Most Popular Books by Barbara Mariconda

In rhyming text, Pack the Packrat sorts his collection of trinkets in a variety of ways.

Inventive activities give teachers details they need to present engaging lesson on writing an entertaining beginning, building suspense, adding detail, developing story endings and using dialogue effectively. Wake kids up to good writing skills. Illustrations throughout.

Join two young children on a mathematical butterfly hunt. The number of butterflies caught each day always adds up to ten. Who will win? Learn how to attract a variety of butterflies through the plants and food they rely on and about their life cycles. Includes "For Creative Minds" educational section.

Contains lessons and teaching strategies that help students bring organization, facts, and flair to their informational writing.

A veteran teacher provides surefire tips on how parent-teacher communication can work for everyone!

Newbery Medal–winning author Katherine Applegate says this magnificent second book in the Voyage of Lucy P. Simmons series is "a grand and adventurous tale." Ever since Lucy''s parents drowned at sea, she''s been protected by special magic. This magic saved Lucy from her greedy uncle by transforming her house into a ship. Now her home is the ocean, and her family is a ragtag crew. Together, they set sail for Australia to find Lucy''s last living relative, Aunt Pru. But a mysterious family curse still haunts Lucy. If she doesn''t unlock her family''s secrets before her enemies do, the sea might draw her into its stormy depths. Readers who love middle-grade novels like Avi''s The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle or the American Girl books will be swept away by Lucy at Sea.

Readers who love seafaring adventures like Avi’s The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle or the American Girl books will love Barbara Mariconda’s The Emerald Shore. This book is the marvelous conclusion to the Voyage of Lucy P. Simmons trilogy, a series that Newbery Award–winning author Katherine Applegate calls “a grand and adventurous tale.” Lucy is trapped between two powerful magics. The glittering magic that’s protected her ever since her parents died, and the dark magic of the Simmons family curse. Lucy’s fight to survive the curse has led her to sail on an epic journey across the globe. Now finding Mary Maude Lee’s stolen pirate treasure on the rocky shores of Ireland is the only way for Lucy to break the curse and protect herself and everyone she loves. But time is running out. Danger looms closer than ever before, and Lucy will need courage stronger than magic to save herself from the fate that awaits her.

Whoosh! City witch Drusilla and country witch Constance are flying to the beach on Drusilla''s vacuum cleaner. But Constance says she won''t have any fun. She does not like the sun, sand, or water. Now it''s up to Drusilla to help Constance have fun in the sun!

Foster wonderful writing with quick and easy art activities. First, invite students to create a collage, winter mural, decorated crown, or other simple art project. Then use inspiring prompts to guide kids to use their art as a springboard to writing! The great writing activities teach elaboration, summarization, plot, character, and more.

This set contains 14 Sylvan Dell books between Reading Counts Levels 3.1 and 3.9: In Arctic Waters; Christmas Eve Blizzard; Sort It Out!**; If You Were a Parrot**; How the Moon Regained Her Shape**; Loon Chase; Ocean Hide and Seek**; Saturn for My Birthday**; Ready, Set... Wait; Fur and Feathers**; Blackberry Banquet; Where Should Turtle Be?**; Carolina''s Story: Sea Turtles Get Sick Too!**; My Even Day**(Award Winners**).4-6 pg For Creative Minds educational section in the back40-60 pg cross-curricular Teaching Activities and 3 Interactive Quizzes available free on the book''s homepageeBooks with Auto-Flip, Auto-Read and selectable English and Spanish text and audio

Digest format that''s easy to read but feels grown up. Perfect for Halloween or all year round as two witches ride a vacuum cleaner instead of a broom!

12 Sylvan Dell books between Reading Counts Levels 3.1 and 3.9: In Arctic Waters; Christmas Eve Blizzard; Sort It Out!; If You Were a Parrot; How the Moon Regained Her Shape; Loon Chase; Ocean Hide and Seek; Saturn for My Birthday; Blackberry Banquet; Where Should Turtle Be?; Carolina''s Story: Sea Turtles Get Sick Too!; My Even Day

A special day at schoolis filled with surprises for Katy and her lovable hamster. Told in a simple, easy-to-follow "rebus" format.

It''s summertime in Maine, and 12-year-old Evie is ready to spend her vacation combing the seashore with her younger brothers at their grandmother''s bed-and-breakfast. But instead, Evie discovers a secret cave along the rocky coast...and a mysterious wall, where paintings appear and vanish without warning. Uncovering the cave''s mystery brings other memories to the surface: memories of her deceased mother and absent father--memories Evie has tried to suppress. A moving, evocative mystery, depicting a slice of life with vitality and warmth.

Dos amigos salen a buscar mariposas, ¡únicamente para verse atrapados en una telaraña matemática! La autora ganadora Barbara Mariconda te lleva de la mano mientras Rosa, y su amigo Lalo, compiten para ver quién puede atrapar y libertar más mariposas en esta aventura de sumas. ¿Cuántas son en total? ¡Vamos a sumarlas otra vez! Diez para mí hace que las matemáticas sean divertidas, fáciles, y entretenidas, mientras se añade un toque del mundo natural.

