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ESL grammar and language studies ESL/ELF
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ESL grammar and language studies
ADDITIONAL READERS & MULTI-CULTURAL STORIES
ESL grammar and language studies

BLAINE RAY READERS

Blaine Ray's easy readers for 1st or 2nd year ESL students.
BR4652 PATRICIA GOES TO CALIFORNIA $7.50
ISBN:9780929724652
BR4515 POOR ANA $7.50 ISBN:9780929724515
BR0205 THE EYES OF CARMEN $7.50 ISBN:9781603720205


SOUTHWEST AND NATIVE AMERICAN READERS


These splendid stories are accompanied by vivid, luminescent full-page art. All of these titles have either won awards or come highly recommended by School Library Journal, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, Children’s Book Review Service, etc.
Hardcover titles $15.95 Each



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LEE & LOW BOOKS IN ENGLISH

This independent children’s book publisher specializing in multicultural themes. It is the company’s goal to meet the need for stories that children of color can identify with and that ALL children can enjoy. LEE & LOW titles have won a number of major awards and honors, including the Coretta Scott King Award, the Pura Belpré Honor Award, The Parents’ Choice Award; The Jane Addams Peace Award; Child Magazine’s Best Books; a Reading Rainbow Feature Title; American Bookseller “Pick of the Lists” honors; and “Choices” honors by the Cooperative children's book center.


LEE AND LOW BOOKS IN SPANISH

  • LLB2453 ESTELA EN EL MERCADO DE PULGAS $16.95
    Alexis O’Neill, Ages 6+, ISBN:9781584302452

  • LLB2399 PRIMER DIA EN LAS UVAS $16.95
    Reading Level 2-3, ISBN:9781584302391

  • LLB0825 DIRECTO AL ARO / Strong to the Hoop $16.95
    J. Coy, Level 1-4, ISBN:9781584300823

  • LLB0873 RECIÉN NACIDO / Baby Born $8.95
    A. Suen, Level Pre K-1, ISBN:9781880000878

  • LLB1805 RICHARD WRIGHT Y EL CARNÉ DE BIBLIOTECA / Richard Wright and the Library Card $16.95 Level 2-5, William Miller, ISBN:9781584301806

  • LLB1678 SAM Y EL DINERO DE LA SUERTE / Sam and the Lucky Money $16.95
    Karen Chinn, Level K-3, ISBN:9781584301677

  • LEE AND LOW BOOKS OF AFRICAN/AFRICAN AMERICAN INTEREST $16.95, Unless otherwise Noted

    READING LEVEL: GRADES 1-2

    • LLB0221 DESHAWN DAYS
      Tony Medina, Paterson Prize for Books for Young Readers, ISBN:9781584300229

    • LLB0059 BEING WITH YOU THIS WAY $17.95 W. Nikola-Lisa, Pick of the Lists, ISBN:9781880000052

    • READING LEVEL: GRADE 2 $16.95 Each

    • LLB0601 THE BUS RIDE
      William Miller, United Methodist Reading Program Selection, ISBN:9781880000601

    • LLB0768 THE PALM OF MY HEART Davida Adedjouma, Illustrator Award Honor, ISBN:9781880000410

    • LLB0989 THE PIANO
      William Miller, Notable Books for a Global Society, ISBN:9781880000984

    • LLB040X SINGING WITH MOMMA LOU
      Linda Jacobs Altman, Best Children’s books of the Year, ISBN:9781584300403


    • READING LEVEL: GRADE 2-3 $16.95 Each

    • LLB0385 ALLIE'S BASKETBALL DREAM Barbara E. Barber, ISBN:9781880000380

    • LLB0485 BLACK ALL AROUND Patricia Hubbell, ISBN:9781584300489
      LLB061X DEAR MRS. PARKS
      Rosa Parks, A Dialogue with Today’s Youth, NAACP Image Award, ISBN:9781880000458

      LLB0709 ELIZABETI'S DOLL
      Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen, ALA Notable children’s Book/Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award, ISBN:9781880000700

    • LLB0434 ELIZABETI'S SCHOOL
      Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen, Best Children’s Books of the Year, ISBN:9781584300434

