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When children are fast asleep, some people are hard at work keeping the city safe and clean, and when daylight comes they go home to sleep.

A collection of poems evoking the world and feelings of childhood. Illustrated with antique pictures by some well-known children's book illustrators.

"A 22-volume, highly illustrated, A-Z general encyclopedia for all ages, featuring sections on how to use World Book, other research aids, pronunciation key, a student guide to better writing, speaking, and research skills, and comprehensive index"--Provided by publisher. Highlighting the 2009 edition are new and expanded articles on global warming, Darfur, Kosovo, blog, Sudoku, organic food, Bono, Jay-Z, Johnny Depp, Tony Hawk, among many other...

"A toy bear in a department store wants a number of things, but when a little girl finally buys him he finds what he has always wanted most of all." "Corduroy has been on the department store shelf for a long time. Yet as soon as Lisa sees him, she knows that he's the bear for her. Her mother, though, thinks he's a little shopworn--he's even missing a button! Still, Corduroy knows that with a bit of work he can tidy himself up and be just the bear...

Shares humorous poems about such subjects as disco baths, sneaky sisters, nose hairs, and wanting a dog.

Visiting her grandmother in Australia, Livy, ten, is reminded of the promise she made five years before to Bob, a strange, green creature who cannot recall who or what he is.

An imaginary friend waits a long time to be imagined by a child and given a special name, and finally does the unimaginable--he sets out on a quest to find his perfect match in the real world.

Four determined homeless children make a life for themselves in Chennai, India.

Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an outsider.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text pay homage to the strength, character, and worth of a child.