The Candy Corn Contest

Author: Patricia Reilly Giff
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 044041072X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82

Book Description
It's almost Thanksgiving, and Richard Best can't stop thinking about Ms. Rooney's Candy Corn contest. Whoever can guess the exact number of yellow-and-orange candies in the jar on Ms. Roney's desk gets to keep them all. The only problem is Richard has to read a page in a library book for each guess. Smelly Matthew, who sits in front of him, knows they'll never win. "We're the worst readers in the class, " he says. But Richard won't give up. He can already taste those Candy Corns. And before he knows it, he has. Three fat juicy ones. What will Ms. Rooney do when she finds out?

English Grammar Digest

Author: Trudy Aronson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 214

Book Description

Beautiful World, Where Are You

Author: Sally Rooney
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374602611
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234

Book Description
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Beautiful World, Where Are You is a new novel by Sally Rooney, the bestselling author of Normal People and Conversations with Friends. Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if he’d like to travel to Rome with her. In Dublin, her best friend, Eileen, is getting over a break-up, and slips back into flirting with Simon, a man she has known since childhood. Alice, Felix, Eileen, and Simon are still young—but life is catching up with them. They desire each other, they delude each other, they get together, they break apart. They have sex, they worry about sex, they worry about their friendships and the world they live in. Are they standing in the last lighted room before the darkness, bearing witness to something? Will they find a way to believe in a beautiful world?

Samuel Beckett

Author: Lawrence Graver
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415159547
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 392

Book Description
Samuel Beckett (1906-1989). Irish dramatist and poet. His use of the stage and dramatic narrative and symbolism has revolutionalized drama in England.

The Beast in Ms. Rooney's Room

Author: Patricia Reilly Giff
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0307513858
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82

Book Description
It's September again.What does it mean for Richard "Beast" Best to be left back? It means being teased by his old friends while he's stuck facing the same old teacher in the same old classroom. He even has to take a special reading class with "babies" like Emily Arrow and Matthew Jackson. And just like last year, he can't help getting into trouble.But with the help of Mrs. Paris, the reading teacher, Beast starts to enjoy reading and just might find a way to help the second grade win the school banner for best class.

Lazy Lions, Lucky Lambs

Author: Patricia Reilly Giff
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0440446406
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82

Book Description
The children in Ms. Rooney's room are supposed to be writing about real people, but writing is Beast's worst subject.

Pickle Puss

Author: Patricia Reilly Giff
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0440468442
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82

Book Description
It's August, and Emily has big plans at the library. She's going to read lots of books and tack a paper fish next to her name for each one. Then Dawn Bosco says she can read more books than Emily. Not only that, both Emily and Dawn want to keep Pickle Puss, a stray cat thay found. They decide that whoever reads the most books can keep cat. When Emily adds a fish for a book she read along time ago, she has one more fish than Dawn. She knows she's cheating, but she wants to keep the cat. What a pickle she's in.

Managing Hospitality Organizations

Author: Robert C. Ford
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1071876287
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 774

Book Description
Introduction to Hospitality Management: Creating Excellent Guest Experiences, Third Edition takes students on a journey through the evolving service industry. Each chapter focuses on a core principle of hospitality management and is packed with practical advice, examples, and cases from some of the best companies in the service sector. Authors Robert C. Ford and Michael Sturman emphasize the critical importance of focusing on the guest and creating an unforgettable customer experience. Whether your students will be managing a neighborhood café, a convention center, or a high-end resort hotel, they will learn invaluable skills for managing the guest experience in today’s ultracompetitive environment. Included with this title: LMS Cartridge: Import this title’s instructor resources into your school’s learning management system (LMS) and save time. Don’t use an LMS? You can still access all of the same online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site. Learn more.

Eleven

Author: Patricia Reilly Giff
Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books
ISBN: 0307522857
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
Sam is almost 11 when he discovers a locked box in the attic above his grandfather Mack’s room, and a piece of paper that says he was kidnapped. There are lots of other words, but Sam has always had trouble reading. He’s desperate to find out who he is, and if his beloved Mack is really his grandfather. At night he’s haunted by dreams of a big castle and a terrifying escape on a boat. Who can he trust to help him read the documents that could unravel the mystery? Then he and the new girl, Caroline, are paired up to work on a school project, building a castle in Mack’s woodworking shop. Caroline loves to read, and she can help. But she’s moving soon, and the two must hurry to discover the truth about Sam.

Emily Arrow Promises to Do Better This Year

Author: Patricia Reilly Giff
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0440403693
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Ms. Rooney asks her students to make New Year's resolutions and Emily promises "to do better"--at everything. But can she keep such a challenging resolution?