Synopsis: All summer, Little Nell has tended the garden with BIG Mama, BIG Sarah, and BIG Lizzie, and finally the pumpkins are ready for Halloween. Her sisters choose smooth, round pumpkins to carve, but Little Nell likes a bumpy little one best. Sarah and Lizzie jeer, "It's bumpy and little and ugly!" But Little Nell perseveres. With help from her animal friends, she scoops and carves it into a wonderful jack-o'-lantern! This sweet tale shows that jack-o…

Synopsis: Dimensions of Big Book: 15 by 18 inches Pages: 48 Fountas & Pinnell Reading Level: L

Synopsis: Large, colorful pictures will engage readers (and lookers) in a series of bat facts. Two among these facts: Bats are the only mammals that can fly. A little bat can eat about 600 bugs an hour--that's like eating 20 pizzas a night!

Synopsis: Pinduli, a young striped hyena, is hurt by the unkind words of Dog, Lion, and Zebra, but her clever trick in return promotes her clan's survival and spreads harmony throughout the savannah. Includes backmatter notes about hyenas and other animals of the African savannah.

Synopsis: If you think idioms are a tough nut to crack, pick up the revised SCHOLASTIC DICTIONARY OF IDIOMS. Fun new design and more than 700 common American phrases, sayings, and expressions.Cat got your tongue? Penny for your thoughts? Come again? Every day, idioms bring color to our speech. Since they don't really mean what they say, idioms can stump even the native English-speaker. Marvin Terban makes understanding idioms as easy as pie with the…

Synopsis: Ryan, Luke and Carly need to collect and recycle 5,000 cans if they want to make enough money to plant flowers in Gilroy Park. A lesson about recycling and the math skill of place value makes this an Earth Day story that counts.

Synopsis: Olive the dog goes to great lengths to return the giant heart that her friend Dexter left on her doorstep.

Synopsis: Little Penguin looked up at the big penguins with their sleek, shiney feathers and their long strong beaks. He wished more than anything for the day when he could be just like them.

Synopsis: There's a problem on the playground! The boys won't let the girls play soccer with them during recess. Emma is furious! So she figures out a plan to get them to change their minds. And in the end they all learn that the best teams are the ones that everyone gets to play on!.

Synopsis: The Little Engine that Could advises how to find one's own track, handle life's ups and downs, and even face the dark tunnels that can make one frightened or sad.

Synopsis: An introduction to the physical characteristics, habits, and characteristics of different kinds of bears.

Synopsis: Bestselling team Robert Munsch and Michael Martchenko create another funny adventure about a girl named Tina, who loves her brand-new socks so much that she's never ever going to take them off! Tina loves her brand-new socks so much that she's never ever going to take them off! But when her wonderful socks start to get smelly, her friends have to take action!

Synopsis: All Aboard Reading!On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people came to the nation's capital. They came by plane, by bus, by car--even on roller-skates--to speak out against segregation and to demand equal rights for everyone. They also came to hear the words of a very special leader, Martin Luther King, Jr. Told with a wonderful immediacy, this book captures the spirit of this landmark day in American history and brings Dr. King's "I Have a…

Synopsis: A mouse works his way through the alphabet as he folds the "F," measures the "M," and rolls the "R."

Synopsis: When five sharks go swimming in the sea, one by one they get into a mishap and the mother must call the doctor.