Synopsis: BASED ON THE MUCH-LOVED FARMYARD TALES SERIES, THESE BOARD BOOKS CONTAIN DELIGHTFUL STORIES TOLD IN VERY SIMPLE, CLEAR LANGUAGE, WHICH ARE PERFECT FOR ADULTS AND SMALL CHILDREN TO ENJOY TOGETHER. STEPHEN CARTWRIGHT'S CHARMING ILLUSTRATIONS GIVE CLEAR CLUES TO THE WORDS AND THEIR MEANING, AND PROVIDE PLENTY OF THINGS TO LOOK FOR AND TALK ABOUT.

Synopsis: This guide to idioms provides the student with an "ace up your sleeve!" Idioms bring color to our speech every day. Included are idioms from Native American and African American speech as well as the Bible, Aesop, and Shakespeare.

Synopsis: A fantasy of the future that sheds a blazing critical light on the present--considered to be Aldous Huxley' s most enduring masterpiece. "Mr. Huxley is eloquent in his declaration of an artist' s faith in man, and it is his eloquence, bitter in attack, noble in defense, that, when one has closed the book, one remembers."--"Saturday Review of Literature" "A Fantastic racy narrative, full of much excellent satire and literary horseplay."--"Forum…

Synopsis: Remember Sudden Fiction International—that bounty of short-short stories from all over the world? Literary folks loved them. Students carried the book around with them. And people on the run found the length of each story (no more than 2000 words) perfect respites from their busy lives.Responding to America's love affair with the short-short, editors Shapard and Thomas consulted nearly two-hundred magazines and chose the sixty stories, written…

Synopsis: It is short, has easy to turn board pages, and the children love the animal pictures and sounds. It is great from birth to 3+years. This is a must in any children book collection.

Synopsis: A puppy helps a little duck find its way home to the pond.

Synopsis: Key Features Description It's evening in the forest, and Little Owl wakes up from his day-long sleep to watch his friends enjoying the night. Hedgehog sniffs for mushrooms, Skunk nibbles at berries, Frog croaks, and Cricket sings. A full moon rises and Little Owl can't understand why anyone would want to miss it. Could the daytime be nearly as wonderful? Mama Owl begins to describe it to him, but as the sun comes up, Little Owl falls fast asleep…

Synopsis: As each animal wakes up and greets the day it wakes up another animal until all the farm animals wake the farmer who feeds them. Curriculum terms: sounds, language. Suggested level: preschool, juniors.

Synopsis: Key Features Description An orange begins its life as a blossom where bees feast on the nectar, and reaches the end of its journey, bursting with the seasons inside it, in the hands of a child. An orange begins its life as a blossom where bees feast on the nectar, and reaches the end of its journey, bursting with the seasons inside it, in the hands of a child. Standards RL.K.1. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key…

Synopsis: Without apology Nobel Prize author Toni Morrison describes herself as an African American woman writer. These collected interviews reveal her to be much more. She has shared space in her creative life for her career in publishing, in teaching, and in being a single parent. Writing, however, is one thing she "refuses to live without." These interviews beginning in 1974 reveal an artist whose creativity is intimately linked with her African…

Synopsis: Caroline Jayne Church makes a splash with this popular preschool song! Rain, rain, go away, Come again another day! The third title in Caroline Jayne Church's three-book song series, Rain, Rain, Go Away is already a well-loved preschool favorite. Now this board book with a full-foil cover will catch everyone's eye (rain or shine!) as Church's toddlers and stuffed animals are as adorable as ever in colorful rain gear. A pitch-perfect song for…

Synopsis: During the first half of the 19th century, as many as 100,000 Native Americans were relocated west of the Mississippi River from their homelands in the East. The best known of these forced emigrations was the Cherokee Removal of 1838. Christened Nu-No-Du-Na-Tlo-Hi-Lu--literally "the Trail Where They Cried"--by the Cherokees, it is remembered today as the Trail of Tears. In Voices from the Trail of Tears, editor Vicki Rozema re-creates this…

Synopsis: Once in a while you get a second chance. For Travis Cody this is one of those times. His team, the Oil Camp Roughnecks, is facing the Pineview Pelicans for the state championship. Travis will have forty-eight minutes head-to-head with rival Jericho Grooms. Forty-eight minutes to redeem himself for letting Grooms break him on the play that cost the Roughnecks an undefeated season. Forty-eight minutes to prove he isn't a quitter.

Synopsis: Just when everything is coming together for Sam, his girlfriend Alicia drops a bombshell. Make that ex-girlfriend—because by the time she tells him she’s pregnant, they’ve already called it quits. Sam does notwant to be a teenage dad.There’s only one person Sam can turn to—his hero, skating legend Tony Hawk. Sam believes the answers to life’s hurdles can be found in Hawk’s autobiography. But even Tony Hawk isn’t offering answers this time—or is…

Synopsis: One day down on the farm, Duck got a wild idea, waddled over to where the boy parked his bike, climbed on and began to ride. Duck rides past all the barnyard animals. When a group of kids ride by on their bikes and run into the farmhouse, leaving the bikes outside, all the animals can ride bikes, just like Duck!

Synopsis: This enchanting book displays a small sampling of the amusing, touching, and sometimes precocious letters sent to Albert Einstein by children from around the world, and his often witty and very considerate responses. Alice Calaprice has compiled a delightful and charming collection of more than 60 letters, most never published before, from children to perhaps the greatest scientist of all time. Enhancing this correspondence are numerous…

Synopsis: Aaron is plagued by the sounds of crying in his family's new home. Could they be the sobs of his late uncle's missing wife?

Synopsis: Experience the Joy of Music through Story and Song The award-winning duo of Greg…