Synopsis: “Get up!” cries Mac. “It’s hot outside. So hot we need to take a ride. The bus will take us to the sea. Get up now, Cheese, and come with me!” Best friends Mac and Cheese are back—and this time, Mac wants Cheese to go to the beach with him. But oh, no, Cheese doesn’t like the beach at all! Mac finally convinces Cheese that the sea is the place to be. So with their bags packed, the friends set off—only to miss their bus. Can Cheese find a…

Synopsis: Here's a chapter book of contemporary fables about a rambunctious group of fourth graders and their amazing teacher—the globe-trotting, Mayan-ceremonial-robe-wearing Mr. Jupiter—that is sure to delight students and teachers alike. There's Calvin Tallywong, who wants to go back to kindergarten. But when he actually gets the chance, he's forced to do the squirrel dance and wear a school bus name tag. The moral of his story?Be careful what you wish…

Synopsis: The world's funniest kindergartner is back in --E-I-E-I-O!It's almost the end of the year, and Room Nine is taking a field trip to a farm! There's lots of fun farm stuff there. Like a real actual barn. And a real actual farmer. There's even real alive animals you can pet! Only, where's the gift shop? That's what Junie B. Jones would like to know. Surely no one would want Junie B. to go home empty-handed...Don't miss the other Junie B. Jones…

Synopsis: Harry and his sister Emily want to make an original valentine for their parents but cannot seem to find the right idea, until a surprise snowstorm inspires them.

Synopsis: The I Want to Be... series gives young children a realistic insight into the working day of adults. Easy-to-read captions and color photographs of women and men from different cultures help children understand what's involved in each occupation. Young readers learn to respect the importance of doing a job well and appreciate the contributions these workers make to our life and the world around us. These books are perfect for reading alone or…

Synopsis: T-Bone learns how much his friends really care about him in this original easy-to-read story that is illustrated in the style of the Clifford PBS-TV series. It's the day of Birdwell Island's people-and-pups egg hunt. People and their pooches pair up to look for colored eggs. Everyone's having fun...except T-Bone. He can't seem to find a single egg! Then, mysteriously, eggs start appearing right in front of him! Is it Easter luck? Or are his…

Synopsis: A BIG bite in the upper-right corner of this book tips kids off to a hilarious story about first-day-of-school jitters! Sammy is a shark with a bad habit--when he gets excited, he bites things. And on the first day of school, he's very excited. He (accidentally) bites the kitchen table, (almost) eats a friend while playing tag, and... (gulp!) swallows the teacher! But Sammy quickly learns his lesson: "Don't eat the stories, don't eat the…

Synopsis: This fun book is ideal for introducing young children to underground animals and nature. As the big bug digs his way down under to find a place to sleep, his encounters with underground insects and animals, rocks and roots, and fossils teach readers valuable science lessons. Eight pairs of punch-out game cards and six pages of puzzles are included. Full-color illustrations. Consumable.

Synopsis: Learn about the valuable contribution made by doctors.Doctors are the people we look to for care when we are sick, and whom we count on to keep us well. A Day with Doctors introduces readers (Ages 3-6) to many types of doctors.

Synopsis: A parody, sung to the tune of "On Top of Old Smokey," tracing the meanderings of a meatball that was sneezed off a plate of spaghetti.

Synopsis: "Ducks in muck. Ducks stuck in trucks. Trucks stuck in muck. How will the trucks and ducks get unstuck?" Discover what happens to a group of friendly ducks when they play in the muck and then are taken away in a truck!

Synopsis: In 1957, Harper published its first I Can Read title, Little Bear, written by Else Holmelund Minarik and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Large type, simple vocabulary, chapter-like divisions, and decorative pictures made Little Bear perfect for emerging readers

Synopsis: For use in schools and libraries only. Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are spending a week at a dude ranch. Everything is normal in a cowboy kind of way until Josh finds a huge gold nugget! Just as they're deciding what to do, the nugget disappears.

Synopsis: Hurray! Hurray! Celebrate 20 years of Junie B. Jones! Meet Junie B. Jones! The B. Stands for Beatrice. Except Junie B. doesn't like Beatrice. She just likes B and that's all. It's the first day of kindergarten. But Junie B. did not like riding the bus to school. Only guess what? Junie B. is an excellent hider. So, at the end of the day—when everyone lines up to go—home . . . Junie B. doesn't. With over 50 MILLION copies in print and translated…

Synopsis: Picky eater Nicky declares that she would rather eat bees and parrots than peas and carrots until her inventive family devises a clever plan to overcome her finicky habits.

Synopsis: The cat runs one way and the bear follows another way: what distance does each one cover during the chase?

Synopsis: Part of the Learn-Abouts guided reading program, this beginning reader introduces a nonfiction topic, with the use of a picture dictionary.

Synopsis: Do you like climbing? Can you climb up high? Where do you go to climb? How high can you go?

Synopsis: Students will be mesmerized by photos of carnivorous animals capturing their prey in this series for emergent readers. Text with a repeating sentence pattern will both captivate and support beginning readers of any age