My Day with Gong Gong Section 17 author of Three Times Lucky

author of Three Times Lucky

and literary references to beloved classics” (School Library Journal)

there are questions that kids can answer to connect these ideas to their own lives

In 1994 he was inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president and served until his retirement from active politics in 1999 at the age of eighty-one

A fantastical new novel--a modern-day retelling of Shakespeare's Pericles--from the acclaimed

My Day with Gong Gong Section 17 author of Three Times LuckyA day in Chinatown takes an unexpected turn when a bored little girl makes a connection with her grandpa. May isn't having fun on her trip through Chinatown with her grandfather. Gong Gong doesn't speak much English, and May can't understand Chinese. She's hungry, and bored with Gong Gong's errands. Plus, it seems like Gong Gong's friends are making fun of her! But just when May cant take any more, Gong Gong surprises her with a gift that reveals hes