Best Selling Books by Nancy White

Everything parents need to help their kids succeed in social studies The only comprehensive social studies skill-building series available, the Get Ready! For Social Studies series equips proactive parents with the tools they need to help their children develop the core skills required to perform at grade level in social studies-related subjects. Book Reports, Essays, and Research Papers provides step-by-step instruction, models, and practice exercises to help parents guide their children through the writing and research process.

Everything parents need to help their kids succeed in social studies The only comprehensive social studies skill-building series available, the Get Ready! For Social Studies series equips proactive parents with the tools they need to help their children develop the core skills required to perform at grade level in social studies-related subjects. Geography focuses on major geographic concepts: what geography is, maps and globes, landforms, natural regions (biomes), human movement, human/environmental interaction, and economics.

Technology has changed what it means for communities to "be together." Digital tools are now part of most communities'' habitats. This book develops a new literacy and language to describe the practice of stewarding technology for communities. Whether you want to ground your technology stewardship in theory and deepen your practice, whether you are a community leader or sponsor who wants to understand how communities and technology intersect, or whether you just want practical advice, this is the book for you.

Now in paperback for the first time--the first title in the popular Jesse Bear series. Playtime, lunchtime, bathtime, bedtime--all the everyday but special moments in a little bear''s day--are captured in lilting verse and full-color illustrations. A Booklist Editors'' Choice. Full-color. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Mama and child discuss the family''s upcoming move to a new house and the reasons why she does not wish to leave the child behind.

Jesse''s bossy cousin Sara is coming to visit for a whole week, and Jesse isn''t happy about it. But Jesse is surprised to discover how much fun Sara can be!

Jessie Ber experiences the sights, smells, sounds and activities of Christmas from decorations and gifts to baking and caroling.

This latest Jesse Bear adventure story features the energetic young bear whose droll, infectious humor and amiable, tolerant parents have won innumerable fans among preschoolers and parents alike, who are sure to find read-aloud magic in a picture book that''s as colorful as a party. Full color.

Are we there yet? Are we there yet? We''re here, Jesse Bear! We''re here! At his family reunion, Jesse Bear visits with aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins galore. Readers will love being introduced to this lively extended family, and they will celebrate with Jesse bear when he is finally old enough to do something very special. Nancy White Carlstrom and Bruce Degen once again explore a preschooler''s world through the eyes of the always endearing Jesse Bear.

Features:*An intensive writing clinic*Effective tools for organizing ideas*Editing and revising techniques*Concrete examples, including different types of essays and reports*Tips and strategies for developing great topics

A child says goodnight to the natural world and all those that occupy it. A young Native American narrator speaks to the world of nature he holds so dear-Papa Star, Mama Moon-and bids the creatures of nature to rest until morning.

A train, a truck, a car, a bicyclist, a unicyclist, and a roller skater compete in a race.

A collection of poems celebrating such Halloween phenomena as monsters, witches, haunted houses, and jack-o-lanterns.

When a mysterious animal suddenly appears in Ms. Frizzle''s classroom, she and the entire class travel around the world to find the right home for this lost creature. Original.

Ms. Frizzle''s class learns about the weather when the bus becomes a flying weather station and takes the class right into the storm clouds.

A child going to the hospital to have tonsils removed insists on bringing a worn but beloved stuffed animal instead of a newer one.

A father describes the coming of winter to his little girl.

A young girl visits all day with the animals on a farm, until it is time for them to go to sleep and await a new day.

It''s morning! Time for Sammy to get ready for school.

At Halloween Jesse Bear picks out a pumpkin, helps make a jack-o-lantern, works on a costume and has fun trick-or-treating. Illustrated by colorful pictures and prose, young readers will delight in such a festive--but sometimes scary--holiday.

A little boy watches the wind through the four seasons of the year.

Jose wants Mimi, an aspiring actress, to choose between being with him or being on stage.

Rose Marie is not at all sure she likes having to deal with her new sister Baby Boo.

After Ms. Frizzle shows the class a butterfly locket that supposedly has magical powers, she accidentally turns the class into butterflies while on a field trip.

Better Not Get Wet, Jesse Bear

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