Synopsis: Brief text and pictures introduce seeds and how they grow into plants.

Synopsis: Each car on the train has one more zoo animal than the one before, from the first car with an elephant to the last with ten birds.

Synopsis: Meet Mig the Pig. This rhyming story enables children to read at the text, word, and sentence levels. The flip-the-page format allows students to read words with the same consonant-vowel-consonant pattern and recognize rhyming.

Synopsis: Make delicious seasonal recipes and fun, simple gifts, explore maps of the night sky, and find out what to look for, season by season, wherever you are in the world. This book is beautifully illustrated and great for after school and winter/summer break projects.

Synopsis: This innovative program uses pop-ups, peepholes, and surprises, plus rhyme, rhythm, and repetition to teach students decoding strategies at three different levels.

Synopsis: Guess who's hiding? With a peephole format to keep babies and toddlers engaged, and age-appropriate text introducing simple facts about favorite objects and animals, this new series provides the perfect combination of learning and play for the littlest readers. Lift-the-flap format establishes parent and child interaction Peephole guessing game improves cognitive skills and memory Simple facts encourage early learning and oral skills Board book…

Synopsis: This colorful, photographic first reference book is ideal for children keen to find out about their world. The theme-based pages focus on topics of interest to young children, and each has a range of clear entries and annotation. Each spread has a This is it! section, focusing on the key point or points of that topic. There is also a Can you believe it? section, that will interest those children who are amazed by facts and figures. The…

Synopsis: America is a new land that holds a world of promise for a poor young man who arrives with nothing but a strong back, a loving heart, and a sense of humor--and slowly accumulates everything he's ever dreamed of. Full color.

Synopsis: Presents the many signs of fall, including geese flying south, squirrels hiding acorns, and people playing football.

Synopsis: Text and photographs describe the lives of ducklings from birth to maturity.

Synopsis: "Ants work very hard. We love it. Work is all we do. By the time I've worked, eaten, and rested, it's time to go back to work again. YIPPEE!" Meet our heroine and find out what it's like to be a hard-working ant. Vivid watercolors plus pen-and-ink drawings complement Ant's reflections in this humorous yet scientifically accurate view of everyday life in an ant colony. Beautiful and fun artwork with informative and interesting text presented in…

Synopsis: What has the whiskers of a walrus, the eyes of a mole, the wrinkles of an elephant, the tail of a beaver, and the gentle nature of a sloth? A slow-moving, water-loving, plant-eating, gentle giant called a manatee. The manatee has been swimming the oceans for ages. But today this ancient animal faces an uncertain future. In this Society of School Librarians International Honor Book, Stephen Swinburne takes young readers into the underwater world…

Synopsis: Old Mother Hubbard plants a watermelon in her garden and it grows to an enormous size. She aids the help of Humpty Dumpty, Little Miss Muffet, Jack and Jill, and Wee Willy Winky to drag it to the house.

Synopsis: The flip the page format of the original small books has been retained, allowing the whole class to understand that if they can read Jen they can read HEn, Pen and lots of other simple words that follow the same CVC pattern. Children will quickly get the idea that they can create and recognize strings of rhyming CVC words simply by changing the initial consonant.

Synopsis: 2008 Harcourt Math Concept Reader Grade K -- Shortest and Longest: Where I Live (P) by Amy Ayers ***Word Count: 81, Genre: Expository Nonfiction ***ISBN-13: 9780153602160 ***12 Pages

Synopsis: Manatees are the gentle giants of southeastern coastal waterways. An endangered species, their biggest threat is humans, who unwittingly hit them with their boats in shallow waters. Jim Arnosky's conversational narrative tells the story of one such accident, which leads the manatee to be taken to a rescue and rehabilitation facility. There they discover that the manatee is pregnant. And while she recovers and gives birth to a healthy baby, she…