After healing the Fireling prince's sick child, Grena receives a magic pomegranate bush.

A children’s poet and an acclaimed illustrator pair “luscious rhymes and an atmospheric eeriness" in this playful tale of neighborhood battle (Publishers Weekly, starred review). When a scary old tree blooms with the most beautiful pomegranates ever seen, the neighborhood kids’ mouths water with anticipation. But the tree isn’t theirs—and it has a protector! So begins the Pomegranate War, a rollicking contest of wills between the plucky young rascals and their wry, witchy neighbor who has more than a few tricks up her sleeve. A delightful rhyming tale that culminates in a grand Halloween surprise, The Pomegranate Witch honors classic children's literature and revels in nostalgia for free-to-roam days full of playful invention.

Presents a guide to nearly 27,000 children's oicture book titles grouped in over 1,200 subjects and indexed by author, title, and illustrator.

This book is designed to be a source of ideas and motivation to encourage curiosity in children, provide opportunities to develop scientific processing skills, find out about cultures around the world, and explore science concepts. This resource incorporates multicultural literature and approaches into the teaching of science concepts in the elementary school for teachers of science in grades K-4 and English as a second language (ESL). Complete lessons include background information and ideas for student activities. Cultural connections for children of different ethnic backgrounds are encouraged as they learn about the achievements and contributions of different cultures to each of the nine science units presented. The units include the earth, oceans, weather, mammals, reptiles, birds, insects and spiders, growing things, and light and sound. Information about the achievements of different cultures is presented throughout the book. (AIM)

Provides access to reviews of children's books and periodicals that are indexed by Book Review Index.

A world list of books in the English language.

This etymological dictionary gives the origins of some 20,000 items from the modern English vocabulary, discussing them in groups that make clear the connections between words derived by a variety of routes from originally common stock. As well as giving the answers to questions about the derivation of individual words, it is a fascinating book to browse through, and includes extensive lists of prefixes, suffixes, and elements used in the creation of new vocabulary.