Books published by publisher New York: Young Readers Press, 1972

Laugh with the Moon is on the Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List. Thirteen-year-old Clare Silver is stuck. Stuck in denial about her mother’s recent death. Stuck in the African jungle for sixty-four days without phone reception. Stuck with her father, a doctor who seems able to heal everyone but Clare.Clare feels like a fish out of water at Mzanga Full Primary School, where she must learn a new language. Soon, though, she becomes immersed in her new surroundings and impressed with her fellow students, who are crowded into a tiny space, working on the floor among roosters and centipedes. When Clare’s new friends take her on an outing to see the country, the trip goes horribly wrong, and Clare must face another heartbreak head-on. Only an orphan named Memory, who knows about love and loss, can teach Clare how to laugh with the moon. Told from an American girl’s perspective, this story about how death teaches us to live and how love endures through our memories will capture the hearts of readers everywhere.

The English for Everyday Activities Activity Book is part of the English for Everyday Activities: A Picture Process Dictionary series. This activity book contains a wide range of activities to help students process the vocabulary from the main text through reading, writing, and speaking. Students are often asked to refer to a specific activity sequence and relate it to their own experiences.. English for Everyday Activities helps ESL students learn how to communicate the step-by-step details of daily events. This integrated series uses a student text with clear and colorful pictures as a starting point and, unlike most picture dictionaries, focuses on the processes involved in everyday activities, such as waking up, riding a bus, playing CDs, and using an ATM. It is a vibrant classroom resource and highly suitable for home study, helpful to students at many levels.

Written in 1953, the book chronicles the story of Daniel Boone's life from youth to his move from Kentucky to Missouri (But nothing about Missouri and his life in MO). That was a bit disappointing. The book was written for young readers, so nothing about his life that was controversial is included. The book is a fast read, and kept my attention. The illustrations (pen and ink) were quite good, as well.