Books with author meredith-sue

BLAZING PENCILS is a practical, enjoyable guide to writing stories and essays. Based on a master teacher's decades of experience working with students of all ages, BLAZING PENCILS will encourage the aspiring young writer at every step of the process of creating fiction and nonfiction. This book offers clearly articulated concepts as well as time-tested suggestions and tips. Writing samples include quotations from the masters of English and American prose but also from dozens of young writers as they learn to master the literary arts.

This is an informative guide to the 'hows' and 'whys' of recycling. Written in a conversational style, this book offers children an approachable source of information on key subjects such as what materials can and cannot be recycled and why, how to make a compost heap and why it is good to recycle. It is filled with advice and tips on how children can make small changes to make their lives greener, including lending and borrowing each other's possessions and how to re-use old things. It also includes a glossary of terms as well as a list of the international recycling symbols and what they mean.

Patton and Peanut are two silly dogs that live with their owner in the West Village in New York City. Patton lives for adventure. Peanut does not. In No More Collar, Patton and Peanut meet a stray dog on the street. Patton believes being a stray might be more fun and decides to run away. Peanut thinks the idea is Preposterous! Does Patton make the right decision to free herself from her collar? Proceeds from this book will go towards cancer research. We believe we can find a cure and end the suffering.