Q and Ray are stepping up to the plate! Q just joined a baseball team. Ray would rather be reading. But when someone steals a famous signed baseball, they both put their skills to use. Everyone's a suspect—even teachers! Will Q and Ray catch the crook? Or will the sleuths strike out?

Recruited for his combination of size and speed, George Mills had the potential to become an outstanding college football player--but it never happened. A View from the Bench reveals the reality behind the glamour of college football and the tough experiences in the life of a benchwarmer. Mills was a solid player who loved the game, but he had only one shot in nearly five years at making Nebraska's starting team. He found little time or energy left for academics after hours of drills, weight lifting, and team meetings. Now, with complete candor, Mills lays bare the true weight of emphasis in the "student-athlete" dichotomy. Free from anger or malice, Mills tells of his struggle to come to terms with a sports career of "mediocrity." A View from the Bench is an honest reflection of the experiences of so many overlooked players. It will be meaningful to anyone who has watched or played competitive sports.

The Brighter Child(R) English & Grammar workbook provides children in third grade with necessary grammar instruction. With 80 pages of full-color activities and easy-to-follow directions, children will have fun learning sentence structure, punctuation, usage and more! --This workbook features activities that teach: --*Alphabetical order --*Compound words --*Contractions --*Nouns & pronouns --*Past, present, and future tense verbs --*Prepositions --*Punctuation --*Conjunctions --*Subjects & predicates --*Types of sentences --*Parts of a paragraph --The popular Brighter Child Workbook series offers a full complement of instruction, activities, and information in subject-specific workbooks. This series helps prepare children by giving them a solid foundation in key skills necessary for success in the classroom!

Brighter Child English & Grammar for Grade 3 helps students master language arts skills. Practice is included for nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, punctuation, and more. School success starts here! Workbooks in the popular Brighter Child series are packed with plenty of fun activities that teach a variety of essential school skills. Students will find help for math, English and grammar, handwriting, and other important subject areas. Each book contains full-color practice pages, easy-to-follow instructions, and an answer key.

At a gathering on December 7, 2010, I mentioned that I was old enough to remember the Pear Harbor attack. One of the college students present commented that was so yesterday. It also transpired that the student was not at all clear about what had happened on that day. The episode revealed to me how the memory of World War II and the times leading up to it were receding from the national consciousness. Yet that conflict and the Depression preceding it formed the character of more than one generation of Americans. Garland Kingery is one of them. He was born at a time when America was a much more rural society than it is today. His memoir relates how his family and neighbors survived in the hard times of the Dirty Thirties. After the entry of America into the war, Mr. Kingery went from plowing with horses to repairing airplane engines in just a few weeks. His wartime experiences were a central part of this fascinating memoir. After the war, he married and raised children, along with many other veterans. He had a lengthy distinguished career with the State of Illinois. Many interesting observations about Illinois politics and the workings of state government are included in Mr. Kingerys story. Currently, he is retired and resides in Chatham, Illinois. This Autobiography is an account of the history of most twentieth-century America written by an individual who contributed to that history. Those unfamiliar with the events recounted in this book would profit greatly by reading it. Those who would dismiss the experiences of Mr. Kingery and others with similar experiences should heed the admonition of George Santayana: Those who forget the lessons of history are doomed to repeat it. It was an honor for me to have been associated with this project. Jan F. Branthaver