BigBookofExplorationsAcknowledgments“Andre”fromBRONZEVILLEBOYSANDGIRLSbyGwendolynBrooks.Copyright©1956byGwendolynBrooks.Reprintedbypermission.“Crunch!Munch!ThanksaBunch!”textonlyfromSESAMESTREETMAGAZINE,November2001,Copyright©2001.Reprintedbypermission.“CrustyCornbread”fromYOUBEGOOD&I’LLBENIGHTbyEveMerriam.Copyright©1988byEveMerriam.ReprintedbypermissionofMarianReiner.“EverybodySays”fromEVERYTHINGANDANYTHINGbyDorothyAldis.Copyright©1925-1927,©renewed1953-1955byDorothyAldis.ReprintedbypermissionofG.P.Putnam&Sons.“IMeasureMyself”and“MyBike”fromSINGASONGOFPOETRY.Copyright©2004byGaySuPinnellandIreneC.Fountas.ReprintedbypermissionofHeinemann,adivisionofReedElsevierInc.“If...”fromANYMEIWANTTOBEbyKarlaKuskin.Copyright©1972byKarlaKuskin.ReprintedbypermissionofHarper&Row,Publishers,Inc.“MakingFriends”fromNATHANIELTALKINGbyEloiseGreenfield.Copyright©1988byEloiseGreenfield.ReprintedbypermissionofBlackButterflyChildren’sBooks.“RidingTheSubwayTrain”fromWHENACITYLEANSAGAINSTTHESKYbyAllanA.DeFina,illustratedbyKenCondon.Textcopyright©1997byAlanA.DeFina.Illustrations©1997byBoydsMillsPress.ReprintedbypermissionofBoydsMillsPress,Inc.“Tadpole,Tadpole”reprintedbypermissionofLADYBUGMagazine,June1994,vol.4,No.10,©1994byMarjorieA.Parker.“TheFight”byHelenH.Moore.Copyright©1997byHelenH.Moore.Reprintedbypermission.IllustrationCredits5:(c)TheresaSmythe;11:(c)ShaneEvans;12:(c)MaribelSuarez;22:(bl)AbbyCarter;(br)AbbyCarter;23:(tltobr)KellyKennedy;28:(c)JohnKanzler;30–31:(t)RitaLascaro;(c)ScottMatthews;(br)ShawnBanner;32:(t)RitaLascaro;33:(cl)RonBerg;34:(tcltobr)RonBerg;38:(c)NicoleRutten;40–41:(t)TedThai;41:(br)KellyKennedy;42:(ttob)KellyKennedy;(t)TedThai;(tc)PeterFasolino;43:(t,c,br)ChristySchneider;47:(c)LisaGuida;48:(r)ChrisBoyd;52:(cltocr)DavidSheldon;55:(tr)LindaLeeMauri;57:(c)PeteWhitehead;58:(c)JennyMattheson;62:(c)KatherineZecca.PhotographyCreditsAllphotographsarebyMacmillan/McGraw-Hill(MMH)exceptasnotedbelow.CoverandTitlePagePhotography:D.Robert...