Emily Smith

Give young students an insight into what life was like for the colonists in early America. This Spanish-translated book explores such topics as Puritans, the Mayflower Compact, House of Burgesses, Navigation Acts, and slavery. Along with brief biographies on colonists and Native Americans such as John Smith, William Penn, Pocahontas, and John Rolfe, this engaging book explains the means of survival and living through farming, colonial crops, and plantations....

Ignite your students' passion for history through the use of intriguing primary sources! The Primary Source Reader series features purposefully leveled text to increase comprehension for different learner types. Students will learn about the fascinating life and times of Phillis Wheatley and her important contributions to history. This informational text includes captions, a glossary, an index, and other text features that will increase students'...

Phillis Wheatley was the very first African American woman to have a book published. Readers will learn about her fascinating life as a slave, poet, and author in this engaging biography. Featuring detailed images, photos of Phillis's published poems, and easy to read text, children will learn also learn about slavery, the difference of treatment of slaves in the North and South, and Phillis's relationship with the Countess of Huntingdon. A glossary...

80 percent of small businesses do not receive outside funding; they bootstrap (and beg and borrow) to make their business dreams a reality. As these businesses grow, the hasty financial decisions and systems put in place during their infancy inevitably crumble. Banishing CPA-speak, The Financially Savvy Entrepreneur offers time-strapped entrepreneurs-indeed, all business owners-simple and innovative tools to maintain business and personal financial...

Will hugging a cactus help it grow? This story follows a little girl who only wants to find a way to hug her beloved cactus without getting hurt. She searches for a solution, but the ideas of her family members don't work. Then, she creates special cactus

A laser is a device that makes a beam of light. The light from lasers can be used in many special ways. Lasers help people every day! Learn about the many ways that lasers are used with this nonfiction book! Along the way, you'll practice measuring length. This math book seamlessly integrates the teaching of math and reading, and uses real-world examples to teach math concepts. Text features include images, a glossary, an index, captions, and a table...

In a remote country house, a writers' group turns into a workshop for a killer, from the New York Times–bestselling author.

When Eve Carrington is chosen to participate in an exclusive writers' workshop, she knows it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. For one month, she will live, write, and share her work with nine other aspiring authors. The top three will get a chance to be published. But when the building they're...

"Still recovering from a brutal attack, Detective Lauren Riley forms a task force to take down an old adversary after another young woman's body is found."--Provided by publisher.

Josephine lives next door to a haunted house. She began to suspect something was wrong with the old gothic building when its family fled in the middle of the night, the children screaming, the mother crying. They never came back. No family stays at Marwick House long. Animals avoid the place. Once, Josephine swore she saw a woman's silhouette pacing through the upstairs room... but that's impossible. No one had been there in a long, long time. But...

In Colleen French's heartfelt summer read, a Delaware oceanside cottage is the perfect setting for a season of surprising lessons about how much there is to gain-when you finally let go ... In the last two years, English professor Ellen Tolliver has weathered heartache with grace-including an unwelcome divorce and losing her parents. In her more honest moments, Ellen might admit that she's sick of loss. She longs to stretch and grow, to truly fill...