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  Behind the Mountains

  Edwidge Danticat

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  The series dedicated to the immigrant experience in modern America starts off with a moving novel of one family’s struggles in Haiti and New York. 
   
  It is election time in Haiti, and bombs are going off in the capital city of Port-au-Prince. During a visit from her home in rural Haiti, Celiane Espérance and her mother are nearly killed. Looking at her country with new eyes, Celiane gains a fresh resolve to be reunited with her father in Brooklyn, New York. The harsh winter and concrete landscape of her new home are a shock to Celiane, who witnesses her parents’ struggle to earn a living, her brother’s uneasy adjustment to American society, and her own encounters with learning difficulties and school violence. 
   
  “The excellence of the writing and the resilient outlook of both first-person fictions set a high standard for this series.” —The Horn Book 
   
  “The author captures the color and texture of Haitian life as well as the heroine’s adjustment to New York. While readers may want to hear more about her experiences in Brooklyn, they will appreciate the truthfulness of the family’s struggle to reconnect.” —Publishers Weekly

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  The Warlord's Beads - A...

  Virginia Walton Pilegard

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  Young Chuan lives with his father in the beautiful palace of a powerful Chinese warlord. As a reward for his cleverness in solving the warlord�s puzzle, Father is given the job of tallying the warlord�s treasure--brilliant jewels, rich brocades, and spices from a thousand lands. Life at the palace is luxurious but filled with so many interruptions Father often loses count! The varying totals lead the suspicious warlord to accuse him of stealing, and Father is about to lose hope. Just in time, Chuan discovers a special use for the warlord�s lovely jade beads--a use that will help Father keep an accurate tally, and cause the warlord to pronounce Chuan as clever as his Father. Often used by teachers of the primary grades to illustrate the powerful concept of "base ten," various types of counting frames appeared in China during the Middle Ages. The Warlord�s Beads is a valuable tool for introducing young readers to the wonder of numbers as well as the beauty and mystery of ancient China.

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  Ants at the Picnic - Counting by...

  Michael Dahl

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  Introduces counting by tens by counting the number of ants at a picnic.

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  The Year of Secret Assignments

  Jaclyn Moriarty

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  In this epistolary novel, three Aussie private school girls enter a pen pal program that leads to friendship, love, mischief, mystery, and revenge. 
   
  The Ashbury-Brookfield pen pal program is designed to bring together the two rival schools in a spirit of harmony and “the Joy of the Envelope.” But when Cassie, Lydia, and Emily send their first letters to Matthew, Charlie, and Sebastian, things don’t go quite as planned. What starts out as a simple letter exchange soon leads to secret missions, false alarms, lock picking, mistaken identities, and an all-out war between the schools—not to mention some really excellent kissing. 
   
  Praise for The Year of Secret Assignments 
   
  “Who can resist Moriarty’s biting humor?” —Kirkus Reviews 
   
  “This energetic novel reveals the author’s keen understanding of teen dynamics and invites audience members to read between the lines to discover what makes each character tick. Containing elements of mystery, espionage, romance and revenge, Moriarty’s story will likely satisfy hearty appetites for suspense and fun.” —Publishers Weekly

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  The Mighty Claws Storm A Fortress

  Nat Luurtsema

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  It is a hot day in Mighty Claw Valley and Truly, Arty, Bea and Prince have headed out to look for food with Truly's dad, Wilson. They find a little more than that though. They find a stone fort, selfish Velociraptors, Pterodactyls circling overhead and a pack of Megalosaurs thundering towards them. They went out for lunch and instead they found DANGER.

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  Old MacDonald Had A Farm

  Kim Mitzo Thompson, Karen Mitzo...

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  Sing this story! It isn't a secret that using songs to teach children early learning  skills is fun and successful.  This original song is heard as a read-along and a sing-along.   Explore Old MacDonald's farm as the dogs “ruff,” the pigs “oink,” the horses “neigh” and more! All of your favorite farm friends come to life as Old MacDonald takes care of his animals.   The fun Sing A Story series includes: Five Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed, Old MacDonald Had A Farm, Ten In The Bed, B-I-N-G-O, Down By The Bay, Humpty Dumpty & Other Nursery Rhymes, Six Little Ducks, Five Little Skunks, ABC Nursery Rhymes, The Wheels On The Bus, This Old Man, How Many Ducks?, Old MacDonald's Letter Farm, The ABCs, Singing The Consonant Sounds, The Farmer In The Dell, and It's Silly Time!

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