Difficult Kids

It's the day before the big parade. Alta can think about only one thing: Wilma Rudolph, three-time Olympic gold medalist. She'll be riding on a float tomorrow. See, Alta is the quickest kid in Clarksville, Tennessee, just like Wilma once was. It doesn't matter that Alta's shoes have holes because Wilma came from hard times, too. But what happens when a new girl with shiny new shoes comes along and challenges Alta to a race? Will she still be the quickest kid?

Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds - and not really fitting into either one.

Fancy yourself a little too smart for riddles? Try and take a crack at this collection of specialty riddles, curated just for the intelligent connoisseur. From simple “What am I?” questions to detailed, lateral-thinking problems, this book is designed to give your intellect a run for its money! On top of that, all riddles are family-friendly, allowing for some great bonding moments with everyone!

Learning to communicate and manage frustration is part of growing up. But some children don’t master those skills. If their frequent angry outbursts and aggressive behaviors interfere with family life, making friends, or school performance, they may have oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), which, by some estimates, affects up to 16 percent of school-age children. Though no statistics are available for younger children, experts say that most children with ODD show signs of the disorder in the preschool years.

Discover an engaging family activity that will challenge your kid’s young mind and ignite a spark for learning. In the era of technology we live in, riddles, puzzles, and enigmas have almost become extinct. This is an issue that many experts on child development have spoken about. They are worried about the future generations, who are now being more and more tech-dependent. What’s worse, kids today are starting to get used to having all the information they need served to them on a plate.

Difficult Riddles for Kids offers 300 fun, challenging, and mind-bending riddles and brain teasers that children 9 years old and up will enjoy unraveling. Chockful of riddles for every skill level, this book aims to challenge and entertain children and their parents for hours on end. Starting at one star for simple riddles to five stars for more difficult riddles, every chapter is specifically designed to test logic, lateral thinking, and help children find patterns and see connections between various objects and circumstances.

In an era where social media is taking over the world, bonding time with children has become very difficult. Finding something to keep away the children from the internet can be tricky, and that is why this audiobook has been designed for someone like you. This book is a collection of exciting, educational riddles of all genres that will surely provide you and your family with bonding activities.

Stimulate your child’s intelligence and imagination: Discover incredibly creative brain-building and boredom-busting riddles. Are you looking for a fun and educational activity for bonding family nights? Do you want to engage your kids with something that boosts their confidence and problem solving skills? Are you tired of playing the same games with your child over and over again, wanting to try out something that will be as fun for you as it is for them? If so, you’re in the right place.

This awesome audiobook is packed with silly, mind-bending riddles and brain teasers for kids. It is an ideal solution for family game nights, kids' parties, or long road trips. This book offers a mixture of brain teasers to stretch the mind and silly logic puzzles that will make you smile that are great for playing with friends, or as a whole family!

Niya Moto is the only one-legged samurai kid in Japan, famous for falling flat on his face in the dirt. None of the samurai schools will teach crippled Niya, until an offer arrives from the legendary samurai warrior Ki-Yaga, sensei of the Cockroach Ryu. Niya and the other Cockroaches must defeat the fierce samurai students from the Dragon Ryu at the Samurai Trainee Games. Though they seem to be at a terrible disadvantage, it’s not long before they learn that if they stick together, there is no journey that they cannot complete, no fear that they cannot face....

Do you want educational fun for your kids? Do you want to give them something that makes them stop using phones, computers, or video games immediately? Try this: When you do not know what I am, then I am something. But when you know what I am, then I am nothing. What am I? A riddle! Riddles have been around for thousands of years. Even in this age of video entertainment, riddles continue to be popular among kids and adults alike because they have some unbeatable benefits.

When you do not know what I am, then I am something. But when you know what I am, then I am nothing. What am I? A riddle! Riddles have been around for thousands of years. Even in this age of video entertainment, brain teasers continue to be popular among kids and adults alike because they have some unbeatable benefits.

When you do not know what I am, then I am something. But when you know what I am, then I am nothing. What am I? A brain teaser! Brain teasers have been around for thousands of years. Even in this age of video entertainment, brain teasers continue to be popular among kids and adults alike because they have some unbeatable benefits.

America meant "freedom" to the immigrants of the early 1900s - but a freedom very different from what they expected. Cities were crowded and jobs were scare. Children had to work selling newspapers, delivering goods, and laboring sweatshops. In this touching book, Newberry Medalist Russell Freedman offers a rare glimpse of what it meant to be a young newcomer to America.

Many people came to America in the early 1900s looking for jobs, opportunity, and freedom, and a lot of them were kids. But what happened to all these immigrant children after they passed inspection at New York’s Ellis Island - that is, if they passed inspection? Life was not easy for immigrants. Large families lived in small, one-room tenement apartments with failing plumbing and few windows. Children had to go to school with kids from different countries and learn to read and write a new language.