While facing embarrassing classroom situations, and unusual troubles of all kinds, the boys featured in these stories and verses do their very best. Michael Shelley Van Fleet is about to introduce his pet cockatiel to his class during show-and-tell, and he is very nervous. But what will he do when his nameand many other wordscome out sounding all wrong? When Robbie visits his uncle Fred, the famous hunter talks about all the animals hes seen. Robbie then falls asleepand dreams that hes a bear being hunted! Can he escape? Nathan must go with his dad when he travels for business. Its Nathans first time in a hotel, and it turns out to be more of an adventure than he imagined. Aimed at young readers, this collection of stories and poems tells tales of boys dealing with and overcoming difficulties and learning lessons along the way.

In this new adventure with The Honey Bunch Kids, school is in session when Ms. Hodgebottom assigns her class a group project. Desiree (Dizzy), Chauncey (Cheeks), and Stuart are eager to work with each other, but the real challenge is accepting Derrick (Bubble Gum Boy) into their group. Hes been the enemy of Cheeks and Stuart for a while now, so how will their group be successful with him in it? Read to fi nd out how The Honey Bunch Kids learn what it truly means to get along and work together, no matter what.

The fascinating and funny origins of everyday objects-bliss for history hounds, language lovers and trivia buffs. In this delightful volume, Harry Oliver reveals the most unusual and unexpected stories behind the household necessities, toys, common objects, technological advances, and everyday items we all take for granted. Who hasn't wondered: ?Whether Thomas Crapper really invented the toilet ?What accident led to the invention of the microwave ?Why it took nearly twenty years for someone to finally decide to slice bread ?How laziness resulted in the invention of the dishwasher ?Which discovery made the milkshake possible ?Which king's fancy for his mistress inspired the first elevator

A sixteen-year-old from the Bronx, popular at school and "sort of" going steady, falls in love for the first time with another boy one exuberant summer.

I had a little brother. His name was Tiny Tim. I put him in the bathtub To teach him how to swim. He drank all the water. He ate all the soap. He died last night With a bubble in his throat. Jump-rope rhymes, chanted to maintain the rhythm of the game, have other, equally entertaining uses: You can dispatch bothersome younger siblings instantly—and temporarily. You can learn the name of your boyfriend through the magic words "Ice cream soda, Delaware Punch, Tell me the initials of my honey-bunch." You can perform the series of tasks set forth in "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn around" and find out who, really, is the most nimble. You can even, with impunity, "conk your teacher on the bean with a rotten tangerine. " This collection of over six hundred jump-rope rhymes, originally published in 1969, is an introduction into the world of children—their attitudes, their concerns, their humor. Like other children's folklore, the rhymes are both richly inventive and innocently derivative, ranging from on-the-spot improvisations to old standards like "Bluebells, cockleshells," with a generous sprinkling of borrowings from other play activities—nursery rhymes, counting-out rhymes, and taunts. Even adult attitudes of the time are appropriated, but expressed with the artless candor of the child: Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. Catch Castro by the toe. If he hollers make him say "I surrender, U.S.A." Though aware that children's play serves social and psychological functions, folklorists had long neglected analytical study of children's lore because primary data was not available in organized form. Roger Abraham's Dictionary has provided such a bibliographical tool for one category of children's lore and a model for future compendia in other areas. The alphabetically arranged rhymes are accompanied by notes on sources, provenience, variants, and connection with other play activities.

A witty tale of romantic rivalry and second chances by the New York Times-bestselling author who “only gets better with each book” (The New York Times). Having grown up with four brothers in upstate New York, journalist Chastity O’Neill is tired of being just one of the guys. When she returns to her hometown, she decides it’s time to get in touch with her feminine side. While doing a story on local heroes, she meets a hunky doctor who is the perfect candidate to test her newfound womanly wiles. There’s only one problem: firefighter Trevor Meade, her first love and the one man she’s never quite gotten over—although he seems to have gotten over her just fine. Yet the more time she spends with Dr. Perfect, the better Trevor looks. But with the in-your-face competition, the irresistible Trevor starts to see Chastity as more than a friend . . . . “An amiable romp that ends with a satisfying lump in the throat.” —Publishers Weekly