Contains an introduction to role grandparents play in Latin American families, in simple text with illustrations, providing information on how they live together, help with shopping, cooking, homework, and sports. Presented in English and Spanish.
Follows the activities of Sebastian and his Columbian family as he goes to school and plays sports, shops and plays chess with his grandfather, and does other things with other friends and family members after their move to the U.S.
Shows through interviews with two Indian children the modern day American Indian world. Also describes how a school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin helps the Native American children learn computer skills along with drumming and dancing.
Coffee shop owner Maggy Thorsen, while at a coffee convention in Milwaukee, discovers the dead body of her top competitor and decides she better do some investigating on her own--before police start to suspect she is the murderer.
An account of the bizarre case of Jeffrey Dahmer--the son of middle-class parents whose ten-year murdering spree is possibly responsible for the deaths of more than sixteen people--describes Dahmer's background and the uncovering of his crimes.
Offers advice to educators on how to start and maintain a program for getting parents involved in their childrens' schooling, explaining the workshop approach of encouraging parent participation, and describing sixteen effective workshops.
