Books with title ABC of America

From Apple Pie to the San Diego Zoo, kids explore the alphabet on a guided tour of American places, faces and fun. They'll visit American landmarks on their journey, including the Statue of Liberty and Yellowstone National Park. They'll also meet friendly characters enjoying American pastimes, such as playing baseball, listening to jazz and watching Fourth of July fireworks. Vivid illustrations and simple language guarantee that even the youngest travellers will enjoy this trip!

For eighteen gritty years, a boy dodges the cracks in system in this “piercing, unforgettable novel” (Booklist) from E.R. Frank that Kirkus Reviews deemed “a work of sublime humanity.”America is mistaken for black, Asian, Native American, even white. He doesn’t seem to fit in anywhere, and, parentless, he is shunted for eighteen years from a foster home, to the street, and ultimately to the brink of despair. Can one doctor pull him back and bring America somewhere new—somewhere with a future? America was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and a YALSA Best Book for Young Adults and has received numerous other honors, and E.L. Frank’s extensive experience as a clinical social worker and therapist is why “the author’s ability to capture so much emotion in the details makes this book remarkable” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

"Where would you like to be five years from now?" Dr. B. asks."Nowhere," America answers.By age fifteen, America has already been nowhere. Been nobody. Separated from his foster mother, Mrs. Harper. A runaway living for weeks in a mall, then for months in Central Park. A patient at Applegate, the residential treatment facility north of New York City. And now at Ridgeway, a hospital.America is a boy, he thinks to himself, who gets lost easy and is not worth the trouble of finding.But Dr. B. takes the trouble. With abiding care, he nudges America's story from him. An against-the-odds story about America's shattered past with his mother and brothers. About Browning, a man in Mrs. Harper's house who saves America, then betrays him. About a bighearted, hardheaded girl named Liza, and Ty and Fish and Wick and Marshall and Ernie and Tom and Dr. B. himself who care more than America does about whether he lives or dies.

"I enjoyed tremendously the Dairy of America. The format, telling the history of America from America's point of view is clever and innovative. Starting with the year 1783 and ending in the present, the protagonist (America) devotes a page or two of events happening each year. The entire manuscript has a fine balance of facts, opinion and humor. The clever cartoons augment the text and are a delight to read, laugh and enjoy. Diary of America is a book to read and keep handy nearby. It is great for providing an interesting easy to read history to the uninformed and even greater for bringing to mind so many already known but long forgotten facts to the well-read person in a volume containing less than 20,000 words stretching across 238 years. The appendix contains a list of the Fifty States with pertinent facts and a few quotes from famous persons from each state. My Presidents are listed in chronological order according to their term in office and their party affiliation. The Timeline helps keep all information in order. The Vocabulary defines a goodly assortment of words in easily understood terms. The Index provides quick access to each entry, Diary of America ends with a summary of America's accomplishments and a challenge to readers to do further research and to encourages them to make their individual addition toAmerica's values and dreams."-Lois Meier (Jay's 94 year old grandmother)

This is an A Beka Book compilation of classic short stories, fables, parables, and poems adapted for elementary readers. Content themes include courage, freedom, loyalty, compassion, friendship, perseverance, justice, nobility, patriotism, sacrifice, initiative, industry, contentment, humility, kindness, humor, faith, family, learning, and wisdom. Colorful illustrations and comfortably sized print make this 327-page reader ideal for 6th graders.

This board book is a visual celebration of the diversity in America. America is made up of opposites: Our land boasts majestic high mountains and vast lowlands. America is also a land of contrasts: We are a rich nation, yet so many are poor. The America of this book, rendered with imagination and vision by 12 outstanding artists from diverse backgrounds, is the America that our children see around them. America: A Book of Opposites is a visual celebration of America and a challenge to our children to cherish it, because they will one day inherit it.