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Having no legs didn't stop Tony Christiansen from climbing trees, racing go-karts or being a surf club life saver. His answer? "It's not what happens to you that counts, it's what you do about it." Suggested level: primary.
Join Martin Bridge as he reaches for the sky with two new stories and some activities to help kids explore the universe.
Sally Ride: The Sky's the Limit is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.2.6 and Literacy.L.2.1d. Full-page color photographs and narrative nonfiction text introduce readers to Sally Ride, the first American woman to go into outer space. A timeline of Ride's life is included in this book. This book should be paired with Sally Ride: Female Astronaut" (9781477723067) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.
"The sky is the limit!" We have often heard or have used this phrase as a means to motivate others in pursuing desired goals or dreams. Regardless of our cultural, religious, or ethnic background, the opportunity to reach one's highest height was only a matter of doing whatever it took. We may accomplish our goals by continued education, seminars, special training sessions or other means of enhancement for advancement. Others make accomplishments by means of evil schemes, illegal transactions, or "You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours". Some will step on whomsoever they will and other underhanded tactics to get what they want. However, regardless of the mode or level of achievement, the motto is that you can go as high as you want...but...THE SKY IS THE LIMIT.
Julian Monet's poems and prose welcomes you to the world of reality versus fantasy. his radical yet spiritual outtake on social and political topics leave you impatiently waiting for the next controversial view. As uncomfortable as the truth maybe Monet breaks the perception of beauty that we want so bad, and exposes a fake Sun.
