Synopsis: Brief text explores how soil is formed, its layers, and its importance as a natural resource that living things need to survive.

Synopsis: Daisy the duckling becomes so engrossed in playing with dragonflies and lily pads that she temporarily loses her mother.

Synopsis: Animals and humans discuss, in rhyming verse, the possibilities of the day's weather.

Synopsis: An absolute delight of a madcap story for the young (and young-at-heart) by New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, with equal parts pirates and piranhas, adventure and aliens, oddity and love."I bought the milk," said my father. "I walked out of the corner shop, and heard a noise like this: t h u m m t h u m m. I looked up and saw a huge silver disc hovering in the air above Marshall Road.""Hullo," I said to myself. "That's not something…

Synopsis: Discover the amazing women who took science by storm!Women scientists are not new, but they haven’t always gotten credit for being so stellar. In Jennifer Calvert and Octavia Jackson's Science Superstars, you’ll be introduced to 30 remarkable women whose passion and dedication to all things science led to groundbreaking discoveries, vital medicine, essential technology, and cutting-edge inventions that changed the world. If you use GPS or Wi-Fi…

Synopsis: If a big hungry moose comes to visit, you might give him a muffin to make him feel at home. If you give him a muffin, he'll want some jam to go with it. When he's eaten all your muffins, he'll want to go to the store to get some more muffin mix. In this hilarious sequel to If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, the young host is again run ragged by a surprise guest. Young readers will delight in the comic complications that follow when a little boy…

Synopsis: The lost lunch, and the damage to a book you borrowed are pretty easy to explain--if a monster has followed you to school!

Synopsis: Celebrate Mother's Day - and your Grandma - with this classic Little Critter book!Mercer Mayer’s Little Critter is spending a day at the beach with his grandma in this classic, funny, and heartwarming book. Celebrating the special bond between a grandparent and grandchild, this beloved story is the perfect gift for Mother’s Day . . . or any day!

Synopsis: Bustling with action and written on just the right level for new readers, these two Ready-to-Read adventures are based on favorite episodes from the hit television series. Mr. Fixit's Magnet MaChine stars Busytown's beloved repair man in an adventure that's sure to attract plenty of laughs. Lowly Worm Joins the Circus takes fans under the big top for a high-flying performance from Lowly.

Synopsis: What happens when Dad wants to nap but San wants to gab and rap? Beginning readers will find out in this charming phonics book that uses bright illustrations and simple, easy-to-read text in a story made up of sight words and short words containing the vowel A. This book is a great resource for teaching phonics to young children. Early readers will enhance their ability to use and recognize short A sounds in familiar vocabulary as well as…

Synopsis: Caldecott Honor artist and bestseller David Shannon make readers laugh aloud when young Spencer's mountain of toys becomes overwelming. A story with universal appeal"When David gets in trouble, he always says . . . 'NO! It's not my fault! I didn't mean to! It was an accident!'" Whatever the situation, David's got a good excuse. And no matter what he's done "wrong," it's never really his fault.Soon, though, David realizes that making excuses…