Dave Mitchell is fourteen and growing up in the midst of the variety and excitement of New York City. In this quiet, reflective, and humorous story of a boy's journey toward adulthood, Emily Neville captures the flavor of one kind of New York boyhood -- the sights and sounds of Gramercy Park, Coney Island, the Fulton Fish Market, the Bronx Zoo, the stickball games played in cit...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 My father is always talking about how a dog can be very educational for a boy. This is one reason I got a cat. Dave Mitchell and his father yell at each other a lot, and whenever the fighting starts, Dave's mother gets an asthma attack. That's when Dave storms out of the house. Then Dave meets Tom, a strange boy who helps him rescue Cat. It isn't long before Cat intro...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 My father is always talking about how a dog can be very educational for a boy. This is one reason I got a cat. Dave Mitchell and his father yell at each other a lot, and whenever the fighting starts, Dave's mother gets an asthma attack. That's when Dave storms out of the house. Then Dave meets Tom, a strange boy who helps him rescue Cat. It isn't long before Cat intro...(展开全部)

Dave Mitchell is fourteen and growing up in the midst of the variety and excitement of New York City. In this quiet, reflective, and humorous story of a boy's journey toward adulthood, Emily Neville captures the flavor of one kind of New York boyhood -- the sights and sounds of Gramercy Park, Coney Island, the Fulton Fish Market, the Bronx Zoo, the stickball games played in cit...(展开全部)

What is poverty? What is inequality? How are they connected? How are they reproduced? How might they be overcome? Why should we try? This book—an ethnography of inequality—addresses these questions. Formed by a series of essays, they are written to be read individually, but have been arranged to be read as a totality and in sequence. Each aims to accomplish two things: first, t...(展开全部)

为什么我会有这种感觉?当一个孩子走在回家的路上，心情很不好，她的想法很滑稽，很有创意。悲伤或愤怒的情绪从何而来?让它们消失的最好方法是什么?有什么办法阻止他们回来吗?这个富有想象力的故事将帮助年轻读者思考他们的情绪，并找到创造性的方法来应对糟糕的日子。 Why Do I Feel Like This? follows a child’s hilarious, wildly inventive train of thought asshe walks home in a bad mood. Where do sad or angry feelings come from? What’sthe best way to make them go away? And is there any way to stop them from comingback?...(展开全部)

What is poverty? What is inequality? How are they connected? How are they reproduced? How might they be overcome? Why should we try? This book—an ethnography of inequality—addresses these questions. Formed by a series of essays, they are written to be read individually, but have been arranged to be read as a totality and in sequence. Each aims to accomplish two things: first, t...(展开全部)

A 2018 Caldecott Honor book There was a cat who lived alone. Until the day a new cat came . . . And so a story of friendship begins, following the two cats through their days, months, and years until one day, the older cat has to go. And he doesn’t come back. This is a poignant story, told in measured text and bold black-and-white illustrations about the act of moving on.

Cat traces the relationship between humans and the cat from its original domestication in ancient Egypt c. 2000 BC, through the centuries as a utilitarian rodent catcher, its gradual acceptance as a charming and amiable pet, and its present status as a companion on a par with the dog. Long before people valued cats, however, they recognized something special about them. Their g...(展开全部)