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  | | Twenty-Two Cents(Standard Edition) Muhammad Yunus and the Village Bank by Paula Yoo Paperback, 40 Pages, Published 2018 by Lee & Low Books ISBN-13: 978-1-62014-809-9, ISBN: 1-62014-809-9 |
 | | Twenty-two Cents Muhammad Yunus and the Village Bank by Paula Yoo, Jamel Akib Hardcover, 40 Pages, Published 2014 by Lee & Low Books ISBN-13: 978-1-60060-658-8, ISBN: 1-60060-658-X "Growing up in Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus witnessed extreme poverty all around and was determined to eradicate it. In 1976, as an Economics professor, Muhammad met a young craftswoman in the village of Jobra who needed to borrow five taka (twenty-two cents) to buy materials. No bank would lend such a small amount to an uneducated woman, so she was forced to borrow from corrupt lenders who charged an unfair interest rate, and left her wit ..." |
 | | Tan to Tamarind(1st Edition) Poems About the Color Brown by Malathi Michelle Iyengar, Jamel Akib, Malathai Iyengar Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 2013 by Cbp ISBN-13: 978-0-89239-227-8, ISBN: 0-89239-227-4 "In Tan to Tamarind, poet Malathi Michelle Iyengar asks young readers this question: When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Through her colorful poetry she travels the rich spectrum of shades within the color brown, from swirls of henna decorating ochre hands and feet at an Indian wedding to cinnamon lips smiling over a cup of café con leche to leaves drifting like stars onto upturned russet faces in the fall. The poetry, along ..." |
 | | Classic Starts™ Audio(Reprint) The Swiss Family Robinson (Classic StartsTM Series) by Johann David Wyss, Chris Tait, Jamel Akib Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2010 by Sterling Abridged ISBN-13: 978-1-4027-7357-0, ISBN: 1-4027-7357-9 "Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub Date: 2010 Pages: 160 Publisher: Sterling Publishing A shipwreck; a deserted island; a single family wondering if they CAN Survive Rich in suspense and surprises. The Swiss Family Robinson entices young Readers to come along on a wonderful adventure. where each moment ings a new thrill. Featuring amazingly resourceful characters and a wondrous landscape bursting with exotic wildlife and plants. it's an ir ..." |
 | | Classic Starts™(Abridged) Dracula (Classic Starts(TM) Series) by Bram Stoker, Tania Zamorsky, Jamel Akib, Arthur Pober Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2007 by Sterling Abridged ISBN-13: 978-1-4027-3690-2, ISBN: 1-4027-3690-8 "Afterword. by Arthur Pober, Ed.D. First impressions are important. Whether we are meeting new people, going to new places, or picking up a book unknown to us, first impressions count for a lot. They can lead to warm, lasting memories or can make us shy away from any future encounters. Can you recall your own first impressions and earliest memories of reading the classics? Do you remember wading through pages and pages of text to pr ..." |
 | | Heidi(Abridged) (Classic Starts) by Johanna Spyri, Jamel Akib, Lisa Church Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2007 by Sterling Abridged ISBN-13: 978-1-4027-3691-9, ISBN: 1-4027-3691-6 "Johanna Spyri's classic story of a young orphan sent to live with her grumpy grandfather in the Swiss Alps is retold in it's entirety in this beautifully bound hardcover edition. Heidi has charmed and intrigued readers since it's original publication in 1880. Much more than a children's story, the narrative is also a lesson on the precarious nature of freedom, a luxury too often taken for granted. Heidi almost loses her liberty as she i ..." |
 | | Divali Rose by Vashanti Rahaman, Jamel Akib Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 2008 by Boyds Mills Press ISBN-13: 978-1-59078-524-9, ISBN: 1-59078-524-X "The meaning of the Hindu "festival of lights" becomes clear to a young boy. Ricki is looking forward to Divali, the Hindu "festival of lights." He's also waiting for two special rosebuds to bloom—buds on the bush his grandfather had planted in the front yard. Grandfather promises that the roses will be the color of Divali, but Ricki can't imagine what color that might be. One morning, Ricki bends one of the rosebuds to get a closer look ..." |
