Books with author . Oliver

When given a golden doubloon Ole Pirate Scribble-Beard dreams of finding a lost treasure. Join him on his great sea adventure, when he fishes up a strange talking skull that shares a secret treasure map. The pirate sets sail to sea encountering many wonderful things on his journey to find the lost treasure, that turns out to be not exactly what the pirate had expected.

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. After double-crossing her friends to support her twin sister, Charlie is out of the popular group. But now her school has announced that they are accepting applications for a new school Junior Booster club--one in which members will get to shadow the Senior Boosters, receive tickets to all the high school football games, and of course, get to meet the cute football players. The popular kids need Charlie to fit the requirements: good grades, an interest in sports, and community service. Charlie's flattered, but are the girls just using her to get what they want?

My Allowance is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.3.6 and Literacy.L.3.1i. Readers learn about how to responsibly use and save an allowance in this book with full-page color photographs paired with narrative nonfiction text. A graphic organizer is included in this book. This book should be paired with “Britney Makes a Budget" (9781477725283) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.

X marks the spot! Everyone knows that, but where's the island to go with it? Kitt Pirate knows that his crew of salty seadogs expects him to find the fabled gold from the treasure map. He is the youngest buccaneer captain sailing the Caribbean and he has more wits than any grown man, but Caverock Island? Well, that's a bit of a problem. The treasure beckons. Weeks tick by without a sign. Then an uncharted speck appears on the horizon. Land!

A Fish Named Ed is a book for children ages 6 and up. Many adults get a great deal of insight from reading such a simple and profound work as well. As you read this book, you will find the themes of life: Life, Death/Separation, Disorientation, Isolation, Loneliness, Emptiness, and Reorientation. This book is for any child or adult who is going through grief and wants to awaken into soul. It is about how eternal relationships are formed, and how the process of healing can move us through our most difficult challenges.