Synopsis: A frog in the bog grows larger and larger as he eats more and more bugs, until he attracts the attention of an alligator who puts an end to his eating.

Synopsis: Designed to help the development of sound literacy skills in children learning to read and spell three letter words. This book focuses on three letter words with middle e sound. Includes attached interactive letter wheel.

Synopsis: What does your skeleton do?Your skeleton helps you leap, somersault, and touch your toes—without it, you would be as floppy as a beanbag! There are over 200 bones living and growing inside you that make up your skeleton. There are also ligaments and joints that hold your bones together, and cartilage in your bendable parts like your ears and your nose. Learn all about what a skeleton can do—because this isn't some make-believe Halloween skeleton…

Synopsis: From the team that created the ALA Notable Book The Cod's Tale comes the fascinating history of salt, which has been the object of wars and revolutions and is vital for life.Based on Mark Kurlansky's critically acclaimed bestseller Salt: A World History, this handsome picture book explores every aspect of salt: The many ways it's gathered from the earth and sea; how ancient emperors in China, Egypt, and Rome used it to keep their subjects happy…

Synopsis: Key Features Description Funny and factual, this picture book shines a light on the star of the solar system. "Charming" -Kirkus Funny and factual, this picture book shines a light on the star of the solar system. "Charming" -Kirkus Standards RI.2.2. Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text. RI.2.2. Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of…

Synopsis: Nancy, Bess, and George are excited about their school trip to the Wildlife Refuge, but when they arrive the animal Nancy most wants to see, a sixty-year-old tortoise, is on the loose.

Synopsis: DK Readers now have a fresh new look featuring redesigned jackets and interiors, and up-to-date vocabulary throughout! Stunning photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging age-appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multi-level reading program guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge. With DK Readers, children learn to read — then read to learn!

Synopsis: Describes the work of two people who study tornadoes in the Midwest by discovering and following them

Synopsis: My Florida Alphabet is not just another alphabet. Join Big Al, the tugboat, as he chugs through Florida from A to Z. And sing along, performing the gestures for each letter. Research continues to prove that adding movement, music, and rhythm facilitates learning. The authors have used this method in their classrooms with fast and amazing results.Includes a CD of "My Florida Alphabet" song.

Synopsis: When Roger Duvoisin first introduced children to his proud and silly goose, Petunia, in 1950, it was love at first sight. Those children have grown up, but Petunia is every bit as fresh and funny and muddled as the day she was born.In this, the first of the series of classic books featuring the silly goose, Petunia finds a book--and, deciding that if she owns a book she must be wise, dispenses hilariously mistaken advice to the other animals in…

Synopsis: Expl on Your Own What Can Pull Wagons? FL

Synopsis: Carl Hiaasen takes us deep in the Everglades with an eccentric eco-avenger, a ticked-off panther, and two kids on a mission to find their missing teacher. Florida—where the animals are wild and the people are wilder! Bunny Starch, the most feared biology teacher ever, is missing. She disappeared after a school field trip to Black Vine Swamp. And, to be honest, the kids in her class are relieved. But when the principal tries to tell the students…

Synopsis: TRADE PB

Synopsis: Looking for intriguing mysteries, great friendship stories, and quality chapter books for beginning readers? Look no further: Jigsaw and Mila are the best detectives on the market! The best detective in second grade is back -- and this time, he's cracking a Valentine's Day mystery! When the class's Valentine's Day candy stash disappears, it's up to Jigsaw and Mila to figure out who stole it. But there's more than one person with a sweet tooth…

Synopsis: NARNIA...the land beyond the wardrobe, the secret country known only to Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy...the place where the adventure begins.Lucy is the first to find the secret of the wardrobe in the Professor's mysterious old house. At first, no one believes her when she tells of her adventures in the land of Narnia. But soon Edmund and then Peter and Susan discover the Magic and meet Aslan, the Great Lion, for themselves. In the blink of an…

Synopsis: On back--"It's a very, very windy day and Elmer and cousin Wilbur are up to their tricks again, making their friends believe that Elmer has been blown away. But they didn't realize how strong the wind really is, and Elmer is in for a surprise!"

Synopsis: On back--"The hunters are coming and all the elephants are worried. Elmer, the patchwork elephant, comes up with a plan to outwit the hunters but things don't turn out quite as planned ..."

Synopsis: "The story of Helen Keller, who learned to read and write despite being deaf and blind, and became an activist who fought for the rights of disabled people"--