He's about the size of my fist and lives at the end of my arm.
He speaks with a strange accent, and specializes in reciting
non-sense poetry, especially mine.

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Class out of control? Will no regular substitute dare enter the fourth-grade classroom? It's time to press the red button under the office clock to summon Miss Subway, the substitute of last resort.

"Beneath its blissfully buoyant surface, The Elevator Family has something important to say about the effect of one family on the world and vice versa. But that theme never overwhelms the gentle humor."

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Irene, Tetherball Queen

Like a nimble ballerina,
She'll rise onto her toes.
To swat the orb into orbit;
Around the pole it goes.
We surround the white ring,
Watching the yellow sphere.
The ball and string it's tethered to,
Like magic disappear.
She's the best kid at this game,
Our playground's ever seen.
No one in school can put her out,
Irene, Tetherball Queen.
She's neither strong or very long,
Sweet timing is her skill.
She picks her hits and knows the tricks,
To help her make a kill.
Way high and fast, the ball blows past.
She never let's it stop.
When the rope winds, the T-pole finds,
A turban at the top.
Won't make a lick of difference,
When she becomes a teen.
For now may she enjoy her rein,
Irene,Tetherball Queen.
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"Round the world! There is much in that sound to inspire proud feelings; but whereto does all that circumnavigation conduct? Only through numberless perils to the very point whence we started." Ishmael in Moby-Dick
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Born above an i in Mississippi, Spot shot to fame when he dashed across a first-grader's reading book, shouting, "See, Spot! See Spot run!" These days, you'll find him hanging out at the end of sentences, tagging along after abbreviations, or popping up in multiplication problems.

NASA asks the Wilson family to stay for six months at the Mars Research Station in the Mojave Desert and simulate living on the red planet to see how well a family can work together in a small confined environment. No sweat for this tight-knit family.
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