Synopsis: Did you know that a tree is the biggest plant that grows? How does a tree get the food it needs? What happens to trees in the winter? Read and find out about an apple tree's life cycle through every season.Now rebranded with a new cover look, this Common Core exemplar book features content-rich vocabulary in a classic text by Clyde Robert Bulla, beautifully detailed illustrations updated by Stacey Schuett, and a find out more section with simple…

Synopsis: Build Strong Character and Reading Skills Help put an end to bullying and violence by focusing on and teaching positive peer interaction. These motivational readers allow you to double your instructional time by teaching children important character-building values while promoting practice with their reading skills. The books complement a CD or cassette that includes a narrative reading of each book as well as the lyrics presented as a song.…

Synopsis: Build Strong Character and Reading Skills Help put an end to bullying and violence by focusing on and teaching positive peer interaction. These motivational readers allow you to double your instructional time by teaching children important character-building values while promoting practice with their reading skills. The books complement a CD or cassette that includes a narrative reading of each book as well as the lyrics presented as a song.…

Synopsis: The first things we notice about zebras are their stripes! But just as you have your own unique fingerprint, each zebra has its own special stripe pattern. Learn all about these amazing animals that live on the African plains—why they have stripes, why they travel in groups, and how they protect themselves from predators.

Synopsis: Chicken Lily may be a lot of things--a careful colorer, a patient puzzler, and a quiet hide-and-seeker (she never made a peep!)--but brave has never been one of them. That's why, when a school-wide poetry jam is announced in class, Lily is terrified. Will she sound like a bird brain?Although Lily's friends Baabette and Pigsley try to encourage her, Lily feels like a rotten egg. Finally, Lily realizes that she must put her best claw forward and…

Synopsis: This series takes an inside look at the machines that have changed the world -- Big Yellow Machines! Children are always fascinated by big machinery. This series brings the earthmoving equipment to life through rich photographs and fun, informative text. These books are specially designed for beginning readers and young listeners, and are presented in a style that is sure to capture and hold a child's attention.

Synopsis: Let Harold and his purple crayon lead you on a fantastic journey of the imagination. The beloved classic is now available as a board book, perfect for little hands at bedtime.

Synopsis: Danny practices counting while he and his grandmother watch first ducks, then swans, swim by.

Synopsis: Hercules, a classroom guinea pig, has a revelation when he watches the first graders grow plants from seeds. He wants to grow things, too! And during summer vacation (spent with the teacher's dad), he gets his chance. With the help of a friendly rabbit, Herky prepares the soil, carefully plants pumpkin seeds, and waits. And waits, and waits. One of the most important things he learns about gardening is patience. It's very hard to go back to…

Synopsis: Follow Margaret Brown's furry, lovable bunny on his springtime journey to find a home in this Little Golden Book classic perfect for Easter! Generations of children have followed this adorable bunny in this classic story from the author of Goodnight Moon. A family favorite since 1956, Margaret Wise Brown's simple yet playful tale is brought to life by Garth Williams's exquisite artwork.

Synopsis: A little bunny keeps runningaway from his mother in an imaginative and imaginary game of verbal hide-and-seek; children will be profoundly comforted by this lovingly steadfast mother who finds her child every time. The Runaway Bunny, first published in 1942 and never out of print, has indeed become a classic. Generations of readers have fallen in love with the gentle magic of its reassuring words and loving pictures.

Synopsis: During the pandemic, Hippie Chick Apiary has been working on a special project to inspire the next generation of Bee Keepers. Henry Meets a Honey Bee is a 30 page children's book that uses bright colors, age appropriate art, and fictional characters to educate children on the importance and life of honey bees, one of nature's favorite pollinators.So to the many Educators, Parents, Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles of the world come support Hippie…

Synopsis: Little ones will hover over this colorful look at insect critters as they peek through die-cuts and enjoy a final pop-up surprise.Lucy sees a beautiful butterfly in the garden, along with a bright green beetle, a brilliant blue dragonfly, some red ladybugs, and many more flying and crawling things. But when will the radiant butterfly appear again? Petr Horácek uses his trademark saturated hues and simple shapes to create an enticing view of the…

Synopsis: Beep! Beep! Meet Blue! Filled with truck sounds and animal noises, Little Blue Truck is a rollicking homage to the power of friendship and the rewards of helping others.A muddy country road is no match for this little pick-up—that is, until he gets stuck while pushing a dump truck out of the muck.Luckily, Blue has made a pack of farm animal friends along his route. And they're willing to do whatever it takes to get their pal back on the road.…

Synopsis: Little Red Riding Hood, a padded storybook perfect for young readers! Introducing a fun retelling of the well-known fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood. The story is retold in a witty and engaging style, which children will love. Stuart Lynch's unique, hilarious illustrations bring the story to life and perfectly complement the fun, rhyming text. The padded format is easy for little hands to hold, making this the perfect book for children and…

Synopsis: A little girl delights in a world full of all different kinds of shoes--especially the new shoes she gets to wear to a party.

Synopsis: In this jazzy countdown, a band of chimps sneaks out of bed and boogies on down to the local watering hole. One by one, each primate finds a partner and dances the night away—at least until Mama Chimp catches on and they have to cha-cha all the way back home! With its catchy refrain and dazzling assortment of animals, from jitterbugging lions to hippos who hokey-pokey, this book will have readers cha-chacha-ing every evening!

Synopsis: Learn to count in this “icky” introduction to bugs and numbers now in a board book format perfect for little hands. For most children, insects and the small world they inhabit is endlessly creepy, crawly, and fascinating. Best-selling author Jerry Pallotta delivers a fun first concepts book that uncovers the wild world of bugs and insects. From the Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly to Yellowjacket Flies, readers will learn intriguing facts while…