Set during the turmoil of the Spanish Civil War, this novel follows sixteen-year-old Drina, who yearns to dance flamenco. Why does her mother forbid her to dance, the very thing that makes her feel alive? She wonders about the secrets her mother holds, about the rumored life she had before Drina was born--a story that somehow still holds them both prisoner.

Lucy est prise entre deux puissants pouvoirs magiques : la magie scintillante qui l’a toujours protégée depuis la mort de ses parents: des cartes parlantes aux jolis dessins, une flûte chantante et un navire enchanté qui la mène vers son destin; et la magie noire de la malédiction de la famille Simmons, celle qui a provoqué la noyade de ses parents: un fléau qui a condamné ses ancêtres à mourir en mer. Le combat de Lucy pour survivre à la malédiction l’a menée dans un épique voyage autour du monde — en Australie pour y trouver sa dernière parente — et maintenant, sur les côtes rocheuses de l’Irlande. Lucy et son équipage hétéroclite d’amis savent que c’est là que se trouve le trésor de pirate volé à Mary Maude Lee. Le trouver, voilà le seul moyen pour Lucy de briser la malédiction et de protéger ceux qu’elle aime. Mais le temps file. Le danger plane plus que jamais et Lucy devra faire preuve d’un courage plus fort que la magie pour se préserver du sort qui l’attend. La côte d’émeraude est la merveilleuse conclusion de la série Le voyage de Lucy P. Simmons écrite par Barbara Mariconda.

Depuis que les parents de Lucy se sont noyés en mer, elle est protégée par une magie bien spéciale. C’est pourquoi, lorsque Victor, le cupide oncle de Lucy, voulut s’emparer de la maison, le précieux « navire sur la rive » de son père se transforma en vrai navire, laissant les soucis de Lucy, ainsi que la rive, loin derrière.Aujourd’hui, l’océan est sa maison et un équipage disparate compose sa nouvelle famille. Ensemble, ils mettent les voiles vers l’Australie pour trouver la dernière parente vivante de Lucy, Tante Pru, ainsi que des réponses à cette malédiction qui, dit-on, suit la famille de Lucy.Mais Lucy ne sait pas encore qu’elle navigue en eaux sombres et dangereuses. Certains membres de l’équipage lui veulent du mal et cherchent à s’emparer des trésors de sa famille. Lucy est toujours protégée par la magie, mais si elle ne découvre pas les secrets de sa famille avant ses ennemis, la mer pourrait l’emporter dans ses profondeurs agitées.Débordant de magie, d’aventures maritimes et d’émerveille ment intemporel, Lucy en mer est la magnifque suite du Voyage de Lucy P. Simmons de Barbara Mariconda.

Une flûte enchantée qui vibre à l’approche du danger, un brouillard scintillant qui déverrouille un tiroir de secrets fami liaux et une bibliothèque qui se gonfe assez pour préserver sa cachette... Voilà les éléments de magie que découvre Lucy P. Simmons depuis la mort de ses parents en mer.La magie aide Lucy à garder sa maison — le « navire sur la rive » de Père — hors de portée des mains avides de son oncle Victor. Lucy croit que la magie est le fait de Marni, la femme mystérieuse qui paraît ne faire qu’un avec la mer... et dont la ressemblance avec la sirène mythique de la peinture du bureau de Père est frappante. Ensemble, Lucy et Marni élaborent un plan pour mettre un terme aux projets machiavéliques de Victor. En cours de route, Lucy se fait des amis inattendus et découvre que le courage pourrait bien être le plus puissant des pouvoirs magiques. Mais cela sera-t-il assez pour triompher de son oncle ? Cette histoire intemporelle et joliment écrite par Barbara Mariconda est débordante de magie, d’aventures de pirates et de cœur, cette qualité qui ne vieillit pas.

Inevitably, the journey of life will lead us through experiences of disappointment, sorrow, and loss. During these periods of suffering we can become blind to everyone and everything - except our own pain. The prayers in this volume can be your compass as you traverse your personal Path of Suffering, always pointing you toward the God who will be your strength, your hope, and your solace. Each prayer corresponds to a chapter from "After the Diagnosis...A Guide for Living - The Transformative Power of Love During Sickness, Dying, and Death" by Barbara Mariconda and the Reverend Thomas F. Lynch. You can read each prayer before beginning the chapter as you work your way through it, perhaps morning and evening, to bring greater resonance of the material into your own situation. Or, you might carry this slender book with you each day, turning to whichever prayer calls to your heart. Doing so will help you surrender to something greater than yourself, something larger than your distress, and bigger than your fear - and that something is God. You might also meditate on the evocative illustrations by artist Thomas Masaryk, allowing your soul to take from them whatever it needs. Together, may these poetic, lyrical prayers and impactful illustrations be a balm for your spirit, a light along your path, revealing to you in a much greater way, the working of God in your life. Though expressed through the Christian lens, "Prayers for the Journey" will speak to anyone who longs for hope in the midst of suffering and loss.