A day at the beach without sunscreen - oh no! Vivid illustrations support simple text that builds fluency and recognition of high-frequency words.
What's in the bag? Readers will enjoy guessing along with the characters.
Readers learn the days of the week and basic food vocabulary as they find out what's for dinner.
Cleaning the garage can be a lot of work but this rhyming text makes it seem like fun.
Readers will relate to this story of a boy who wants to be just like his parent.
What can you do in your shoes? Readers explore the kinds of footwear needed for a variety of activities.
Readers will identify with the special connection between a girl and her companion.
Relatable situations introduce readers to many forms of writing, and each form's purpose.
Rhyming text, counting, and color words make this a good beginning book.
Celebrate the apple harvest as readers discover many uses for apples.
Today is a special day, but there is good news and bad news.
As each color is added to the picture, readers will watch the picture come to life.
Catching lightning bugs is so much fun! Will Mom be as excited to see what's in the jar?
Everyone gets involved in the family soccer game! Readers will practice the words for body parts as the game goes on.
What should Mom and Son buy at the grocery store?
Simple text introduces prepositions, while clever illustrations support the text and keep readers guessing as Matt looks for his cap.
Readers will follow an imaginative young boy through normal activities - with a stellar twist!
A young girl is prepared for a fun-filled day at the beach! Bold illustrations support vocabulary development.
Life is messy. And sometimes, the person making the mess will surprise you! Sparse text and family scenes from a diverse group of people break expected stereotypes and celebrate the messiness of life in this board book.
Spring is in the air - and in the trees! Spring is here, and with the new season come trees full of life, color...and blossoms! From the creators of Leaf Jumpers and Winter Trees, Spring Blossoms introduces readers to a variety of different flowering trees. During a stroll through the forest, two children come across the small and white flowers on a crab apple tree, the rich, red buds on a red maple, and many more. Along the way, readers learn that some trees have both male and female flowers—each with a distinctive appearance. Back matter includes extended botanical facts and more information about trees and their life cycles.Told in lyrical rhymes with beautiful linoleum-cut illustrations, Spring Blossoms offers a unique blend of science, poetry, and art studies.
Did you know Band-Aids were invented by accident?! And that they weren't mass-produced until the Boy Scouts gave their seal of approval? 1920s cotton buyer Earle Dickson worked for Johnson & Johnson and had a klutzy wife who often cut herself. The son of a doctor, Earle set out to create an easier way for her to bandage her injuries. Band-Aids were born, but Earle's bosses at the pharmaceutical giant weren't convinced, and it wasn't until the Boy Scouts of America tested Earle's prototype that this ubiquitous household staple was made available to the public. Soon Band-Aids were selling like hotcakes, and the rest is boo-boo history.
Sarah Jane Hartwell and her class are back. After the stress of her last attempt at taking her class on a field trip (seen in First Year Letters), Mrs. Hartwell has a plan for an upcoming trip to the zoo—a plan that includes a lot of rules. Her students prove that they can line up straight, walk quietly, and take plenty of notes, but everyone soon realizes that this field trip isn’t as much fun as they’d hoped. Mrs. Hartwell rethinks her plan and saves the day.
Ella is extraordinary. Extraordinarily ordinary, that is. Not graceful like Carmen or musical like Kenji, Ella is determined to prove herself at the school talent show. But when every attempt to find a talent falls flat and her own ordinary acts of kindness steal the show, Ella discovers just how extraordinary ordinary can be!
A little boy wants no shower, no eggs at breakfast, no scarf or hat or gloves to wear. But he gives a big, firm “YES” to taking his backpack, having his homework done, and listening in class. And in the end, no and yes come together with a nice surprise.
Do re mi—what can that be? It’s the sound of children preparing for music class. Make pretty music fill the air. Bravo!
