Bøger af Jessica Lee Anderson

Come explore Texas parks and places from A to Z! There are many areas in Texas with unique features and compelling historical facts. This book goes beyond the basics, making it perfect for families/groups with mixed ages or a gift for an enthusiast at any age.ABC books help young learners gain familiarity and expand their vocabulary. Explore learning about parks in Texas while building important language skills!The colorful photographs keep children engaged, building upon their natural curiosity in the world around them.Practice the ABCs while learning about famous parks and places in Texas!

Practice the ABCs while learning about construction vehicles! There are many kinds of construction trucks and machines that perform a variety of jobs. This book is perfect for families/groups with mixed ages or a gift for an enthusiast at any age.ABC books help young learners gain familiarity and expand their vocabulary. Explore learning about different construction vehicles while building important language skills!The colorful photographs keep children engaged, building upon their natural curiosity and interest in trucks and machines.Come explore different types of construction vehicles from A to Z!

Practice the ABCs while learning the names of various fruits! Fruit is the seed-bearing part of a plant that can be a variety of flavors, colors, sizes, and textures. This book includes familiar fruits as well as some that are less common.ABC books help young learners gain familiarity and expand their vocabulary. Explore learning about types of fruit while building important language skills!The colorful photographs look delicious, engaging children and building upon their natural curiosity and interest in the world around them and the foods they eat.Come explore different kinds of fruit from A to Z!

Practice the ABCs while learning the names of various kinds of candy! This book features familiar candies as well as some that are less common.ABC books help young learners gain familiarity and expand their vocabulary. Explore learning about types of candy while building important language skills!The colorful photographs look delicious, engaging children and building upon their natural curiosity in confections and the world around them.Come explore different sweets from A to Z!

Practice the ABCs while learning about sheep! There are many different sheep breeds all over the world with interesting features. This book goes beyond the basics, making it perfect for families/groups with mixed ages or a gift for an enthusiast at any age.ABC books help young learners gain familiarity and expand their vocabulary. Explore learning about different kinds of sheep while building important language skills!The colorful photographs keep children engaged, building upon their natural curiosity and interest in animals. Come explore different breeds of sheep from A to Z!

Practice the ABCs while learning about farm animals! Many fascinating kinds of animal species live on farms all over the world. This book goes beyond the basics, making it perfect for families or groups with mixed ages or a gift for an enthusiast at any age.ABC books help young learners gain familiarity and expand their vocabulary. Explore learning about different farm animals while building important language skills!The colorful photographs keep children engaged, building upon their natural curiosity and interest in farm animals. Come explore different types of farm animals from A to Z!

Practice the ABCs while learning about rocks and minerals! Minerals, chemical compounds with fascinating features, are the building blocks of rocks.ABC books help young learners gain familiarity and expand their vocabulary. Explore learning about rocks and minerals while building important language skills!The colorful photographs keep children engaged, building upon their natural curiosity and interest in geology.Come learn more about rocks and minerals from A to Z!

Practice the ABCs while learning about national parks! National parks are government protected natural areas set aside for all to enjoy.ABC books help young learners gain familiarity and expand their vocabulary. Explore learning about national parks while building important language skills!The colorful photographs keep children engaged, building upon their natural curiosity and interest in the world around them.Come explore different national parks from A to Z!

Practice the ABCs while learning about snakes! There are over 3,000 snake species in the world! Some snakes live in trees, some in the desert, and some even call the sea home.ABC books help young learners gain familiarity and expand their vocabulary. Explore learning about different snake species while building important language skills!The colorful photographs keep children engaged, building upon their natural curiosity and interest in snakes.Come explore different kinds of snakes from A to Z!

Practice the ABCs and learn about reptiles! Reptiles range from small chameleons to giant crocodiles with many unique species in between. This book goes beyond the basics, making it perfect for families/groups with mixed ages or a gift for an enthusiast at any age. ABC books help young learners gain familiarity and expand their vocabulary. Explore learning about different reptile species while building important language skills!The colorful photographs keep children engaged, building upon their natural curiosity and interest in reptiles.Come learn about these fascinating creatures from A to Z!

