Synopsis: Jack and Annie travel back to Victorian London when Merlin asks them to use their magic to inspire Charles Dickens to write "A Christmas Carol.".

Synopsis: Introduction to sharks, their physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat.

Synopsis: Cookie Monster bakes beautiful and tempting cookies in his bakery, but he has so many customers that he cannot even have a taste.

Synopsis: Key Features Description In this story, children play in and around a tree. The tree is also a home for some birds and animals. In this story, children play in and around a tree. The tree is also a home for some birds and animals. Standards RI.K.1. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. RI.K.1. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. Product Details Item #:…

Synopsis: Key Features Description By the big red barn In the great green field, There was a pink pig who was learning to squeal.So begins the joyous portrait of a day on a busy farm, where the horses, sheep, geese, goats, field mice, chickens, and cows seem to have the run of the place - together with plenty of noisy offspring.This storybook classic by Margaret Wise Brown, author of Goodnight Moon, has been newly illustrated by favorite artist Felicia…

Synopsis: When Olivia's teacher gives Olivia a "surprise" plant seed envelope, she takes care of the seed in her garden, excited to discover what kind of plant she will grow.

Synopsis: A brief biography of the woman who overcame her handicaps of being both blind and deaf.

Synopsis: Pinkalicious combines magic, love, and imagination to turn an ordinary place into an Emeraldalicious world. Pinkalicious and Peter visit their favorite park, but on the way Pinkalicious's wand breaks. She isn't worried at all, because she knows just what to do. She takes a stick, some vines, and a very special flower to make a magical wand. When Pinkalicious and Peter finally arrive at the park it's covered in stinky trash! But never fear,…

Synopsis: A bittersweet tale of a faithful pet who waits for his master's return from war.

Synopsis: He's back! The Wimpy Kid is back! The misadventures of Greg Heffley, a 6th grade middle school student, continue to be a rip-roaring affair striking the funny bones of young and old alike everywhere. This web-comic-turned-novel, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck (#8) by Jeff Kinney is one of the best in the series. The world has gone crazy for the Wimpy Kid with good reasons. Jeff Kinney is not one of the best children's writers, but he's the best…

Synopsis: A caterpillar is rejected by various groups of animals, until he achieves his beautiful wings and is able to befriend a similarly unhappy caterpillar.

Synopsis: Meet Charlie.He's a ranch dog. Breakfast is his life, especially when bacon is involved. Charlie has dangly ears, floppy skin, and big fat paws. And he loves living in the country. That's because he works like a dog...fixing fences, gardening, and helping his family out on the range.Yep, it's all work, all the time for Charlie the ranch dog. In fact, he's probably working right now...Zzzzzzz....A ranch dog's work is never done!Come along as Ree…

Synopsis: A coral reef is like a city filled with busy creatures.

Synopsis: Henry and his 180-pound dog Mudge are best friends forever. And in this fourth book of their adventures they share jack-o'-lanterns, ghost stories, and Aunt Sally. In the autumn Henry and his big dog Mudge watch the leaves turn, meet with some Halloween spooks and share Thanksgiving dinner.

Synopsis: Key Features Description A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist. Henry "Box" Brown doesn't know how old he is. Nobody keeps records of slaves' birthdays. All the time he dreams about freedom, but that dream seems farther away than ever when he is torn from his family and put to work in a warehouse. Henry grows up and marries, but…

Synopsis: Key Features Description The city is a big, busy place for a little yellow puppy. From gazing at tall buildings to chasing pigeons, there's so much to do! There are more people than Biscuit's ever seen before, and so many new friends to make! The city is a big, busy place for a little yellow puppy. From gazing at tall buildings to chasing pigeons, there's so much to do! There are more people than Biscuit's ever seen before, and so many new…

Synopsis: The carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field are the fattest and crispiest around and Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling some to eat each time he passes by, until he begins hearing and seeing creepy carrots wherever he goes.

Synopsis: Key Features Description A flat boy can do almost anything! Stanley Lambchop is an ordinary boy. At least he was, until the night his bulletin board fell off the wall and flattened him. All of a sudden, Stanley can slide under doors, mail himself across the country in an envelope, and fly like a kite!But flatness has its serious side, too. Sneak thieves have been stealing paintings from the Famous Museum of Art, and Stanley knows he's the only…

Synopsis: Introduces animal migration and why some animals migrate, including the zebras in Botswana, the red crabs of Christmas Island, and the walruses in the Bering and Chukchi Seas.

Synopsis: Lively, reassuring, comical- just right for newly independent readers, with cartoon style illustrations that gallop, skip, and splash right along with the text.