The Student's Book offers a well-paced, balanced approach to teaching grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and the four skills of reading, listening, speaking and writing, with an emphasis on mixed abilities. Culture and CLIL feature in every unit. Each Student's Book comes wiith a Digibook on a DVD-R[...]

It's almost Thanksgiving, and Richard Best can't stop thinking about Ms. Rooney's Candy Corn contest. Whoever can guess the exact number of yellow-and-orange candies in the jar on Ms. Roney's desk gets to keep them all. The only problem is Richard has to read a page in a library book for each guess.[...]

Emily is stuck with crybaby Jill Simon as her "secret Pal" to be kind to for the whole month of December.

"Accessible to second-and-third-grade readers, this short chapter book will also make a delightful holiday read-aloud."--School Library Journal.
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Emily Arrow may be a poor reader, but she's terrific in math and is also the fastest runner in her class. In October school gets even better when a newcomer from Florida, Dawn Tiffanie Bosco, joins the class and sits next to her.When Emily sees that Dawn's a better reader and a faster runner, she tr[...]

The children in Ms. Rooney's room are supposed to be writing about real people, but writing is Beast's worst subject.

"Comfortably portrays the world of school and home, friends and family. Sims' lively pencil sketches augment the story."--School Library Journal.
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What's worse than a blue Monday? For Richard "Beast" Best, it's a purple Monday spent climbing a fat brown rope with fat brown knots.Beast wishes he could climb up that rope like Emily Arrow and Matthew Jackson. Just looking at it hanging down from the gym ceiling makes him dizzyBeast is afraid an[...]

April is invention month. "We're going to make our own inventions," says Ms. Rooney, "and work together in groups."Though Emily Arrow knows it's important for each group to think, listen, and share, she still wishes she were the leader of her invention group. Linda Lorca, the bossy leader, can[...]

February is fun.It's time for everyone in Ms. Rooney's room to make cards for the Valentine box. Emily Arrow couldn't be happier when Dawn Bosco gives her some colored stars to decorate her cards. She plans to make a special one for Ms. Vincent, the new student teacher.But things take a turn for the[...]

This collection of articles and essays from magazines, newspapers, books, and academic journals is designed to expand the reader's awareness and understanding of the role dress plays in cultures and subcultures across the globe. The text, which represents the very best thinking and writing on the su[...]