Synopsis: First published in 1968, Ten Black Dots is a counting book, a book of simple rhymes, and a book of everyday objects.

Synopsis: Charlie, the smallest child in his first grade class, is amazed to discover that of the three pumpkins his teacher brings to school, the tiniest one has the most seeds.

Synopsis: Nancy is determined to make the cover of her very first book report as fancy as she can, but she spends so much time on it that she has no time to write about the book.

Synopsis: Detective Doggedly, a pair of cows, and a sheep who looks very familiar are all nearby each time three pigs get in trouble, but the big bad wolf is conspicuously absent.

Synopsis: Rhyming verses trace the events leading up to the first Thanksgiving Day.

Synopsis: Offers young readers information about their teeth, including how to care for them properly.

Synopsis: It takes a firm apple to stand up to bullies.When Mac, an apple, meets Will, a worm, they become fast friends, teaching each other games and even finishing each other's sentences. But apples aren't supposed to like worms, and Mac gets called "rotten" and "bad apple." At first, Mac doesn't know what to do—it's never easy standing up to bullies--but after a lonely day without Will, Mac decides he'd rather be a bad apple with Will than a sad apple…

Synopsis: A young girl spends a glorious fall day picking apples and searching for the perfect pumpkin in this refreshed classic."When red and yellow leaves are on the trees," a little girl goes with her parents to a farm where they pick apples and choose "the best pumpkin of them all." Back home, she helps to carve a grinning jack-o'-lantern face on the big orange pumpkin, which guards their doorstep on halloween night while her mother hands out shiny…

Synopsis: An inquisitive little mouse takes in the sights and sounds of his very first Halloween night in this charming story.One spooky night when the moon was bright, Mouse crept around, and this is what he found… Join Mouse on a spooky fall night. He hears bats flying, leaves falling, and children singing “Trick or Treat!.” What can it mean? Find the answer in this sturdy board book edition of the bestselling picture book.

Synopsis: An old school classical story about a child being mean before valentines day. Who eventually comes around and be civil to his other peers.

Synopsis: Paperback

Synopsis: Key Features Description Owls are supposed to be wise, but young Spotty Owl doesn't want to be wise. He wants to be silly! Father Owl, who is truly wise, wonders when Spotty will finally grow up and use his wisdom to help the other forest animals. When Father Owl has to go off to help another animal, and must leave Spotty on his own, Spotty decides: "I'll just pretend to be wise. Nobody will know I'm not." Soon he's visited by Suzy Squirrel. She…

Synopsis: Story about the chain of events happening on a farm when a single leaf blows into the barn.

Synopsis: Santa goes to considerable trouble before discovering that reindeer are just the right animals to pull his sleigh.

Synopsis: When Fox wants someone to play with, he takes his Mom's advice and sets off to make a friend. What happens along the way surprises him! Fox is about to make the best friends he could ever hope for--but not in the way he imagined.

Synopsis: Gloria Whelan's National Book Award–winning novel, chronicles the breathtaking story of a remarkable young woman who dares to defy fate. Like many girls her age in India, thirteen–year–old Koly faces her arranged marriage with hope and courage. But Koly's story takes a terrible turn when in the wake of the ceremony, she discovers she's been horribly misled; her life has been sold for a dowry. In prose both graceful and unflinching, this…

Synopsis: New Look! Relaunched with new jackets and 8 pages of new text! A detailed look at life in Egypt - from the pharaoh and his courtiers, through the mystical rites of the priests, to the world of the workers in the fields. Featuring stunning items from the tomb of Tutankhamun and jewelry from the royal palaces, Eyewitness Ancient Egypt shows how Egyptian palaces, Eyewitness Ancient Egypt shows how Egyptian nobles lived. Find out how they prepared…

Synopsis: A Gathering of Days is Joan W. Blos' novel that serves as a fictional version of a New England girl's journal.The journal of a 14-year-old girl, kept the last year she lived on the family farm, records daily events in her small New Hampshire town, her father's remarriage, and the death of her best friend.

Synopsis: In alternating chapters, two eighth-graders describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.