This jovial book follows a child who's birthday coincides with the July 4th holiday. This book introduces line breaks and dialogue and simple repetitive text that builds word recognition skills and reading confidence. Enjoy the twist the presentation of this book takes on this well known American holiday.

A Study Guide for Ron Kovic's "Born on the Fourth of July," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Literary Themes for Students: War and Peace. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Literary Themes for Students: War and Peace for all of your research needs.

Top gun: At the elite Navy Fighter Weapons School, cocky, young pilots compete against one another in the air as well as on the ground. Bonus features include commentary, featurette, music videos, behind-the-scenes, and more. Jerry Maguire: A sports agent suffers a mental breakdown and must place all his chips on one athlete to save his career. Mission impossible: Ethan Hunt, a secret agent framed for the deaths of his espionage team. Fleeing from...

Love him or hate him, there's no doubt that everyone has an opinion on Tom Cruise. After his split from Nicole Kidman in 2001, he didn't do himself any favors by quickly hooking up with Vanilla Sky co-star Penelope Cruz, which many say made him look insensitive in the wake of such a public divorce.Adding to that fire, his dedication to the controversial religion Scientology, his relationship and subsequent marriage to a much younger Katie Holmes,...

Director Oliver Stone completes his Vietnam Trilogy of films, the others being Born On The Fourth Of July and Platoon, examining the war from many perspectives. Heaven And Earth follows the true story of a Vietnamese village girl who survives a life of suffering and hardship during and after the Vietnam War. Based on the autobiographies When Heaven and Earth Changed Places by Le Ly Hayslip with Jay Wurts and Child of War, Woman of Peace by Le Ly Hayslip...

"Johnny Got His Gun" holds a place as one of the classic antiwar novels. First published in 1939, Dalton Trumbo's story of a young American soldier terribly maimed in World War I-- he "survives" armless, legless, and faceless, but with mind intact-- was an immediate bestseller. This fiercely moving novel was a rallying point for many Americans who came of age during World War II, and it became perhaps the most popular novel of protest during the Vietnam...

One part "Tuesdays with Morrie", and one part "Like Water for Chocolate," Nana Lena's Kitchen by Amy Ostrower is an inspirational collection of stories and recipes from a Southern Jewish kitchen. These stories read almost like folk tales, fables from a mythic past handed down from generation to generation with love. As an extended family of sisters, daughters, and granddaughters gather to make a Passover meal or prepare the Shivah table, Nana Lena's...