elementary schools

The science fair is coming up at school, and Kyle and Mia agree to help Ryan, who knows very little about animals, with his project--seeing whether music makes mice smarter.

The class is putting on a play about George Washington Carver, and Missy is mad because she does not have an important part, but when the lead actor freezes, Missy saves the play.

Frustrating his sister with his tendency to transform into a monkey whenever he gets hyper, Clyde is given an extra-firm reason to try to control his energetic behavior when a new school principal moves into the neighborhood.

Bernadette feels sad when her classmates make fun of her for having an imaginary friend and being different, but one day a new little girl, Sofie, moves in next door, and Bernadette realizes that being different is not really strange at all.

Pete and Gabby are bored so they go in search of something to do. When they come across a school, they know it must be fun! The two bear cubs prowl through the school and wreak havoc in the music room, art room, gymnasium, and the cafeteria before having to be escorted back to the campground by the ranger. It turns out that school is a very fun place!.

Usually Zeke loves Halloween, but this year things just seem to be going wrong, he is having trouble finding a good costume, the costume parade at school is a disaster, and he has to take his little sister trick-or-treating.

Examines the perspectives and strategies of teachers from two schools in Philadelphia, describes the ecology of city teachers, presents observations of teachers from the Taylor and Harrington Elementary schools in Philadelphia, looks at some of the difficulties that arise even in successful schools, and discusses efforts to prepare professionals to teach in urban settings.

Simple text and photographs explore the people in a school community, including teachers, children, librarians, nurses, and bus drivers.

On a fourth-grade trip to a local battle site park, Jon Gummyshoes, fourth-grade detective, learns that sometimes history should rest in peace when he and Mac investigate a tale of ghosts and lost gold.

There is a new student at school who has most of the other children awed with his magic tricks and his claim that he can mind-read, but Jon Gummyshoes, fourth-grade detective, is determined to expose him as a fraud.