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Alfred has a birthday coming soon. He thinks he is ready to take on some other responsibilities now that he is growing up. He also hopes he can show his parents he can handle responsibilities. He wants to make his own decisions about music, video games, and television shows. He also wants to ask his parents about getting back on the football team. He has had behavior problems at school in the past. However, his teachers agree that he has improved. Now he wants a chance to prove it to his parents, because they think the additional responsibility might be too much for Alfred. They know that he can be forgetful when it comes to his homework, and they have to state the rule of homework before play. Alfred learns how to recognize good and bad choices and how to ask for help when he needs it as he discovers if he is really ready to grow up. He will learn that responsibility and accountability come with growing up.
I'm Glad I Look Like A... Terrorist is a humorous and realistic look at the American ethnic experience by an award-winning Palestinian-American journalist. Hanania describes the subtle and not-so-subtle bigotry facing Arab Americans and offers some solutions for improving America's perceptions of Arabs. An award winning writer, journalist and columnist, Hanania has also performed standup comedy lampooning his Palestinian-Jewish marriage. The book uses humor often to help appreciate and understand the Arab experience in America and follows his life growing up on Chicago's Southeast Side in a prominent Jewish neighborhood through high school, military service during the Vietnam War to his career as a political journalist who covered Chicago City Hall from 1977 through 1992. You can get more information on Hanania by visiting his website at www.Hanania.com.
Growing old is not easy. Faced with issues such as retirement, declining physical health and the loss of peers, many find the later years daunting. Urged on by a desire to help others, author Chuah Tong-Ik spent a year researching on aging-related topics and has sieved out useful tips into this compact primer. This comprehensive book also features discussion questions to help readers understand the implications of aging. Help! I’m Growing Old speaks like an old friend, caring and concerned for the reader. So pick this book up, and discover new joys in your senior years!
Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Stage 1.
This great gift book is full of Mechal Renee Roe's signature enchanting illustrations and positive messages. The simple, inspirational text is paired with charming and uplifiting illustrations of girls just like the reader. It's the ideal purchase for young readers, or just the young at heart.