Synopsis: Refugees from a Caribbean island embark on a dangerous boat trip to the United States where they have a special reason to celebrate Thanksgiving.

Synopsis: Our world is shared with millions of micro-organisms. This feature book explains what germs are, how bacteria and viruses affect the human body, and how the body fights against them.

Synopsis: "Brilliant photographs in full color capture the essence of the young child's day through a delightful game. . . . The combination of vibrancy, clarity, and scale suggests using the book with groups as well as with individuals".--The Horn Book. American Bookseller, "Pick of the Lists".

Synopsis: Amelia Bedelia has trouble with baseball lingo. Other series titles are: Come Back, Amelia Bedelia (1971); Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia (1977, Greenwillow); Amelia Bedelia Helps Out (1979, Greenwillow); Amelia Bedelia and the Baby (1981, Greenwillow). Come Back, Amelia Bedelia; Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia; Amelia Bedelia Helps Out; Amelia Bedelia and the Baby

Synopsis: ‘After years of waiting for something magical to happen on Christmas Eve, a kindly old woman finally gets her wish. Never did she imagine, however, that it would be brought about by some shy but curious spiders.’ —Learning. ‘A sweet fairy tale [illustrated] with lovely scenes of a Yuletide long ago, in a snowy German woods.’ —Publishers Weekly.

Synopsis: A family befriends a stray dog, names him Willy, and decides to keep him.

Synopsis: Every book in the Bank Street Ready-to-Read series is targeted at the individual abilities of children ages three to eight as they develop reading skills. Level 2 (Grades 1-3) books are written especially for children who are on their way to reading independently but who may need help. Animal Hide-and-seek Now you see them, now you don't. How do some creatures seem to just "disappear"? And why do they do it? How does a cricket hide from hungry…

Synopsis: This book of more than fifty poems, songs, and stories is an irresistible celebration of the glory and fun of Christmas. Old favorites, modern classics, and familiar carols combine with Marc Brown's warm and humorus full-color illustrations to create an appealing package to be shared with family and friends year after year.

Synopsis: The classic Christmas tale gets a regional spin as Santa Claus takes on each states best-known characteristics.

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: 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 u sound. Includes attached interactive letter wheel.

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 i sound. Includes attached interactive letter wheel.

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 a sound. Includes attached interactive letter wheel.

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 o sound. Includes attached interactive letter wheel.

Synopsis: "MyView Literacy is a comprehensive English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum for students in Grades K-5. It provides a balanced approach to teaching reading, writing, speaking, listening, and thinking through Reading and Writing Workshops. The all-new, print and digital curriculum includes authentic texts and minilessons, flexible resources, and meaningful differentiation."--Publisher's website

Synopsis: Extension work can include changing both consonants to make other CVC words with a short u sound inthe middle, discussing the dialogue and punctuation in the speech bubles, and exploring the characters through role-play.

Synopsis: A toy bear alone on a tiny island learns that of all the things that he has pulled from the sea the wooden horse is the most important.

Synopsis: Fat Pat the cat gets some strange visitors in his hat.

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: 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.