"Abbie Burgess helps her father care for a lighthouse on a small island off the coast of Maine. Together they tend the lamps, organize supplies, and watch the endless Atlantic waters. When Abbie’s mother becomes ill, her father must sail to the mainland to find food and medicine. While her father is away a fierce winter storm descends, and Abbie must summon all her courage to care for her ailing mother, comfort her frightened sisters, an ..."
"A dingo intent on making wombat stew receives cooking suggestions from the other animals, unaware that they are protecting their fellow creature."
Wombat Stew(1st Edition) by MarciaK. Vaughan, Pamela Lofts Paperback, 30 Pages, Published 1987 by Scholastic Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-86896-258-0, ISBN: 0-86896-258-9
"One day, on the banks of a billabong, a very clever dingo caught a wombat and decided to make gooey, brewy, yummy, chewy, wombat stew! However, when Wombat's friends decide to help, things go very wrong for Dingo."
"Irena Sendler, born in 1910 to a Polish Catholic family, was raised to respect all people regardless of their race or religion. As an adult she became a social worker, and after the Germans occupied Poland during World War II, Irena knew she had to help the Jews who were packed into the Warsaw Ghetto. She began by smuggling food, clothing, and medicine into the ghetto, then turned to smuggling children out of the ghetto. Using false pap ..."
"On a hot summer day, Joey, a young kangaroo, enjoys playing animal-appropriate games with his friends Twisker the mouse, Slider the snake, and Flatso the Platypus, until Sly-tooth the crocodile arrives and invites him to play a different game."
Wombat Stew by MarciaK. Vaughan Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 2009 by Scholastic Inc. ISBN-13: 978-1-74169-363-8, ISBN: 1-74169-363-2
"But all the other bush animals have a plan to save their friend. They trick the dingo into using mud, feathers, flies, bugs and gumnuts in his wombat stew, and the result is -- a stew the dingo will never forget!"
"Henry Bell is not allowed to learn to read and write. In fact, most enslaved children, like him, are severely punished if they are even caught with a book. But Henry is curious. He suspects there is something powerful in books, and he wants to know what it is. One day Henry finishes his chores quickly, then runs to the schoolhouse. He hides in a sycamore tree just as the teacher begins reading a story. His heart pounds as he listens wit ..."
"A simple read-aloud that is just right for the youngest childHands help us throughout the day. They can open, and they can close. They can tickle tiny toes"