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Margaret McNamara is a writer and an editor who has spent many years working in children's publishing. She is the author of all the books in the Robin Hill School series, and gets many of her ideas from her own daughter's experiences at school. Margaret McNamara lives with her family in New York City, though she likes to spend as much of the summer as she can in Maine.

Mike Gordon has illustrated all of the Robin Hill School books, but his work covers a truly wide range, extending from educational and non-fiction books to entertainment and fiction. Mike's illustration now includes both design and illustration for major publishers such as Harper Collins, Headline, Ladybird, Longman, Penguin, Random Century, Reed International, Simon & Schuster, Walker Books, Western Publishing and Wayland. The international publication of many of the titles illustrated by Mike means his work is seen in over eighteen countries. In addition, Mike has produced more than 400 humorous greeting card designs for clients such as Hallmark, as well as the major UK companies, Hanson White and Gordon Fraser. He lives with his family in Santa Barbara, California.

Thanksgiving time is here, and Mrs. Connor's class is dressing up to celebrate. When the fire alarm goes off, they share their Thanksgiving cheer with the whole school!

Ready-to-read books offer children a world of possibilities at four different reading levels:

Pre-Level One: Recognizing Words

• Word repetition
• Familiar words and phrases
• Simple sentences

Level One: Starting to Read

• Simple stories
• Increased vocabulary
• Longer sentences

Level Two: Reading Independently

• More-complex stories
• Varied sentence structure
• Paragraphs and short chapters

Level Three: Reading Proficiently

• Rich vocabulary
• More-challenging stories
• Longer chapters