Synopsis: Let the Scholastic bookshelf be your guide through the whole range of your child's reading experience--laugh with them, learn with them, read with them!Category: Math SkillsYour challenge is to find the sumWithout counting one by oneWhy not count? It's much too slow --Adding is the way to go!Make clever groups before you start --Then add them in a way that's smart!MATH FOR ALL SEASONS will challenge every kid -- and every parent -- to open their…

Synopsis: The story uses chicken soup as a unifying theme to present an illustrated tour of the months of the year.

Synopsis: Can the three Billy Goats Gruff cross the troll’s bridge without being eaten? Find out in the perfect introduction to the beloved must-have classic by two-time Caldecott Honor-winner Paul Galdone.The three Billy Goats Gruff are hungry! They want to go over the bridge and up the hillside to a fine meadow full of grass and daisies where they can eat and eat and eat.But under the bridge lives a troll who's as mean as he is ugly… How will they ever…

Synopsis: A quixotic adaptation of the well-known jump-rope rhyme with illustrations that are just as humorous as the unexpected results of a well-meaning experiment

Synopsis: "El Monstruo!" Every day is the same for Pablo's father. Then one afternoon the ground growls, hisses smoke, and swallows up his plow. A volcano is erupting in the middle of his cornfield!

Synopsis: A Walk on the Wild SideA tiny bug goes for a walk, but it's no ordinary stroll. Soon he bumps into a cat, then a crocodile, and even a baby pig! More creatures join them, until they tippy-toe into a mysterious yellow house that happens to belong to a young boy, who happily tumble bumbles with them.TUMBLE BUMBLE was written and illustrated by Felicia Bond, who is also the creator of THE HALLOWEEN PLAY, POINSETTIA AND HER FAMILY, and many other…

Synopsis: From the creators of the bestselling Lunch Money, here is a long-awaited follow-up collection of lively, lighthearted school poetry. Exploring a broad range of school-based events--from oral reports to science projects to bake sales--these poems shed hilarious new light on the universal experience of grade school. Filled with wit, humor, and laugh-out-loud verse, the twenty-two poems in this collection are sure to please students (and teachers…

Synopsis: "There's a curious commotion at the bottom of the ocean. I think we ought to go…

Synopsis: Children will adore these rhyming misadventures of a group of zany sheep on a pirate ship. "The staccato rhyming text packs in plenty of action, while the excellent expressive colored-pencil drawings catch these bumbling swashbucklers in realistically sheepish glory".--School Library Journal.

Synopsis: Where those kings are headed is a mystery, but no travelers ever had such a jolly time. Here is a royal romp through a tongue-twisting paradise.

Synopsis: Our nation was founded on the belief that all men are created equal. Nearly two hundred years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, slavery had been abolished but America was still segregated. Then: Enter the students who marched into the first desegregated school, the passengers who boycotted the buses, and the leaders who stood up and spoke out. When they started, it was all just a dream. . . . Through striking, powerful…

Synopsis: Fast-forward to reading with "Puffin StoryTapes" Now children can enjoy popular, best-selling Puffin books recorded on high-quality tapes. They can read along with the book or just listen and enjoy the lively narration - complete with music and sound effects throughout each and every story. Pre-readers will love looking at all the wonderful illustrations as they learn to recognize words and expand their vocabulary. Entertaining and educational…

Synopsis: This energetic collection of twenty-four poems brings the excitement of a child's first few years at school to life. From opening a box of squeaky new crayons and swinging way up high on the playground swings to getting caught passing a note and bidding farewell to a beloved class pet, the highlights and the lowlights of classroom life are captured here."The rhymes and sounds and wordplay are part of the fun."-Booklist