Synopsis: Oh no, the school has lost all its color! In a quiet town, a wave of gray has swept over a little school. Happy kids are now bored, bored, bored. Charming halls and play grounds are now dull, dull, dull. Buzzing teachers are now tired, tired, tired. Something has to be done! On another long, gray afternoon, a student gets a surprise gift that can help save the day: a box of seven special crayons! With the charm, determination, and cleverness of…

Synopsis: What we tell ourselves matters! This is just as true for kids as it is for adults. Help your child tap into their inner strength and find the encouragement they need to navigate their daily environments. Mindful affirmations can help your child tune out the streams of messages they get about how they should be in the world. I can choose kindness. I can practice peace. I can share my gifts with the world. I Can Do Hard Things is a perfect…

Synopsis: "Daniel and Miss Elaina are playing together at school. Daniel wants to build a train. Miss Elaina wants to build a spaceship. How can they solve the problem?"--Back cover.

Synopsis: Fly Guy is looking for something to eat. A boy is looking for something to catch. Boy and fly collide, and a friendship begins. The boy's parents are sure that flies cannot be pets because they are pests. But this is not just any fly. This fly is so smart. He knows the boy's name: Buzz! Buzz convinces his parents that the fly can be his pet, and by the third chapter they are off to the amazing pet show. There, they are told again that flies are…

Synopsis: Have you ever seen a man dressed entirely in playing cards? Or a girl wearing a lollipop dress? Then take a stroll through a most unusual market in this Caldecott Honor Book created by Anita Lobel and Arnold Lobel.Here is a world of wonders, from A to Z. Inspired by seventeenth-century French trade engravings, Anita Lobel's brilliant paintings of the shopkeepers on Market Street—each composed of his or her wares—will provide blissful hours for…

Synopsis: "This story is about a little boy who keeps hearing, "Never let a dinosaur scribble!" But in his heart believes that people just don't understand how beautiful scribbling can be. He wonders what would happen if he just gave him one crayon to scribble with, and realizes that the dinosaur had other ideas in mind! The dinosaur ends up creating too much, creating a whole new set of problems. But with a little imagination makes an amazing story!" --…

Synopsis: "Billy's off to a birthday party. He can't wait! And neither can his Mini Monsters... they've sneaked into the party too. Soon Gloop's in the gelatin, Trumpet's on a balloon and Fang-Face is about to become the birthday surprise..."

Synopsis: Children can become mathematical problem solvers, learning to communicate and reason mathematically, by using the Math Counts series. The full-color photographs and simple text encourage talk about topics that are essentially mathematical.

Synopsis: Lots of unusual animals compete to be featured in this alphabet book with a difference. A lively cast of characters from aardvarks to zebras decide to disrupt and rewrite an alphabet book to make it more fun.

Synopsis: Celebrate the spirit of the season with 12 Disney and Pixar stories in this treasury of tales that can each be read aloud in five minutes! Join in the festivities of the season as Mike and Sully race to light the big Christmas tree, Alice finds the Red Queen's present, Peter Pan brings Christmas to Never Land, and more! With 12 stories featuring your favorite Disney and Pixar characters, each meant to be read aloud in five minutes, this padded…

Synopsis: When the moon gets stuck between two hills, the unicorn tries to free it with help from a griffin and an alchemist.

Synopsis: This fun role-reversal picture book will help reluctant students get excited to go back to school!It's just another school morning...until Mom, Dad, Grandma, and even Bow-wow the dog BEG the kids to let them come to school, too! Dad can tie his own shoes--why can't he come? Mom is all ready with her brand-new backpack--she's allowed, right? No! Only kids and teachers! Christina Geist's warm, interactive story is the perfect tool for parents of…

Synopsis: The letter Z is tired of being in last place—she wants to go first! So she and her best friend, Y, decide to move to the front of the alphabet. There are a lot of letters in the way! D blocks the path with his belly (too many doughnuts). I is too full of himself (“I am incredible”). And L, M, N, O, and P stick together like a brick wall. They all teach Z and Y that the full alphabet is lot more complicated than just ABC.With Mike Perry’s eye-…

Synopsis: Come along with Ryan, the seven-year-old YouTube mega-star from Ryan ToysReview, in this Level 1 Ready-to-Read! Join Ryan on a tour of Ryan’s World, a place filled with all his favorite things. In Ryan’s World, you can play sports, eat pizza, and pretend to be a superhero. You can even meet Ryan’s friends like Combo Panda and Gus the Gummy Gator! Watch it. Read it. Love it! TM…