    • LLB0679 GETTIN' THROUGH THURSDAY
      Melrose Cooper, Best Children’s Books of the Year, ISBN:9781880000670

    • LLB0318 IN DADDY'S ARMS I AM TALL
      African American Celebrating Fathers, Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award/ ALA Notable Chilren’s Book, ISBN:9781880000311


    • READING LEVEL: GRADE 2-3

    • LLB0477 THE JONES FAMILY EXPRESS $17.95
      Javaka Steptoe, 2004 Best of the Best List, ISBN:9781584300472

    • LLB0256 RENT PARTY JAZZ $16.95
      William Miller, Best Children’s Books of the Year/Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, ISBN:9781584300250

    • LLB0345 SUMMER SUN RISIN' $16.95 W. Nikola-Lisa, ISBN:9781584300342

    • LLB0612 SWEET POTATO PIE $16.95 Kathleen D. Lindsey, ISBN:9781584300618

    • LLB0493 UP THE LEARNING TREE $16.95
      M. Vaughan, Best Children’s Books of the Year 2004/2004-2005 Children’s Book Award Masterlist, ISBN:9781584300496


    • READING LEVEL: GRADE 2-3 $16.95, Unless noted

    • LLB0884 JANNA AND THE KINGS
      P. Smith, LEE & LOW New Voices Award/Best Books About Real Life, ISBN:9781584300885

    • LLB1651 SWEET MUSIC IN HARLEM $17.95 Debbie A. Taylor, ISBN:9781584301653

    • LLB0148 ZORA HURSTON AND THE CHINABERRY TREE
      William Miller, Pick of the Lists, ISBN:9781880000144


    LEE AND LOW BOOKS OF ASIAN AMERICAN INTEREST $16.95, Unless Otherwise Noted

    READING LEVEL: GRADE 2

    • LLB0523 TODDLER TWO $9.95
      A. Suen, Softcover Kids’ Pick of the Lists/Best Books, ISBN:9781584300526

    • LLB0469 GHOSTS FOR BREAKFAST
      T. Terasaki, Notable Books for Children/LEE & LOW New Voices Award Honor, ISBN:9781584300465

    • LLB0574 GOLDFISH & CHRYSANTHEMUMS Andrea cheng, ISBN:9781584300571

    • LLB0108 GRANDFATHER COUNTS
      Andrea Cheng, 50 Multicultural Books Every child Should Know, ISBN:9781584300106

    • LLB0558 RAYMOND'S PERFECT PRESENT $17.95
      Therese On Louie, LEE & LOW New Voices Award Honor, ISBN:9781584300557

    • LLB0954 BABY BORN $8.95
      Board Book, Anatasia Suen, Notable Books for Children, ISBN:9781880000953

    • READING LEVEL: GRADE 2 - 3 $16.95 Each, unless noted otherwise

    • LLB0051 JOURNEY HOME Lawrence McKay, Parents Choice Recommendation, ISBN:9781880000656

    • LLB0490 PASSAGE TO FREEDOM THE SUGIHARA STORY $17.95
      Ken Mochizuki, Teachers’ Choices/Parents’ choice Award/ALA Notable Children’s Book, ISBN:9781880000496

    • LLB0116 TEN ONI DRUMMERS Matthew Gollub, ISBN:9781584300113


    READING LEVEL: GRADE 3

    • LLB0016 BASEBALL SAVED US $16.95 ISBN:9781880000014
      Ken Mochizuki, Parents’ Choice Award/Pick of the Lists

    • LLB0329 FLOWERS FROM MARIKO $16.95 ISBN:9781584300328
      Rick Noguchi


    LEE AND LOW BOOKS OF NATIVE AMERICAN INTEREST
    • LLB0946 Crazy horse’s Vision $18.95 Joseph Bruchac, ALA Notable Children’s Book / Parents’ Choice Award, ISBN:9781880000946

    • LLB166X Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path $18.95 Joseph Bruchac, ISBN:9781584301660

