Books with author Kirkpatrick Hill

PowerKids Press is proud to announce Reading Power, dynamic new high/low materials for challenged readers. Our first two sets of high-interest, low-reading-level books are designed for third and fourth grade readers reading at a first-grade level. The vocabulary, syntax, and level of picture/text correspondence in the books matches Level 8 of a first grade program, or the middle of the school year for an at-level first-grade reader. This first-grade level of simplicity and accessibility is complemented by high-interest, sports-driven subject matter, which is sure to engage a third or fourth grader. Featuring popular athletes from a wide range of sports, these books will give your kids the information they want and the reading skills they need. Turn your at-risk readers into power readers by plugging into this new PowerKids Press outlet for leveled and remedial reading materials.Power Players are perfect for second, third and, fourth graders, whose reading levels are lower than their peers, but whose interests are the same! With low-level text and high-impact photos, the Power Players set offers at-risk readers new tools, and new incentives, for improving their reading skills.With a record-breaking 66 home runs in the 1998 baseball season, this Chicago Cubs outfielder earned an MVP award and a huge new group of young fans! Sammy Sosa is sure to score big as part of any collection.

Here's another exciting set of sports-themed titles for second-, third-, and fourth-graders reading at a first-grade level. Help to even out the playing field for your at-risk readers with these sports heroes and hot shots. These superstars are great role models for your students, instilling the sense of discipline and dedication needed to achieve excellence.

Recently orphaned, Toughboy and Sister live with Natasha, an elderly, cantankerous Athabascan Indian. In late fall she has them all flown to camp in a bush plane to teach the children how to trap and deal with the Alaskan winter. When an old miner is seriously injured and Natasha sets off for help, the children find their spirits pushed to the limits. Sequel to Toughboy and Sister.

A year they'll never forgetTen-year-old Frederika (Fred for short) doesn't have much faith that the new teacher in town will last very long. After all, they never do. Most teachers who come to their one-room schoolhouse in remote, Alaska leave at the first smell of fish, claiming that life there is just too hard.But Miss Agnes is different -- she doesn't get frustrated with her students, and she throws away old textbooks and reads Robin Hood instead! For the first time, Fred and her classmates begin to enjoy their lessons and learn to read and write -- but will Miss Agnes be like all the rest and leave as quickly as she came?