Synopsis: Harry persuades his classmates to sneak through the playground fence during lunchtime recess to view some unusual mushrooms.

Synopsis: A very large cat may be the key to saving Christmas in this wryly humorous retelling of the Norwegian fairy tale The Cat on the Dovrefjell. When a man captures a great white bear, he is determined to bring it as a gift to the king of Finnmark. But to do that, first he must cross the Dovrefells—a mountain covered in snow and ice—in the middle of winter. On Christmas Eve, he reaches the house of a man named Halvor, and asks if he can stay the…

Synopsis: The classroom is a place of learning, but it can also be filled with fun. Through simple text and supporting photographs, early readers will learn that listening to their teachers and being respectful of others is a lesson just as important as anything else learned in the classroom. Readers will understand the importance of basic classroom rules, such as raising your hand to ask a question, as well as how to interact with others in the classroom…

Synopsis: Explore the history of espionage with the DK Reader Spies! Meet the famous and the infamous—the agents and the double agents. Infiltrate the FBI, CIA, and KGB, and follow the evolution of the tools of the trade, including industrial spying and computer hackers.Stunning photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging, age-appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multilevel reading program guaranteed to capture children's interest while…

Synopsis: People came to America for many reasons, including to escape famine or danger or to find jobs. This book discusses immigration to the United States in the 1800s.

Synopsis: A seven-year-old girl is resigned to the fact that her mother can not afford anything special for her birthday, but she does not understand why her older sisters and brother seem to turn against her--until the big day finally arrives.

Synopsis: Becky knows her inner-city family is too poor even to buy her favorite ice cream for her birthday, but they seem to be going out of their way to be mean, whispering and planning something behind her back. Reissue.

Synopsis: Gino would rather sculpt mice out of dough than sweep the floor in his family's pasta factory, but when the factory falls on hard times, Gino's mice save the day.

Synopsis: Help children build their vocabulary with Joy Readers, a set of 80 lively, leveled titles covering a broad range of topics and cultures. Individual and group lesson plans highlight strategies for reading instruction, and additional activities help ELL students master reading.

Synopsis: Describes the unique characteristics of the birthstone for each month

Synopsis: A learn-to-read story about things with wheels.

Synopsis: NATIONAL STANDARDS: Grades K-4 National Science Standards- Life Science: III- The behavior of individual organisms is influenced by internal cues and external cues. Humans and other organisms have senses that help them detect internal and external cues.- Each plant or animal has different structures that serve different functions of growth, survival, and reproduction.

Synopsis: Differentiate text for: Approaching-one grade below, On-Level-at grade level Beyond- one grade above, ELL-English Language Learners. Each reader features a main selection accompanied by a paired piece with the same theme. Nonfiction titles are differentiated in readability but identical in design. Excite students with myths, legends, folktales, informational texts, and many more genres.

Synopsis: Book by MODERN CURRICULUM PRESS

Synopsis: Things get out of hand when two buffalo try to outdo each other in this almost-wordless picture book from Jose Arguego.“Look what I can do!” “I can do it too!” And so begins a lively contest between two water buffalo that ends up being a bigger adventure than either of them had imagined! This simple, nearly wordless picture book is one that the very youngest children will be eager to “read” all by themselves.

Synopsis: Looks at how a lake and lake-related activities change during the course of a year