The ship sails avast! I have lost the map, mateys! No shaking booty! Come sail the seven seas aboard the notorious Black Thunder! Landlubbers have a first-mate seat to the grizzly life of eighteenth-century pirates--as told by the surprisingly poetic if salty One One-Leg Sterling. Shiver me timbers, never before have we poppets been privy to the gritty goings-on of the rum-running, treasure-thieving, marauding masters of the open sea from the inside out. . . until now! From trading rum for buxom beauties to fighting those limey British bastards, this book reveals the swaggering derring-do of these plundering and treacherous buccaneers--17 syllables at a time!

Two brothers use their imaginations to turn their surroundings--from a white bandana and yellow coins to a red blanket and even their baby sister--into a colorful pirate adventure before naptime. Full color.

Sometimes funny, sometimes touching, this adoption story, Won Ton, told entirely in haiku, is unforgettable. Nice place they got here. Bed. Bowl. Blankie. Just like home! Or so I've been told. Visiting hours! Yawn. I pretend not to care. Yet -- I sneak a peek. So begins this beguiling tale of a wary shelter cat and the boy who takes him home.

All you need to encourage a love and enthusiasm for reading and writing from a young age. Benefit from the experience of key educators across the Caribbean regions who have carefully designed this resource to give your students exactly the right introduction to the Language Arts curriculum. -Ensure a steady transition from Creole to Standard English with an introductory section on language acquisition in the Teacher Guides called Language Strategy. -Cover technicality of grammar, vocabulary and syntax using picture cues and writing as well as reading and reading comprehension. -Offer exposure to many different forms of text with a variety of different text types and genres. -Connect reading and writing with templates, to make sure that students don't fall behind and progress evenly with both. Support for this student book is available from the accompanying Teacher's Guide 9781510414259.

What is the sound of poetry slapping your face? Provocative Haiku #2! This is the followup book to "Provocative Haiku" published in 2009. PH#2 takes favorites from the blog postings of 2009. Chock full of author photos of Manhattan. Urban topics and the frustration of city life are covered: blind dates, Crackberry misuse, bad neighbors, stupid people, the woes of public transportation, office shenanigans. Please visit the blog for a taste of Provocative Haiku and you are encouraged to leave your own 17 syllable masterpieces! www.ProvocativeHaiku.com - visit us and rile someone today! WARNING: a few "F" bombs, but not as foul-mouthed as PH#1.

It's time for recess, and the schoolyard is teeming with young pirates ready for action.