Parker Engels: Poetic Justice" the kids in Parker's class are very unkind to him until one day when Parker politely dishes out poetic justice and things take a turn for the better. At the end of the book you will find Author Notes. It describes how to write a Haiku poem, which was the homework assignment in the story. Also, written on the blackboard on page 2 are ten vocabulary words. All of...

In 2003 Julie Grace was brutally murdered, a victim of domestic violence. Unfortunately, domestic violence claims the lives of innocent women every year, but many of the deaths could be prevented if the judicial system did a better job of prosecuting those who commit these crimes. Julie's case was not unique in that there were many episodes prior to Julie's death where the abuse got to the point that police were called, her abuser was taken to jail, and restraining orders were issued. Julie's mother, Ruth, daily endures the heartache from tragically losing her daughter. Because she wants no...