May
Mother's Day
Happy Mother's Day! Celebrate all the wonderful women in your life this May.
Someday
By: Alison McGhee
Illustrated by: Peter H. Reynolds
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: February 27, 2007
Ages: above 4
A mother's love leads to a mother's dream -- every mother's dream -- for her child to live life to its fullest. A deceptively simple, powerful ode to the potential of love and the potential in life, Someday is the book...
Teacher Appreciation
What better time to show the teachers in your life how much you care than during Teacher Appreciation Week? Here are some terrific teacher-themed titles from Simon & Shuster Children’s Publishing to get you started!
The Last Day of School
By: Louise Borden
Illustrated by: Adam Gustavson
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: March 1, 2006
Ages: 7 - 10
The shool year is coming to an end, and everyone at Albert E. Chapman Elementary School is counting down, including Mrs. Mallory's third grade class. In the last weeks of school there is much to be done, from putting away...
Mrs. Brown on Exhibit
And Other Museum Poems
By: Susan Katz
Illustrated by: R.W. Alley
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: July 1, 2002
Ages: 6 - 10
Mrs. Brown loves museums -- and so does her class! In fact, these cultural connoisseurs are just wild about field trips. Whether it's sneaking up on an ancient Egyptian mummy, walking into a room of fluttering butterflies, or...
Good Luck, Mrs. K.!
By: Louise Borden
Illustrated by: Adam Gustavson
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: July 1, 2002
Ages: 6 - 10
Mrs. Kempczinski -- "Mrs. K." to her third-grade students -- is everyone's favorite teacher. Exciting and dynamic, Mrs. K. knows sign language, celebrates Worm Day, and performs "homework dances." One day the third graders are...
The Year Of Miss Agnes
By: Kirkpatrick Hill
This edition: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
Publication date: May 1, 2002
Ages: 8 - 12
A year they'll never forget Ten-year-old Frederika (Fred for short) doesn't have much faith that the new teacher in town will last very long. After all, they never do. Most teachers who come to their one-room schoolhouse in...
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