Synopsis: After Ms. Frizzle takes her class to visit a beekeeper, the Magic School Bus mysteriously vibrates, shrinks, and flies right into a beehive. And when Ms. Frizzle tells everyone to be a bee, the adventure begins. Full color.

Synopsis: Ginger the cat lives a comfortable life, but when a pesky little kitten moves in, Ginger must share his bed, his meals, and the attention from his people with the intruder, in an ideal tale for cat lovers and children.

Synopsis: Because of a bet, Billy is in the uncomfortable position of having to eat fifteen worms in fifteen days. The worms are supplied by his opponent, whose motto is "The bigger and juicier, the better!" At first Billy's problem is whether or not he can swallow the worm placed before him, even with a choice of condiments from peanut butter to horseradish. But later it looks as if Billy will win, and the challenge becomes getting to the worm to eat it…

Synopsis: "The story of how a boy who loved to read changed the world forever." This is a captivating book, written in what seems to me to be free verse. I would say it is suitable for all elementary grades, to be read to the younger students and read by the older ones. Its emphasis lies in Abe Lincoln's childhood. He doesn't study law until page 34 out of 37, and he's elected the 16th President on page 36. Children will learn about young Abe's family…

Synopsis: Describes what firefighters wear, the equipment they use, and how they fight fires.

Synopsis: Who made tracks in the soft mud by the stream? Whose tracks are curving lines in the mud around the puddle? With simple text and a guessing-game format, children can explore the animal community in the forest. Directions for making plaster casts, track tracings, and track "traps" enable children to become track detectives in their own backyards.

Synopsis: A timely, award-winning first book on wetlands for young naturalists and conservationists. A classroom favorite!Wetlands are some of the world's most at-risk environments today. In this addition to the award-winning About Habitats series, author and educator Cathryn Sill explores the major attributes of wetlands and demonstrates their remarkable diversity using examples from around the globe.She uses simple, easy-to-understand language to teach…

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

Synopsis: Presents a picture of life in colonial America and reviews the causes and major events of the American Revolution.

Synopsis: When a kitty discovers there is no cat food in the house, she decides to become very, very bad. From the creator of the New York Times bestseller Boing! comes the riotous story of a cat gone berserk; four times over an in alphabetical order each time. Kitty is not happy when she's told that her favorite foods are all gone and all that's left are asparagus, beets, cauliflower, dill, and 22 other equally unappealing vegetables. So she ate my…

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Synopsis: "After seeing his friend Peg getting a walk outside in the snow Pug must be persistent to convince his teenaged master to take him out for a walk as well"--

Synopsis: In this funny, all-too-human picture book, Mayer's famous Little Critter dreams of the day when he will be big enough to go to first grade, dial phone numbers by himself, camp out in the backyard, or walk to the corner store.

Synopsis: WHAT WAS THAT? That’s the roaring burp of a bullfrog! SEE THAT? That’s the slick, shiny skin of colorful little rainforest frogs! Alive with froggy facts, this book has the coolest photos to bring kids deep into the swampy world of our amphibian amigos.National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources.Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.

Synopsis: i can read, pete the cat play ball