Product Description: For centuries, people around the world have been telling stories about tricksters—characters who solve problems by using their wits to fool others. Sometimes, these tricksters want to help people. Other times, they use their cleverness for selfish reasons...read more

Product Description: Playing on the phrase, the author and you which is a commonly taught reading comprehension strategy that teaches the learner how to look at the words of an author and make inferences about what is being said, this new series will assist the teacher and teacher librarian in understanding the underlying purposes of the author as they prepare learning activities for their students...read more

Product Description: In 1990, 25.2 million people watched minor league baseball games. In 2001, that number had increased to 38.8 million thanks in large part to the new minors. In addition to the die-hard fans, families and business associates and church, social and school groups come to eat crab cakes and sushi and drink lattes, take in the between-inning contests such as Race the Mascot, see entertainers such as the Blues Brothers of Wisconsin, and watch post-game fireworks...read more

Product Description: In the 1990s, big business and nasty labor disputes loomed large over major league baseball but the traditional idea of playing for the love of the game has never been forgotten, even at the professional level Probably surprising to the average Joe is the existence of independent professional baseball teams and leagues...read more

Product Description: Norton (1903-1993) wrote for children, and The Borrowers books are among her best known. This assessment of her novels' persistent themes, character types, and situations draws parallels between the novels and Norton's life experience, and examines her writings in light of 20th-century British literature and contemporary critical theory...read more

Product Description: Book by Stott, Jon C., Jones, Raymond E.

Discusses over two hundred nineteenth and twentieth century authors and illustrators of children's literature, and examines specific genres