Search results for ""Author Fran Manushkin""

Katie loves to dance, but when a new girl, Mattie, joins her dance class, dancing just isn't as much fun. Mattie can spin faster and jump higher than Katie, and Katie is jealous. Will Katie stop worrying about Mattie and remember how fun it is to just keep dancing?

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After watching a ninja cartoon, Pedro dreams of being a ninja himself. Luckily, his dad gets him karate lessons. With hard work and a little practice, maybe Pedro can become ninja star, just like thoses he sees at the cinema! A glossary and reading questions make this title a black-belt level book!

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Pedro has new glasses, but he does not like them. When he pretends to lose them, Katie shows him why glasses are important.

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Katie Woo's family is moving to a new house. Katie will miss her old room, and she thinks her new house seems a little weird. Her parents say it will feel like home soon enough, but she's just not sure.

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Katie’s new puppy, Koko, has run away, and now the white doggie is lost! Pedro and Katie pair up to investigate. They are hot on Koko’s trail, but some clues lead nowhere. Still the detectives won’t give up. After all, solving this mystery is the only way to bring Koko home!

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Bouquets of babies sweet to hold: cocoa-brown, cinnamon, and honey gold. Ginger-coloured babies, peaches and cream, too – splendid skin for me, splendid skin for you! A delightfully rhythmical read-aloud text is paired with bright, bustling art from the award-winning Lauren Tobia, illustrator of Anna Hibiscus, in this joyful exploration of the new skin of babyhood. A wonderful gift book for new mums and toddlers, all children can see themselves, and open their eyes to the world around them, in this sweet, scrumptious celebration of skin in all its many, many, wonderful forms.

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Everyone in Katie Woo's class has lost a tooth, except her! She tries everything she can think of to make her wiggly tooth fall out, but nothing works. Will she ever lose her tricky tooth?

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With a new clubhouse in his garden, Pedro decides to start a mystery-solving club. Will he and his friends find the clues to crack the case? A simple plot, relatable characters and reader-support tools are delivered with the young reader in mind.

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Katie Woo is so excited about spending the night at her grandparents' house. But once she gets to their house, she feels a bit nervous. How will she ever spend a whole night in the strange house?

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Pedro's class is building a tower out of paper cups. They want to see who can build the tallest tower. Pedro loves to build, but he's got a big problem. Troublemaker Roddy is on his team. Can Pedro and Roddy learn to work together? A glossary and comprehension questions make this a great title for libraries, while a collection of jokes adds to the fun.

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Katie and Pedro and their mums are headed out for an afternoon of canoeing. But Katie and her mum get separated from the other canoe, and before long Pedro and his mum are worried. Where could they have got to? The search is on for Katie Woo and her fishy canoe! Perfectly pitched for young readers who are beginning to read independently for the first time, The Mystery of the Fishy Canoe is part of the Katie Woo and Pedro Mysteries series, in which Katie Woo and her pal Pedro team up to solve puzzles together. By investigating the problem and collecting clues, the sleuthing friends don’t stop until the mysteries are solved! After each case is closed, readers will review the investigation, hypothesis and resolution of the mystery, earning a basic understanding of the mystery genre.

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Katie Woo has been learning about mummies, when she decides to make one of her own. With Pedro's help, Katie makes a wonderful mummy and case. When the two mummy-makers let their project sit to dry, the mummy goes missing! Katie and Pedro start collecting clues that they hope will lead them to the missing mummy.

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