Bøker av Margaret McNamara

This stunning picture book biography of the extraordinary wife of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton is illustrated with Shapiro's exquisite, thoroughly researched art and includes an Afterword by Soo, the actress who originated the role of Eliza in the original Broadway production of the musical "Hamilton." Full color.

During Parents Week at Robin Hill School, the students are all impressed with what one another's parents do for a living, especially Ayanna, who realizes that the artwork her father does at home makes him very special.

Nia is afraid to tell her mother, who is shy because she speaks little English, that Nia volunteered her to organize a party for the first-graders of Robin Hill School.

Fall has arrived on Sheepskerry Island, which means it's time for the Fairy Bell sisters to start preparing their houses for the cold weather. But Golden is tired of working so hard?she needs some glamour in her life! So when she gets the opportunity to compete in Queen Titania's fancy-dress party on the mainland, she couldn't be happier. Independence, fashion, a chance to spread her wings . . . what more could a young fairy wish for?

Summer SecretsSheepskerry Island is a fairy's paradise in fall and winter and spring, but not in summer. That's when the cottages are taken over . . . by the Summer People. Tinker Bell's little sisters, Clara, Rosy, Golden, Sylva, and Squeak, spend the long sunny days in hiding. The Summer People are dangerous!But one Summer Child, Louisa, needs a little extra help this summer, and kindhearted Rosy knows just what to do to make her feel better. Soon Rosy and Louisa are secret friends! But what if the Sheepskerry fairies find out Rosy has made friends with a Summer Child? And how can Rosy keep such a big secret from her very own sisters?Read all about the magical adventures of Tinker Bell's little sisters!

Springtime means spring-cleaning for the fairies of Sheepskerry Island. It also means getting to search for treasure in the jumble pile?a giant collection of unwanted items outside Queen Mab's palace.When Sylva Bell and her best friend, Poppy, find the queen's old dollhouse in the pile, they are overjoyed! But as the two young fairies play with it, they start to unlock its secrets and discover its special magic?magic that might drive them apart.This fifth book in the Fairy Bell Sisters series has it all: enchanted treasure, greedy pirates, unbreakable friendships . . . and fairy kittens!Read all about the magical adventures of Tinker Bell's little sisters!

It's time to say goodbye at Robin Hill School as the first-year students prepare to make the big step to second grade. It's graduation day! Full color.

When Mrs. Connor assigns a project to help her class celebrate Earth Day, Emma doesn't think she can make a difference. But with a little help from her father, Emma realizes there are lots of ways that she and her friends can keep the Earth healthy. Full color.

It's almost picture day at Robin Hill School?and Jamie is the only student in class who has not lost a tooth in this Level 1 Ready-to-Read story!On Picture Day at school, most kids have smiles with gaps. But Jamie still has all his teeth. No matter what he does, none of his teeth will come out!

It’s the Robin Hill first-graders’ first day of school in this Level 1 Ready-to-Read story, now in hardcover for the first time!Charles is excited about his first day of first grade at Robin Hill School. He wants his puppy, Cookie, to come to school too. Then Charles finds out he has to leave Cookie at home. Will school still be fun without his best friend?

The Robin Hill School first-graders take a field trip to a pumpkin patch in this Level 1 Ready-to-Read, now in hardcover for the first time!The first grade class at Robin Hill School is going on a field trip to a pumpkin patch! Katie wants to find the perfect pumpkin. She picks a pumpkin and then decides it is too small. Her dad says good things come in small packages!

Mr. Tiffin and his students from the perenially popular How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? and The Dinosaur Expert are back in this picture book about a wood-working project that helps a young student become a book lover.Everyone in Mr. Tiffin's class couldn't be more excited that the new school library has finally opened. Everyone except Jake. Jake is a slow and careful reader. Sometimes he reads the same page more than once to figure everything out. And he often feels left behind on class Library Day. All that changes when Librarian Beck notices Jake running his fingers across the grooves of a brand-new bookshelf and offers him an old, worn book: Woodworking for Young Hands. Jake checks the book out, studies the pictures and instructions, and renews the book again and again. When the school year comes to an end, Jake has the perfect gift idea for the librarian who changed his life--and he makes it with his own two hands.

Join Mr. Tiffin and his students on a trip to a natural history museum and learn all about dinosaurs and the scientists who discovered them!Mr. Tiffin and his students are back in another picture book, and this time the focus is on dinosaur-loving Kimmy. During a field trip to the natural history museum, Kimmy is thrilled to share what she knows about the Stegosaurus and the Archaeopteryx and even the ginormous Titanosaurus. That changes when one of her classmates questions whether girls can be paleontologists. Kimmy starts to feel shy. What if they can't? What if no one wants to hear what she has to say? It will take some help from Mr. Tiffin--and from a famous scientist--for Kimmy to find her voice again.Join Mr. Tiffin's class as they learn about dinosaurs big and small, feathered and scaly, winged and ocean-dwelling. And root for Kimmy, the dinosaur expert . . . who might just learn something about herself.

Do you believe in fairies? Join Tinker Bell's sisters on a magical adventure.Inspired by Tinker Bell, from the book Peter Pan, by J. M. BarrieBefore Tinker Bell flew to Never Land and met Peter Pan she lived on Sheepskerry Island with her fairy sisters - Clara, Lily, Rosie, Silver and Squeak the baby. The young fairies go to fairy school and love tea parties, dressing up and exciting adventures.Lily's dressing-up dreams have come true - she's going to Queen Titania's annual fancy-dress competition. She's always dreamed of meeting the fashionable town fairies on the mainland, and now's her chance!But not everywhere is like Sheepskerry Island, and some fairies are less friendly than others. Without her Fairy Bell sisters to help her, Lily's adventure spells trouble. How can she turn a dressing-up disaster into a prize-winning success?Young readers will love the enchanting stories and beautiful illustrations in this charming new series.