Synopsis: This hilarious book will have children tying their tongues in knots as they try to read aloud the most terrible tongue twisters ever written. They'll have so much fun they won't even realise that they're learning to read at the same time! With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully…

Synopsis: When Sam-I-am pesters a grumpy grouch to eat a plate of green eggs and ham, we soon find we can't know what we really like until we have tried it! -- back cover.

Synopsis: * WINNER OF THE SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2013 * * Shortlisted for the 2013 RSL Ondaatje Prize * * Shortlisted for Banff Adventure Travel Prize * * Shortlisted for Saltire Book of the Year Award * Gavin Francis fulfilled a lifetime's ambition when he spent fourteen months as the base-camp doctor at Halley, a profoundly isolated British research station on the Caird Coast of Antarctica. So remote, it is said to be easier to evacuate a…

Synopsis: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Kids will love learning how wacky words can be with this classic picture book of tongue twisters from Dr. Seuss! “This is a book you READ ALOUD to find out just how smart your tongue is. The first time you read it, don’t go fast! This Fox is a tricky fox. He’ll try to get your tongue in trouble.” When a fox in socks meets Knox in a box, you know that hilarity will ensue! Add chicks with bricks (and blocks and clocks) and…

Synopsis: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Catch a case of the yawns with Dr. Seuss in this classic rhyming picture book. Bedtime has never been more fun! A yawn is quite catching, you see. Like a cough. It just takes one yawn to start other yawns off. Dr. Seuss spins a sleep-tastic tale about a very small bug and a very big yawn that spreads and spreads. Meanwhile, the Audio-Telly-o-Tally-o Count adds up every sleeping creature from the country of Keck to the…

Synopsis: Clifford and his family celebrate Clifford's first Thanksgiving at the train station with other stranded friends when snow cancels their trip to Emily Elizabeth's grandmother's.

Synopsis: When Mrs. Wishy-Washy asks her farm animals to take a bath for Christmas, they find a way to take one without freezing.

Synopsis: This brand new gift edition of a holiday classic tells the tender story of two bears who interrupt their hibernation to celebrate Valentine's Day together, from the winning author-illustrator team of Eve Bunting and Jan Brett.

Synopsis: Although Henry's cousin Annie likes his dog Mudge, when she gets her own pet she decides that a bunny will be perfect for her.

Synopsis: Arthur's wrong guess about the identity of the secret admirer sending him valentine messages leads to teasing by the other children, but clues in additional messages allow him to get his due.

Synopsis: Hannah looks forward to Robin Hill School's celebration of one hundred days of classes, but when a cold keeps her home the day of the party she decides to bring in the one hundred buttons she found anyway.

Synopsis: It's almost Christmas. Jack is excited, but nervous too. He doesn't want to have to talk to Santa. So when his parents take him to visit Santa as the mall, Jack slips behind a curtain. Much to his surprise another shy person is also hiding. You'll never guess who! There is plenty of holiday cheer for everyone in this reassuring and lively holiday story.

Synopsis: One day the earth gets a warm wake-up call from the sun -- it's Spring! Earth tells a little worm, and before long the happy gossip travels far and wide. . . . Lisa Campbell Ernst celebrates the awakening of life that comes with Spring. Her playful words and pictures resonate with the cheeriness that rises with the season.

Synopsis: Young readers can hunt for Christmas trees, bells, Santa's little helpers, and other items in page after page of search-and-find puzzles that detail the holiday visit that Alexis and John and their three friends pay to their grandparents.

Synopsis: With Mrs. Holiday's help, the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, and the Tooth Fairy learn to improve the notes they leave children after their visits.

Synopsis: Whether you say mjomba or uncle, chachi or aunt, jidd or grandfather, you will recognize the love in the pages of this book. Whether your relatives live in Maine or Mexico, Colorado or Kenya, they are linked to you and you to them. The cultures that distinguish us and the families that connect us are cause for celebration in this book that shows that the world is smaller than we think.

Synopsis: Teaches the basics of fire safety as it follows a team of fire-fighting Dalmatians as they hop into their fire trucks, arrive at the scene of a fire, put out the flames, and help the people to safety.

Synopsis: Flashing Fire Engines (Amazing Machines) by Tony Mitton and Ant Parker"Big Bold fire engines, waiting day and night, Ready for a rescue or a blazing fire to fight. As soon as there's a fire alarm, the engines start to roar. The firefighters jump aboard...it rumbles out the door." Jump aboard a bright red fire engine with a trio of friendly animal firefighters as sirens wail, lights flash, fire hoses squirt, and fires blaze -- in this story that…

Synopsis: A little angel and a young shepherd boy help each other reach Bethlehem to see the Christ Child.