reading materials

A beautiful story about the disaster which a giant pearl brings to a simple man and his family.

The story of two friends and their adventures on the Mississippi River.

A young high school student refuses to join in the school's annual fund raising drive and learns about intimidation and peer pressure first hand.

When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.

Introduces the quetzal, the national bird of Guatemala, as well as other birds native to Latin America.

The love between two teenage brothers helps to alleviate the harshness of their usually parentless life as they struggle to grow up.

The cabin boy on the "Santa Maria" keeps a diary which records his experiences when he sails with Columbus on his first voyage to the New World in 1492.

The story of a chicken in a farmyard who unwittingly outmaneuvers a sly fox.