    • LLB1627 Sky Dancers $16.95 Connie Ann Kirk, ISBN:9781584301622

    • LLB0272 Bowman’s Store / A Journey to Myself $9.95
      Joseph Bruchac, Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, ISBN:9781584300274


    Biographies

    LEE AND LOW BIOGRAPHIES OF MULTICULTURAL NOTABLES


    • LLB0124 Béisbol! Latino Baseball Pioneers and Legends $16.95
      J. Winter, 40 Recommended Books About Sports, ISBN:9781584300120

    • LLB0272 Bowman’s Store / A Journey to Myself $9.95
      Joseph Bruchac, ISBN:9781584300274

    • LLB0946 Crazy Horse’s Vision $18.95
      Joseph Bruchac, ISBN:9781880000946,
      ALA notable Children’s Book/ Parent’s Choice Award

    • LLB1708 Knockin’ on Wood $16.95
      Lynne Barasch, ISBN:9781584301707

    • LLB16X Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path $18.95
      Joseph Bruchac, ISBN:9781584301660

    • LLB0148 Zora Huston & the Chinaberry Tree $16.95
      William Miller, ISBN:9781880000144

    GENTE QUE HAY QUE CONOCER/People to Know Series $22.00 Each
    Weekly Readers are correlated to national and state curriculum standards for Science and Social Studies. This series of biographies is designed for beginning readers. Each book introduces one of the most important individuals in recent times and explains what makes them so remarkable. These books develop literacy skills by promoting all fi ve of the essential components of scientifi cally based reading programs: phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and fl uency. Teacher’s Guides include detailed lesson plans for shared, read-aloud, guided, and independent reading activities that are reproducible and have performance-based assessments. They build a pedagogical foundation for guided reading as part of the Balanced Literacy classroom.

      IN SPANISH
    • GST3533 Jackie Robinson ISBN:9780836843538
    • GST3517 Anne Frank ISBN:9780836843514
    • GST3525 Bill Gates ISBN:9780836843521
    • GST3541 Oprah Winfrey ISBN:9780836843545
    • GST355X Tiger Woods ISBN:9780836843552
    • GST5811 Amelia Earhart ISBN:9780836845815
    • GST5846 Eleanor Roosevelt ISBN:9780836845846
    • GST582X Henry Ford ISBN:9780836845822
    • GST5838 Martin Luther King Jr ISBN:9780836845839
    • GST5862 Venus y Serena ISBN:9780836845860
    • IN ENGLISH
    • GST3118 Jackie Robinson ISBN:9780836843118
    • GST3096 Anne Frank ISBN:9780836843095
    • GST310X Bill Gates ISBN:9780836843101
    • GST3126 Oprah Winfrey ISBN:9780836843125
    • GST3134 Tiger Woods ISBN:9780836843132
    • GST3568 The Wright Brothers ISBN:9780836843569
    • GST4653 Amelia Earhart ISBN:9780836844658
    • GST4688 Eleanor Roosevelt ISBN:9780836844689
    • GST4661 Henry Ford ISBN:9780836844665
    • GST467X Martin Luther King Jr ISBN:9780836844672
    • GST470X Venus & Serena ISBN:9780836844702

    READ AND DISCOVER PHOTO BIOGRAPHIES ENGLISH ONLY $22.95 Each
    Young readers will enjoy learning about these great Americans who have changed history. Along with an easy-to-read text, numerous photographs, and inspiring quotations, useful addresses and internet sites provide access to further study.
    Grades 2-3, Interest Level: 2-4

    • CSP2024 Alexander Graham Bell ISBN:9780736802024
    • CSP7477 Amelia Bloomer ISBN:9781560657477
    • CSP3424 Benjamin Franklin ISBN:9781560653424
    • CSP5690 Cesar Chavez ISBN:9781560655695
    • CSP1101 Davy Crockett ISBN:9780736811101
    • CSP2055 Florence Nightingale ISBN:9780736802055
    • CSP4538 Franklin Roosevelt ISBN:9781560654537
    • CSP340X G.W. Carver ISBN:9781560655169
    • CSP6052 Helen Keller ISBN:9780736816052
    • CSP2237 Henry Ford ISBN:9780736822237
    • CSP2251 Louis Pasteur ISBN:9780736822251
    • CSP6076 Rosa Parks ISBN:9780736816076
    • CSP5186 Sojourner Truth ISBN:9781560655183
    • CSP2268 Walt Disney ISBN:9780736822268

    LIVES OF SPORTS LEGENDS / LEYENDAS DEL DEPORTE Each title $21.50
    Featuring popular athletes, these bilingual high interest / low reading level are perfect for elementary -middle school students in ESL, bilingual or Spanish as a second language class.

