African-Americans by Liza Charlesworth @ Non-Fiction book store

African-Americans by Liza Charlesworth
15 Plays for the classroom. These easy-to-read classroom plays provide an intimate look at 15 inspiring men and women, in vocations ranging from politics to painting, civil rights to dance. The plays that follow will enable your students to bear witness to the struggle, pain, grace, and ultimate triumph of these great achievers: Alvin Ailey, Jr., Romare Bearden, George Washington Carver, Shirley Chisholm, Frederick Douglas, Langston Hughes, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, Jackie Robinson, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wills-Barnett, Phillis Wheatley, and Malcolm X.

AUTHOR: Liza Charlesworth
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction

Spadework by Timothy Findley
In Stratford, Ontario, an actor named Griffin Kincaid, is in town for the annual Shakespeare Festival. His director tries to seduce him, he argues with Jane, his wife, over how best to raise their young son, he begins to fear that Jane is being unfaithful--and suddenly he finds himself in a sexual situation he's never experienced before.

AUTHOR: Timothy Findley
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction

Town Mouse, Country Mouse by Jan Brett
A retelling of the classic fable in which two mouse cousins learn that there is no place like home. Meticulously detailed illustrations accompany the text of this picture book.

AUTHOR: Jan Brett
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction

Fraction Jugglers by Ruth Bell Alexander
Combining a full-color, illustrated book of 19 games and a custom-designed deck of 86 cards, FRACTION JUGGLERS steadily and thoroughly builds up a student's understanding of how to apply and manipulate fractions. Adaptable and open-ended, the games encourage kids to both think and problem-solve creatively--and have a blast, too!

AUTHOR: Ruth Bell Alexander
PUBLISHER: Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction

Sword-Born by Jennifer Roberson
In their fifth adventure together, Tiger and Del travel to the land of Tiger's birth to try and uncover the mystery of his past. When forced into a plot to defraud a rich family, it seems that the mystery may be much more complicated then they had originally expected.

AUTHOR: Jennifer Roberson
PUBLISHER: D A W Books, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction

Ugly Ways by Tina M. Ansa
Upon their mother's death, the three Lovejoy sisters gather in their home town and discover that her troublesome, lovable, exasperating spirit will not die.

AUTHOR: Tina M. Ansa
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Trade Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction