With the peculiar Mrs. Kormel at the wheel, anything could happen on the bus ride to Ella Mentry School, as A.J. and his friends find out on the day they have to go out of their way to pick up "the nude kid."

Explores the similarities and differences between languages.

Kamala, a talkative young pangolin, is excited about her new school in a new country, but without knowing her classmates' language she feels isolated. Includes facts about Esperanto and pangolins.

"A photographic board book that features the sounds of heartbeats from around the world."--

Tommy, who recently moved to America from Israel, is teased because he does not know English well and so does not speak loudly, but when a police officer visits Tommy's class with a police dog that only understands Hebrew, friendship blooms.

In the summer of 1986, Molly visits her grandparents in mysterious Israel and worries about the language barrier.

"Now that B's best friend, George, knows that she's a witch, he wants to see what she can do. And with the big championship soccer game coming up, George asks for B's magical help--can she make him play like his favorite soccer star, the Italian Zebra? But B's spell takes a wild turn, and soon George is more zebra than boy! Can she make his tail and ears V-A-N-I-S-H before the big game?"--P. [4] of cover.