    POWER PLAYERS / Deportistas del Poder
    PB32X Sammy Sosa ISBN:9780823961320
    PB338 Marc McGwire ISBN:9780823961337
    PB435 Grant Hill ISBN:9780823961436
    PB427 Kobe Bryan ISBN:9780823961337

    HOT SHOTS / Grandes Idolos
    PB354 Cobi Jones ISBN:9780823961351
    PB46X Dale Earnhardt Jr. ISBN:9780823961467
    PB370 Alexi Lalas ISBN:9780823961375
    PB478 Jeff Gordon ISBN:9780823961474
    PB486 Evander Hollyfield ISBN:9780823961481
    PB494 Oscar de la Hoya ISBN:9780823961498


    SUPERSTARS of SPORTS / Superestrellas del Deporte

    PB346 Derek Jeter ISBN:9780823961344
    PB389 Venus Williams ISBN:9780823961382
    PB397 Wayne Gretzky ISBN:9780823961399
    PB400 Hulk Hogan ISBN:9780823961405
    PB419 Marion Jones ISBN:9780823961412
    PB362 Mia Hamm ISBN:9780823961368


    CULTURAL READERS

    BT4995 American Ways: A Guide for Foreigners in the United States $27.95
    Gary Althen, Softcover, 294pp., ISBN:9781877864995
    In clear language and with numerous examples, this book describes the basic characteristics of American culture: values, style of communication, patterns of thinking, customary behaviors, and underlines how they are different from the ways of other cultures. “American Ways” also offers concrete suggestions on how to learn more about American culture and how to respond most effectively.

    BT7628 The Legend of Mahaduta: A Tale of Cause & Effect $9.95
    By members of the Buddhist Text Translation Society. 96 pp., ISBN:9780881397628
    Mahaduta is the evil and unkind slave of a rich jeweler. Little do they know that their lives will be changed forever when the jeweler offers a ride to a wise Buddhist monk. Based on Buddhist folklore, this legend teaches lessons about cause and effect, good and evil, greed and generosity, as well as kindness and compassion.

    BT1676 Las Paredes Hablan: Cuentan Mas Historias $8.95
    ISBN:9780884481676
    Introduce young readers to different cultures and different issues around the world by telling the stories of walls and how they can hold a community together or separate it. Featured walls include the Great Wall of China, the murals of Diego Rivera, Nelson Mandela's prison walls, a Holocaust memorial in Poland. This book will spark the curiosity of young readers as they learn about their world and its amazing diversity.
    BT1683 Teacher's Guide ISBN:9780884481683 $9.95

    BT1591 Quien es de aqui? $8.95
    Softcover, ISBN:9780884481591
    Who Belongs Here? tells the story of Nary, a young boy fleeing war-torn Cambodia for the safety of the United States. To some of his new classmates, however, he is a "chink" who should go back where he belongs. But what if everyone whose family came from another place was forced to return to his or her homeland? Who would be left? This story shares the history of immigration in America and some of the important contributions made by past immigrants.
    BT1119 Who Belongs Here Teacher's Guide ISBN:9780884481119 $9.95


    CHILDREN OF THE WORLD

    CHILDREN OF THE WORLD $6.95 Each Title
    Each volume in this series brings to life the characteristics, similarities and diversity of children in different countries . Color photographs illustrate children with their families, at school, at play, and in their community. The accompanying text describes their lives, traditions and dreams. Included are reference sections that offer a wealth of information about the nation's history, geography, language, education, culture, industry and natural resources.

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