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By Barbara Lehn
What makes a teacher? This wonderful follow-up to the award-winning What Is A Scientist? distills teaching down to 13 qualities that are the essence of teaching -- proving in a delightful way that we are all teachers! Illustrated with photographs make each concept concrete for even the very youngest reader. 

By Calliope Glass
Shares ways that children in different countries learn and play at school.

By Carol Roth
An assortment of animals, including a goat in a coat, a quick chick, and a hairy bear, ride the bus to and from school.

By Stephanie Calamenson
When Mr. Bungles the teacher oversleeps, he goes to great lengths, trying every form of transportation he can find to get to school on time.

By Francis Bellamy
 Divides the Pledge of Allegiance into words and phrases in order to define its meaning.

By James Patterson
 In the fourth installment of the bestselling Middle School series, Rafe Khatchadorian is ready for a fun summer at camp- until he finds out it's a summer "school" camp! Luckily, Rafe easily makes friends with his troublemaking cabin mates and bunkmate, who puts up with endless teasing from the other kids.

By Stephanie Calamenson
Even Mr. Bungles the teacher sometimes has a day when, no matter how hard he tries, everything seems to go wrong--including allowing the class hamster, Nibbles, to escape

By Barack Obama
In this tender, beautiful letter to his daughters, President Barack Obama has written a moving tribute to thirteen groundbreaking Americans and the ideals that have shaped our nation.
The Day the Crayons Quit
By Drew Daywalt
When Duncan arrives at school one morning, he finds a stack of letters, one from each of his crayons, complaining about how he uses them.
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