In Characters Like Me- Not Your Friend Anymore, the first book of Devin And Monique, we meet eight year old best friends Devin and Monique. The story begins with Devin invites Monique over to her house for a playdate. The girls decide to build a Castle out of Devin's new block set. But while playing with the blocks, Devin takes a block from Monique's castle gate without asking. Instead of giving the block back, Devin makes excuses to why she needs it more. To make matters worse, Devin is insensitive to Monique's feelings when Monique begins to cry. This causes Monique to get upset and end the...

Find out what's bugging Chung and how he survives being the main target of the playground bullies everyday during recess. Also, learn several interesting Bug Facts along the way when you read Characters Like Me- The Bug Collector.

This story is about a ten year old girl named Dorthia Blake. Through an academic program, Dorthia who lives in a bad neighborhood is given the opportunity to be bussed to a school outside of her community. The school she is bussed to is Spaulding Hills Elementary. Spaulding Hills Elementary is in an upper class community and is where the children of the wealthy attend. Although the school and neighborhood are cleaner and more pleasant to the eye, the students aren't very welcoming. Dorthia is teased and humiliated constantly because of her appearance and where she comes from. She begins to...

Make learning to read interesting and enjoyable with Blooming Readers Books In the fourth book of the series, children will learn to identify action words, or verbs that are frequently used in early reading. The content is all based on simple one sentence pages with beautiful colored illustrations of diverse characters that reflect real life. There's an Activity Section in the book that also contains additional learning aids that parents and teachers can use to reinforce word recognition and the meaning of an ACTION WORD. So watch your child's mind bloom as they explore life through reading...

Living on top of their parents' soul food restaurant in downtown Chicago, Bakari and his younger sister Connie didn't have any neighborhood kids to hang out with or a back yard to play in. Cooped up in the house most of the time, the siblings were often bored and lonely.Because Bakari only liked sports and Connie only liked fairytales, they never agreed on things to do together. Instead, all they did was bicker.So one day, the siblings made a secret wish that they felt would solve all of their problems. A few days later Bakari and Connie's parents take them on a surprise outing to the castle...

After her family moves from Jonesboro Georgia to Cocoa Beach Florida, Marisa Santos has to start all over at a new school trying to meet new friends. At first Marisa feels very anxious about her new school and the fact that she is hundreds of miles away from family and friends. But as the day moves on Marisa's attitude towards her new school changes. Find out why when you read Characters Like Me- Marisa's First Day At Cocoa Beach Elementary.

Lately Kaylee has been having trouble completing her assignments. This is so unlike Kaylee and has everyone concerned. Afraid of how glasses will make her look to her classmates and to her crush, Chris Michaels, Kaylee hides, the truth. But Kaylee can't fool her best friend Hani, who suspects that Kaylee has a vision problem. The truth gets even harder to conceal when Ms. Dawson catches Kaylee squinting at the board.Will Kaylee ever confess the truth about her "Blurred Vision"? Read to find out

Faddey had always admired his brothers' talent for fishing. He dreamed that one day he would fish alongside his older brothers and be just as great. But everyone assumed that because Faddey was still just a young boy that he could not be successful at fishing amongst the older boys in the village. Faddey was often laughed at for being a dreamer. But the laughter of others did not deter Faddey from his dream. Instead, it made him even more determined to accomplish his goal of becoming a great fisherman. One day walking to school, Faddey witnessed his best friend Fatimah getting teased for not...