school children

On the first day at a new school, fifth grader Billy goes up against the school bully and ends up accepting a dare to eat some worms. With each worm he eats, Billy moves closer to shifting the balance of power within the class.

"Shoya is a bully. When Shoko, a girl who can't hear, enters his elementary school class, she becomes his favorite target, and Shoya and his friends goad each other into devising new tortures for her. But the children's cruelty goes too far. Shoko is forced to leave the school, and Shoya end up shouldering all the blame. Six years later, the two meet again. Can Shoya make up his past mistakes, or is it too late?--Back cover.

Todd, a seemingly normal boy, must adjust to life as a new student at Wayside School, an unusual facility--with even stranger inhabitants--built thirty stories high, with one classroom on each floor.

Christina's younger brother, Victor, is sent to the Jedi Academy because he was in need of boundaries and structure and tries to fit in while also helping stage the school musical.

"Minimal text and ... photographs from around the world describe the remarkable, often dangerous journeys children make every day on their way to and from school"--Amazon.com.

"It's been five years since Shoya Ishida bullied Shoko Nishimiya so badly she left their elementary school, because of one simple difference between them: Shoya can hear, and Shoko can't. In the intervening time, Shoya's life has changed completely. Shunned by his friends, Shoya's longed for the chance to make up for his cruelty. When it finally comes, will he find the voice to tell Shoko he's changed? And will Shoko listen?"--provided from Amazon.com.

From the Publisher: Whether kids love or hate the food served there, the American school lunchroom is the stage for one of the most popular yet flawed social welfare programs in our nation's history. School Lunch Politics covers this complex and fascinating part of American culture, from its origins in early twentieth-century nutrition science, through the establishment of the National School Lunch Program in 1946, to the transformation of school meals into a poverty program during the 1970s and 1980s.

Explains how eating certain foods can help children improve their brain power and outlines a nutrition program that focuses on eating a balanced diet at every stage of life.

Presents self-regulation tools for educators to ensure emotional wellness in the classroom, including strategies for detecting and supporting anxiety and depression.