 | | Tan to Tamarind Poems About the Color Brown by Malathi Michelle Iyengar, Malathai Iyengar, Jamel Akib Paperback, 32 Pages, Published 2017 by Childrens Book Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-89239-412-8, ISBN: 0-89239-412-9 "A poetry collection that explores the spectrum of beautiful shades of brown." |
 | | Bringing Asha Home(Reprint) by Uma Krishnaswami, Jamel Akib Paperback, 32 Pages, Published 2015 by Lee & Low Books ISBN-13: 978-1-62014-225-7, ISBN: 1-62014-225-2 "It's Rakhi, the Hindu holiday special to brothers and sisters, and Arun wishes he had a sister with whom to celebrate. Soon it looks as if his wish will come true. His parents are going to adopt a baby girl named Asha, and she is coming from India, where Arun's dad was born. The family prepares for Asha's arrival, not knowing it will be almost a year until they receive governmental approval to bring Asha home. Arun is impatient and stru ..." |
 | | Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue by Heidi Smith Hyde, Jamel Akib, Jamal Akib Paperback, 32 Pages, Published 2012 by Kar-Ben Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-7613-6627-0, ISBN: 0-7613-6627-X "Angry that his father is afraid to kindle the Hanukkah lights, Emanuel stows away on a whaling ship. When a storm overtakes the boat, it is his father’s change of heart and the family menorah that light the way home." |
 | | Annie Shapiro and the Clothing Workers' Strike (History Speaks: Picture Books Plus Reader's Theater (Quality)) by Marlene Targ Brill, Jamel Akib Paperback, 48 Pages, Published 2010 by Kar-Ben Pub ISBN-13: 978-0-7613-6132-9, ISBN: 0-7613-6132-4 "Life wasn't easy for Annie Shapiro and the other clothing workers in Chicago in 1910. Bosses could be mean and the hours were long. When the workers' pay was cut, Annie had to take a stand. At first no one took seventeen-year-old Annie seriously when she walked out of work. But her brave act sparked a strike that grew include to forty thousand workers. Would bosses ever listen to workers? Would months of striking really lead to better c ..." |
 | | Classic Starts™(Abridged) Around the World in 80 Days (Classic Starts(TM) Series) by Jules Verne, Deanna Mcfadden, Jamel Akib, Arthur Pober, Mcfadden Verne Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2007 by Sterling Abridged, Large Print ISBN-13: 978-1-4027-3689-6, ISBN: 1-4027-3689-4 "Language:Chinese.Hardcover. Pub: 2007 Pages: 160 Publisher: Sterling Publishing Phileas Fogg is a man of habit. A Victorian gentleman who follows the same ROUTINE every day - until he accepts a Wager that he can circle the globe within eighty days . Thus begins a hair-raising journey. in which Fogg's obsession with his timetable is complemented by the dynamism and versatility of his French manservant. Passepartout. whose has a talent fo ..." |
 | | Pollyanna(Abridged) (Classic Starts Series) by Eleanor H. Porter, Kathleen Olmstead, Jamel Akib, Arthur Pober Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2007 by Sterling Abridged ISBN-13: 978-1-4027-3692-6, ISBN: 1-4027-3692-4 "Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Olmstead, Kathleen. Pollvanna / retold from the Eleanor H. Porter original bv Kathleen ( Hmstead ; illustrated In |amel Akib ; aiterword bv Arthur Pober. p. cm. ... Ltd. P.( ). Box 704, Windsor, NSW 2756, Australia Classic Starts is a trademark of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. Printed in China All rights reserved Sterling ISBN-13: 978-1-4027-3692- 6 ISBN-10: 1-4027-3692-4 For inform ..." |
 | | Classic Starts(Abridged) The War of the Worlds (Classic Starts Series) by H. G. Wells, Chris Sasaki, Jamel Akib Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2007 by Sterling Abridged ISBN-13: 978-1-4027-3688-9, ISBN: 1-4027-3688-6 "This is the granddaddy of all alien invasion stories, first published by H.G. Wells in 1898. The novel begins ominously, as the lone voice of a narrator tells readers that "No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's..." Things then progress from a series of seemingly mundane reports about odd atmospheric disturbances t ..." |
