Synopsis: When a wizard discovered that each color he invented for the colorless world had a different emotional effect on people, he luckily had an accident which resulted in red apples, green leaves, and yellow bananas

Synopsis: Book by Reiss-Weimann, Elayne, Friedman, Rita

Synopsis: Chrysanthemum is a funny and honest school story about teasing, self-esteem, and acceptance to share all year round.Written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes, the nationally bestselling and celebrated creator of Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, Owen, and Kitten's First Full Moon, Chrysanthemum is a don't-miss classic, especially for back to school.Chrysanthemum thinks her name is absolutely perfect—until her first day of school. "You're named after a…

Synopsis: At first Henry's very neat cousin doesn't like the cookies from under his bed or Mudge's slobbery kisses, but when they all play frisbee, she begins to enjoy her visit.

Synopsis: Ten instruments take their parts one by one in a musical performance. Moss's irresistible rhymes and Princeman's energetic, color illustrations make beautiful music together. This masterpiece is a perfect introduction to musical instruments and musical groups and is a counting book that redefines the genre.

Synopsis: A young boy describes himself as loud as a lion, quiet as a clam, tough as a rhino, and gentle as a lamb.

Synopsis: Little Gopher and Indian Boy, learns to paint with the brilliance of the evening sky and becomes known as He-Who-Brought-the-Sunset-to-the-Earth. This is a story about the beautiful flower, the Indian Paintbrush.

Synopsis: Each day Antonio's Mamá tries to get everyone to sit down together to eat, but someone is always busy elsewhere, until the family celebrates a new arrival.

Synopsis: Before they can have their beach party, Blue Bug and his friends have to clean the litter off the beach.

Synopsis: Little Dolphin lives under the sea with a family of other dolphins who jump and swim around but he lacks the courage to jump as other dolphins do. He finds his courage when he wants to impress a child he sees on a boat.

Synopsis: Andy's friends construct different words from his name: "an" words, "and" words, and "andy" words.

Synopsis: A little monkey needs to be rescued when he tries to fly a kite.

Synopsis: Reading Wonders Literature Big Book: Interrupting Chicken Grade 1 is one title in the collection of beloved trade books in Big Book format for whole-class instruction and shared reading. 24 books at Grade 1 (four per unit).

Synopsis: Pig the self-centered pug, and his friend Trevor, the Dachshund, are at a photo-shoot, and as usual, Pig wants to hog all the costumes and be the star of the show--but the photographer favors Trevor, and Pig needs to learn a lesson about sharing the spotlight.

Synopsis: The animals on a farm stay asleep until the sun rouses the rooster whose crowing wakes up everyone else.

Synopsis: A herd of cows rides bicycles, square dances, goes swimming, and more in this rhyming picture book.

Synopsis: Oversized pop-up book of the classic fairy tale.

Synopsis: Owl decides to build a house for all the animals. Everyone helps except for Bookworm. He is too busy reading. What will Bookworm do when the weather gets cold? Will the other animals let him in their new house?

Synopsis: Designed to be used with the activities in the Shortland maths links teachers resource and activity file level 1. Orange, New entrants, J1. Each story book has a main mathematical focus. This set covers the mathematical concepts of opposites, comparing, matching colour, size and pattern and describing 3-D shapes.

Synopsis: Provides a simple introduction to feet.