Synopsis: Dan the dog sleeps late on the morning of his baseball game. Fortunately, Leap the frog shows up with a plan to get Dan to the game on time.

Synopsis: When two young boys with two big balloons meet, there's nothing to do but argue about whose is better. Now available in paperback, this newly recolored edition of the "I Can Read" classic is just right for emergent readers. "With humor in both words and drawings, the author entices beginners into reading".--"The Horn Book". Full color.

Synopsis: Mokey, a quiet Fraggle, and her best friend Red, a noisy Fraggle, have very different experiences along the way to Brushplant Cave.

Synopsis: The main character of Coretta Scott King Award and Caldecott Honor winner Tar Beach takes flight once again, encountering Harriet Tubman and learning about the Underground Railroad. Cassie, who flew above New York in Tar Beach, soars into the sky once more. This time, she and her brother Be Be meet a train full of people, and Be Be joins them. But the train departs before Cassie can climb aboard. With Harriet Tubman as her guide, Cassie retraces…

Synopsis: Introduce young children to the basics of reading maps. This fun nonfiction book features bright images, simple text, and a supporting glossary and index to help beginning readers develop foundational literacy skills as they learn how to read a map. Kindergarten students will be engaged and encouraged to practice their mapping skills and share what they learn.

Synopsis: When fall comes, two brothers enjoy catching the falling leaves, stomping on them, kicking them, jumping in piles of them, and using them to make pictures, in a story which includes a description of how leaves change through the year.

Synopsis: Sure to provoke giggles, this book is an increasingly silly tour through different musical styles (and, of course, pies!) As one by one, sweet young'uns ask for and receive their favorite pie, readers feast upon bluegrass and gospel, opera, jazz, rock 'n' roll, and more. They might even be inspired to make up their own crazy kind of pie and sing out loud!

Synopsis: A modern classic that no child should miss. Since it was first published in 1939, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel has delighted generations of children. Mike and his trusty steam shovel, Mary Anne, dig deep canals for boats to travel through, cut mountain passes for trains, and hollow out cellars for city skyscrapers -- the very symbol of industrial America. But with progress come new machines, and soon the inseparable duo are out of work.…

Synopsis: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Enjoy 30 sweet blueberry recipes in this beautifully illustrated official cookbook based on the beloved children’s classic Blueberries for Sal.With over three million copies sold since its publication in 1948, Robert McCloskey’s Blueberries for Sal has established its place in the hearts of readers worldwide. Now, for the first time, you can share Little Sal’s love of blueberries with this charming cookbook of thirty family…

Synopsis: Starting and ending with adorable ducklings, this 60-year old story is still as charming today as it was when Viking first published it in 1941. A true classic, Make Way for Ducklings is sure to win yet another generation of fans!

Synopsis: Armando's family is pepenadores, trash pickers, living off things they can use, recycle, and sell from the city trash dump. Armando works with his father to help support the family, but he also finds things for himself--pencil stubs, a notebook, and an old paint set--with which to write and paint. One summer Senor David arrives and begins teaching school on a blue tarp spread on the ground. Armando's parents finally decide that learning may help…

Synopsis: Single copy of Animals of Denali (Pioneer). Adventure with the wild animals and people of the Denali National Park in Alaska through the changing seasons.

Synopsis: With a bag of seeds and a pot on his head, John Chapman set out West to plant apple trees. He made lots of friends and planted lots of trees. Pretty soon, people started to call him Johnny Appleseed.

Synopsis: Determined to help her family earn more money than what she makes selling rugs at the local bazaar, Bahar decides to become a fortune teller. After all, how hard could it be? After she stumbles into some early fortune telling success, the king summons Bahar to the palace to be his new fortune teller. How will she get herself out of trouble now?

Synopsis: From lions to lynxes, learn more about some of the most beautiful and graceful animals to ever prowl the four corners of the earth.

Synopsis: A mysterious doorway! (Sure, it's in a restaurant that serves poop, but that doesn't make it any less mysterious. Ok?) Behold! What lies beyond?! An evil centipede? An alternate universe? A few decent explanation? Veeeing! Ning! Ning! Hey! was that a chainsaw?! Let's see if you can read and run at the same time... Go! It's the bad guys episode 13!

Synopsis: For use in schools and libraries only. The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, or any of the other giants--rather than the BFG--she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants are flush-bunking off to England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she must stop them…

Synopsis: Collects daily and Sunday "Big Nate" comic strips featuring sixth-grader and self-proclaimed genius Nate Wright as he wages a daily battle against overzealous teachers, undercooked cafeteria food, and conventionality in general.