 | | Classic Starts™(Abridged) The Three Musketeers (Classic Starts(TM) Series) by Alexandre Dumas, Oliver Ho, Jamel Akib, Arthur Pober, No Noted Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2007 by Sterling Abridged ISBN-13: 978-1-4027-3695-7, ISBN: 1-4027-3695-9 "Language:Chinese.HardCover. Pub Date: February. 2007 Pages: 160 Publisher: Sterling Publishing All for one and one for all! That's the rallying cry of the Guards of the Musketeers-of the French King-and the call to adventure for young Readers enjoying their first taste of Dumas' classic swashbuckler. Aramis. Athos. Porthos. and the not-quite-yet Musketeer D'Artagnan use their wits and their swords to battle an evil Cardinal. the traitor ..." |
 | | The Prince and the Pauper(Abridged) (Classic Starts Series) by Twain Mark J., Kathleen Olmstead, Jamel Akib, Mr. Mark Twain, Arthur Pober Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2007 by Sterling Abridged ISBN-13: 978-1-4027-3687-2, ISBN: 1-4027-3687-8 "Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Olmstead, Kathleen. The prince and the pauper / retold from the Mark Twain original by Kathleen Olmstead ; illustrated hy jamel Akih ; afterword hy Arthur Poher. p. cm. ... Ltd. P.( ). Box 704, Windsor, NSW 2756, Australia Classic Starts is a trademark of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. Printed in ( liinit All rights reserved Sterling ISBN- 1 3: 978-1-4027-3687- 2 ISBN- 10: 1-4027-368 ..." |
 | | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm(Reprint) (Classic Starts) by Kate Douglas Wiggin, Deanna Mcfadden, Jamel Akib, Elizabeth Mackinstry, Arthur Pober Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2007 by Sterling Abridged ISBN-13: 978-1-4027-3693-3, ISBN: 1-4027-3693-2 "Author Jack London wrote Kate Douglas Wiggin a letter about her classic Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm from the headquarters of the First Japanese Army in Manchuria in 1904: "May I thank you for Rebecca?... I would have quested the wide world over to make her mine, only I was born too long ago and she was born but yesterday.... Why could she not have been my daughter? Why couldn't it have been I who bought the three hundred cakes of ..." |
 | | The Red Badge of Courage(Abridged) (Classic Starts) by Stephen Crane, Oliver Ho, Jamel Akib, Arthur Pober Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2006 by Sterling Abridged ISBN-13: 978-1-4027-2663-7, ISBN: 1-4027-2663-5 "Language:Chinese.HardCover Pub Date: 2006 Pages: 160 Publisher: Sterling Publishing A searing tale of Fear and Courage set during the Civil War but more powerful today than ever. A Young man enlists in the Union Army but nervously wonders how he will react to the blood. violence. and death of a real battle. When that terrible day arrives. he flees the fighting in terror. But his cowardly behavior gnaws at his conscience. and he searches ..." |
 | | Gulliver's Travels(Abridged) (Classic Starts) by Jonathan Swift, Martin Woodside, Jamel Akib, Arthur Pober Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2006 by Sterling Abridged ISBN-13: 978-1-4027-2662-0, ISBN: 1-4027-2662-7 "Gulliver's travels / retold from the Jonathan Swift original : abridged bv Martin Woodside ; illustrated bv Jamel Akib. p. cm. — Classic starts) Summarv : An abridged version of the vovages of an eighteenth-centurv Englishman that carrv him to such strange places as l.illiput, where people are six ini hes tall, and Brohdingnag. a land peopled b\ giants. ISBN 1-4027-2662-7 1. Vovages and travels — Fiction. 2. Fantasv.] I. Akib. Jame ..." |
 | | Classic Starts™(Abridged) Robinson Crusoe (Classic Starts(TM) Series) by Daniel Defoe, Deanna Mcfadden, Jamel Akib, Arthur Pober, Bram Stoker, Charles Dickens, Johann David Wyss, Jonathan Swift, Howard Pyle, Jules Verne, Illustrator Grandville Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2006 by Sterling Abridged ISBN-13: 978-1-4027-2664-4, ISBN: 1-4027-2664-3 "Afterword. J_ irst impressions are important. Whether we are meeting new people , going to new places, or picking up a book unknown to us, first impressions count for a lot. They can lead to warm, lasting memories or can make us shy away from any future encounters. Can you recall your own first impressions and earliest memories of reading the classics? Do you remember wading through pages and pages of text to prepare for an exam? Or ..." |
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