Synopsis: They live in spooky caves, in forests, even in the dark reaches of ordinary attics and bridges. They flock by the hundreds, and they sleep while hanging upside down! In this beautifully photographed Level 2 Reader, kids learn about one of the most interesting creatures around—and discover the bat’s unique place in the wild and in the world. The high-interest topic, expertly written text, and bonus learning activity lay the groundwork for a…

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

Synopsis: Relive the excitement of the blockbuster film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom—which opens to US audiences on June 22, 2018—with this exciting Step 3 leveled reader!Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment's Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom releases in theaters on June 22, 2018, bringing with it all the wonder, adventure, and thrills of one of the most popular and successful franchises in cinema history. This all-new motion picture event sees the…

Synopsis: Text and photographs describe the physical characteristics of the insect known as the dragonfly.

Synopsis: Pairs of fiction and nonfiction books share high-interest topics and encourage children to compare and contrast, distinguish between fact and fiction, and make the transition between fiction and nonfiction reading strategies.

Synopsis: This basic introduction to spiders demonstrates thier wide variety of colors and sizes, as well as the many different environments they live in.Be careful not to touch spiders! Just watch them closely as they spin silk to make webs, to protect their eggs, and to catch food. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Synopsis: Mrs. McNosh's dog breaks his leash and leads her on a merry chase in the park, disrupting a boating party, a wedding, and a ballgame.

Synopsis: Striking photographs and simple text convey to young children the many ways people around the world travel from one place to another. "Comprehensive and intriguing....The photographs are splendidly displayed...accompanied by a brief, provocative text....Will never stay on library shelves."--School Library Journal.

Synopsis: "Ms. Fickle's class is making a gingerbread house. But then part of the house goes missing! Where did the missing cookie go?" --Amazon.com.

Synopsis: Little Critter is eager to practice his new drums . . . maybe a little too eager!When Little Critter discovers a musical hobby, he can't wait to play his drums everywhere, exhausting his family.Before long, he realizes that he might need a few more lessons before he’s truly ready for his own rock-and-roll band.Parents and caregivers will enjoy the humor and implicit reminder to be considerate of others in this charming Little Critter picture…

Synopsis: This Book is about respect. Respect is a very difficult concept to explain to children. Long before children understand what respect is, they need to learn some of the behaviors associated with it. Repetition is a wonderful way to teach this. It is the goal here through repetition to teach, review, and reinforce some of the behaviors of respect

Synopsis: Guess what's growing in the basement . . . A baby monster! Minneapolis Simpkin is hiding it down there. But a monster is a hard thing to keep secret, especially one that hiccups and cries, and gets bigger every hour.

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: The young children in a rhyming first reader storybook bundle up in boots and warm coats, anticipating wintertime fun, but the lack of snow foils their plans until the first snowflakes of the season begin to fall. Original.