Synopsis: From the Nutcracker to the recent film Toy Story, children have always loved tales about toys that come to life. Laura Cecil has compiled a magical collection of stories about animated playthings that includes both familiar classics and new favorites. Complementing the stories are Emma Chichester Clark's enchanting illustrations. The Kingfisher Book of Toy Stories is the perfect gift for any child. Stories include: The Nutcracker; Raggedy Ann…

Synopsis: As ten bears return home, they get lost, one by one, until there is only one lonely bear left.

Synopsis: Syd Hoff's comical, charming illustrations will delight readers young and old alike in this beloved classic I Can Read about a caveman who's not afraid to be himself.Stanley is no ordinary caveman. This makes the other cavemen so angry that they chase him away. But Stanley just goes on being different, and as the others soon see, different isn’t such a bad idea after all.Stanley is a funny story with a timeless message. As Children's Book and…

Synopsis: The snow fell all night, and by morning the world was white. Elsa built snow castles and slid down the sliding slope. Then she lay on the snow and spread her arms like wings. Filled with magic and illustrated with paintings as crisp as new snow. Full color.

Synopsis: Key Features Description Once there was a little boy named Neftalí who loved wild things wildly and quiet things quietly. From the moment he could talk, he surrounded himself with words. Neftalí discovered the magic between the pages of books. When he was sixteen, he began publishing his poems as Pablo Neruda. Pablo wrote poems about the things he loved — things made by his friends in the café, things found at the marketplace, and things he saw…

Synopsis: Many unusual as well as familiar games from the 19th century are gathered together in Games from Long Ago. An important tool in teaching children how to behave in society, games were often educational and played a role in teaching morality such as the board game "Errand Boy" which taught the value of hard work. Games featured include: - parlor games, word games, guessing games, and classroom games - games of skill such as ring-taw, shuttlecock,…

Synopsis: Take a tour of the Colonial Home of the 1600s and 1700s. England, France, and Spain all had colonies in the New World and immigrants were drawn to North America where land was inexpensive and people had religious freedom. Get a glimpse of: - the kitchen, the fireplace, the bedchamber - dependencies, or outbuildings, as well as buildings for animals - how metal and bricks were made - the plantation and its slave quarters

Synopsis: John and his sister Emily live with their family in an early settler community. After rising at sun-up to do their chores on the farm and in the household, John and Emily's day begins with a long walk to the one-room school. A Child's Day also describes: - reading and ciphering - "making their manners" - the different expectations boys and girls had for their future - settler children's books, toys, and games

Synopsis: The parched, mysterious deserts of the world are the landscapes for this alphabet array of plants, animals, and phenomena. Meet the colorful Crimson Chat, the deadly Inland Taipan, and the cartwheeling Golden Wheel Spider. Look beneath and beyond the sand for familiar, unfamiliar, and comical desert dwellers.Author Jerry Pallotta and illustrator Mark Astrella invite readers to one of nature's most forbidding environments. And if you feel thirsty…

Synopsis: Atomic is leveled, high-interest nonfiction that will motivate reluctant and less able readers with text that is related sirectly and simply to the images. Each book is designed as a fun and exciting page-turner so that readers are encouraged to keep reading and gain fluency. Facts, statistics, and processes are presented through graphic organizers to help build curriculum and comprehension skills. There are four reading levels to choose from,…

Synopsis: Zendaya Coleman, the star of Disney's "Shake It Up," is the newest "it" girl! Zenday is a 17-year-old actress/singer whose solo album debuts September 2013. Best known for her role on Disney Channel's sitcom Shake It Up, Zendaya also came in second place on a recent season of Dancing with the Stars and has collaborated on several fashion lines. This young, triple threat is surely here to stay! This book will allow you to get to know Zendaya.

Synopsis: High-interest biographies focus on what's most intriguing to the young reader -- the childhood and young-adult years of famous men and women.

Synopsis: A story about Buffalo Bill and his exploits as a pony express rider.

Synopsis: Perfect for classrooms! “An alphabet book with attitude.” — BooklistIt’s chaos! It’s pandemonium! And it’s definitely not as easy as A-B-C! Filled with visually humorous details, Bob Kolar’s colorful illustrations are the perfect foil for Alethea Kontis’s snappy story about the comic confusion that comes when the letters of the alphabet, like a class of unruly children, step out of order and show that each one has a mind of its own.

Synopsis: When most people think of the prairies, they picture endless flat plains, miles of farms with grain waving in the wind, gentle, undulating hills, and vast cattle ranches. But to the people who live there, particularly the children, the prairies are much more.A Prairie Alphabet offers the adult and child alike a remarkable tour – from the grain elevators that are an integral part of the landscape, to oil rigs that pop up like “grasshoppers,” to…

Synopsis: 2007 Harcourt Science Reader Grade 3 -- Understanding Light and Heat (P) ***On-Level ***ISBN-13: 9780153439506 ***Pages: 16

Synopsis: Aren't you curious about how machines work? Read and find out.