anniversaries

Provides information on each day of the 2006-7 school year, from August 1 to July 31, covering holidays in the U.S. and other countries; religious observances; special days, weeks, and months declared by the president or organizations; historic events; birthdays; and astronomical phenomena; and includes relevant Web sites and fifty sidebars on selected topics, containing further details, lesson ideas, and resources.

Describes the planning, development, and construction of the National September 11 Memorial in Manhattan, New York, featuring photographs, providing a detailed history of the World Trade Center and an account of September 11, 2001, and including a comprehensive list of the names of the victims of 9/11 and the location of each name on the memorial.

Presents brief descriptions of anniversaries and holidays celebrated on each day of the Gregorian calendar, with information on both fixed and movable days; and includes essays on various calendar systems and calendars of non-Gregorian events.

An array of real and literary characters and events is assembled for each month of the year to provide the reader with a photo-calendar guessing game focusing on birthdays and anniversaries.

Lists approximately 3,900 events teachers can use in planning the 1999-2000 school calendar, featuring entries for each day from August 1, 1999 through July 31, 2000, with information about holidays, religious observances, historic happenings, birthdays, presidential proclamations, and other notable events.

Presents a calendar with entries for each anniversary and holiday celebrated on any day, and citing at least one source of information for each entry from the bibliography at the back of the book.

Self-proclaimed goofballs Jeff, Brian, Mara, and Kelly investigate the disappearance of the new statue of the first principal of Badger Point school.

Photographs and simple text introduce young readers to the different ways that people around the world celebrate holidays and special occasions.

Nancy is furious when she cannot go to her friend Bree's butterfly-themed birthday party, but her family's outing might just be extraordinary enough to make her feel better.