Practice the ABCs and learn about taking care of pets! Pets all need certain things whether they are scaly, feathery, fluffy, or furry. This book is perfect for families or groups with mixed agesABC books help young learners gain familiarity and expand their vocabulary. Explore learning about pet care while building important language skills!The colorful photographs keep children engaged, building upon their natural curiosity and interest in a variety of animals.Come learn more about caring for pets from A to Z!

When Mum brings home a new houseguest from the exotic animal hospital, it sparks a great idea. Naomi decides to form a snake rescue club with her best friend, Emma, and her brother, Nolan. But tensions arise with her next-door neighbour Taylor, who hates snakes. Will the snakes bring them together or drive them apart? One thing is for certain: rescuing snakes leads to adventures, and even friendships, that Naomi could never have imagined!Filled with fun snake facts that will intrigue readers whether they¿re fans of snakes or not, Naomi Nash Saving Snakes mixes information with an engaging, lively story, making it perfect for all readers of other animal-focused chapter book series as well as those with a particular interest in reptiles.

Fifteen-year-old Calli has just about everything she could want in lifetwo loving moms, a good-looking boyfriend, and a best friend who has always been there for support. An only child, Calli is excited when her parents announce that they want to be foster parents. Unfortunately, being a foster sister to Cherish is not at all what Calli expected. First Cherish steals Callis boyfriend, then begins to pit Callis moms against one another, and she even steals Callis iPod. Tired of being pushed around and determined to get even, Calli steals one of Cherishs necklaces. But this plan for revenge goes horribly awry, and Cherish ends up in juvenile detention.Isolating herself from her moms, her boyfriend, and even her best friend, Calli wrestles with her guilt and tries to figure out a way to undo the damage shes caused. When her moms are asked to take on another foster child, Calli sees an opportunity to make amends for her past mistakes.Funny, moving, and emotionally rich, Calli is a portrait of an endearing young woman caught between adolescence and adulthood, striving to do the right thing even when all of her options seem wrong.

Explore bug facts while practicing the ABCs—for kids ages 1 to 3 From ants to zebra spiders, there's a bug for every letter of the alphabet! Meet a huge variety of our many-legged friends with this colorful book made just for toddlers. They'll dive into awesome trivia about bugs—like what they eat and where they live—all while learning their letters.Go beyond other bug books for kids with:Crawling critters from A to Z—Connect all 26 letters to different bugs to help little ones remember what they learn.Fascinating facts and pictures—Age-appropriate language and tons of vibrant photos will keep kids engaged with every page.A quiet time activity—This book is perfect for adults to read aloud, or for kids and parents to read together.Help kids learn the alphabet and get excited about nature with this big book of bugs.

Manz is sure of one thing: he lives on the wrong side of the tracks in dusty Rockhill, Texas. Life is tough for everyone—his hard-drinking mother, her truck-driving boyfriend, even his privileged friend Jed—but especially for Manz, the mixed-race son of migrant apple pickers. If he could only get out of town, his life would be better.When the summer heat sets in, Manz and Jed take a job rebuilding fence for a cattle ranch outside town. There he meets Vanessa, who works in the ranch’s kitchen. The two hit it off, but Manz isn’t sure he can trust her. As the dog days drag on, Manz must negotiate an unwieldy terrain involving his unpredictable mother, a best friend whose father uses him as a punching bag, and a simmering, creeping delusion that "Operation Wetback"—which brutally relocated illegal aliens deep in Mexican territory following World War II—has been put back into effect. Manz’s bright and questioning mind begins to give in to its own claustrophobic temptations as he finds guidance in the voices that have been growing louder and more insistent each day.A revealing look a one young man’s struggle with identity and the effects of schizophrenia.

Winner of the Milkweed Prize for Children's Literature, this is the tale of a girl's struggles with school and changing friendships, as well as her heartfelt emotions that arise from helping her mother make tough decisions after her father is diagnosed with Alzheimer's.