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Mary's Little Lamb
I have this pesky little lamb.
Its fleece is snowy white.
If it comes to school one more time,
It's lamb chops for dinner tonight.

Meet the Specials, the school superheroes and supersheroes-
Ace+, Jump Rope, Spitball, and Noise!
We're glad they are at our school.

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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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Happy Father's Day to all dads. Only the best!

The Wilsons stay in the mobile Otis Room in the San Francisco Hotel. It has its ups and down. The tight-knit family meet many people who visit their tiny room and help the police catch some kidnappers.
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How Come?

How come teachers call them blackboards,
When most are green or white?
How come teachers call reading, writing, and arithmetic the Three-R-s,
When only one starts with R?
How come teachers call it schoolwork,
When learning is supposed to be fun?
How come teacher say the school bell rang,
After a buzzer buzzed?
How come teachers say put on your thinking caps,
When hats aren’t allowed to be worn in class?

Just wondering.

Third-Grader-To-Be
I’m a third-grader to be, to be.
For grade three I’m ready, ready.
No more grade two for me, for me.
For I’m a third-grader to be, to be.

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The Arctic Ark - a global warming allegory

Global warming has wreaked havoc upon Santa Claus's home on the North Pole. The toy factory roof leaks. The reindeer barn is flooded, and the snow is too slushy for safe sleigh take-offs. In order to be ready for Christmas Eve, Santa has no choice. He must move away from the North Pole. His helpers will build a ship, the Arctic Ark, and from there Captain Claus can prepare for Christmas. A-ho-ho-hoy!

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Chefs of Pennsylvania

The chefs of Pennsylvania,
And their pencil-shaving cuisine.
Perfection say the critics.
Best food they’ve ever seen.

They bake pencil-shaving pizza,
And pencil shaving pie.
They’ll make pencil shaving meat balls,
And pencil shaving stir-fry.

Try pencil-shaving doughnuts,
Or pencil shavings and cheese,
A pencil-shaving omelet,
Drink pencil shaving teas.

Next time you sharpen pencils,
Take the holder off the hook,
Send the shavings to Pennsylvania.
For a Pennsylvania cook.
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A book about empathy
When sixth graders Charlie and Colleen discover that their beloved third-grade teacher, Joseph Adams, is now homeless and living on the streets, they set out to make friends with the deeply troubled man and inspire him and members of the community to support him in his time of trouble.
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Two Fingers

Grandpa says they mean victory.
“It’s the peace sign,” my mother said.
But at school they’re called Bunny Ears,
When we hold them behind a head.
Teachers raise them to mean ‘quiet’.
Scouts raise them when their oath’s begun.
But we just raise those Bunny Ears,
When we want to have some fun.
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How come there are so many unanswered questions about schools?
How come school buses are yellow?
How come the school year is nine months long?
How come there are more women than men teachers?
Now come and read how come.
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Zeke Martin and Cyra Nichols run VR Services, an online tech startup that creates customized virtual reality trips. But they have more fun using their VR skills and equipment helping the Bayview Police Department solve crimes. This time they investigate why many dogs and cats around Silicon Valley are being petnapped.

“Online, no one know we’re just twelve-year-old nerds.”

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