Illiterate America

Illiterate AmericaBy: Jonathan Kozol It is startling and it is shaming: in a country that prides itself on being among the most enlightened in the world, 25 million American adults cannot read the poison warnings on a can of pesticide, a letter from their childs teacher, or the front page of a newspaper. An additional 35 million read below the level needed to function successfully in our society. The United States ranks forty ninth among 158 member nations of the UN in

Twisted Head is an exorcism of sorts

A semi-finalist for the National Book Award

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大家為莉賽特辦了一場歡送會，

starting the next day when she turns into the class hamster

The sentences flicker and skip and whirl

this engaging nonfiction level 2 reader helps children understand where their food comes from and inspires them to look closer at the world around them

They make up at least one-third of the people we know

By: John Richardson   | Series: A Life of Picasso The beautifully illustrated fourth volume of Picasso’s life—set in France and Spain during the Spanish Civil War and World War II—covers friendships with the surrealist painters

and famous painting in New Mouse City had been stolen