Scholastic Reader Level 1: I Love School! (Noodles)
Age 3-5 years
An easy-to-read story featuring Noodles the little white dog! Noodles thinks that going to school sounds like a lot of fun. But when he get's there, school turns out to be a big, scary place. Noodles feels all alone...until he makes some friends! There are great books to read, friendly classmates, and a nice teacher. Noodles thinks he might just come back tomorrow!
Everyone thinks Mark is the bravest boy in the whole school. But secretly Mark is afraid of the dark! One night, when he thinks his gran is in trouble, Mark is the only one who can help. But can Mark be brave enough to help his gran in the pitch black night-time...?
'Who is the man with the roses in his hands?' thinks Anna. 'I want to meet him' 'Who is the girl with a quitar?' thinks Will. 'I like her. I want to meet her' But they do not meet. 'There are lots of men' says Anna's friend Vicky, but Anna can't forget Will. And then on a rainy day ...
Added by: JustGoodNews | Karma: 4306.24 | Fiction literature | 8 June 2012
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Year's Best SF 17 (2012)
Neil Gaiman's "And Weep Like Alexander" is a science fiction bar story. We meet Obediah Polkinghorn, an uninventor by profession. He has saved the world from countless innovations that just weren't good for us. He thinks he is finished, but jobs must still be undone.
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy - Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!
Since Theodore Geisel published his first children's book in 1937 under the pseudonym Dr. Seuss, children and adults alike have been captivated by the charming and laconic tales of whimsical characters and imaginative worlds. But Dr. Seuss' stories are more than just catchy poems; they often wrestle with serious philosophical and moral dilemmas, whether it is Horton discovering the very essence of life or the Lorax teaching us about morality.
