Synopsis: A dog looks for his little friend among the other animals on the farm.

Synopsis: Although the teachers, the principal, and parents say The Test is not important, their actions tell another story.

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: Chester Raccoon is worried that his mother does not have enough love for both him and his new baby brother.

Synopsis: "An informative introduction to nature's scariest creatures, exploring why some animals are considered 'monsters.'"--

Synopsis: Seven students are about to have their lives changed by one amazing teacher in this school story sequel filled with unique characters every reader can relate to. It’s the start of a new year at Snow Hill School, and seven students find themselves thrown together in Mr. Terupt’s fifth grade class. There’s . . . Jessica, the new girl, smart and perceptive, who’s having a hard time fitting in; Alexia, a bully, your friend one second, your enemy…

Synopsis: Are you Ready for Freddy? Everyone's favorite first grader and shark lover is back! Merry Christmas, Freddy! Freddy's cousins, twin sisters Kasey and Kelly, are coming for the holidays. Things are always more fun when the twins are around -- but they're also a lot more crazy! Freddy can't wait to find out what trouble the girls get into this time. Extra activities included: The word "fin" is hidden in every illustration, and readers can play the…

Synopsis: Friends Rachel and Kirsty, vacationing with their parents on Rainspell Island, go looking for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and instead find Ruby, one of the rainbow fairies who have been banished from Fairyland by Jack Frost, and promise to help unite all seven sisters and restore color to their world.

Synopsis: A family goes whale watching.

Synopsis: "This sweet holiday book tells the story of Santa's team of Saint Bernard pups that visit children to encourage them to do acts of kindness to generate enough Christmas cheer for Santa to turn into holiday magic"--

Synopsis: Froggy hoped for a brother to play with and is disappointed with his new baby sister, Pollywogilina, but only until she is old enough to start learning from her big brother.

Synopsis: A big wide-mouthed frog asks every creature he meets what they like to eat, but when he meets a crocodile he doesn't like the crocodile's answer.

Synopsis: Gorgeous pencil illustrations of diverse human hands—male and female, young and old—signing the letters of the alphabet make this alphabet book an incredible learning resource. The entries are further supplemented with objects that begin with the same letter. Author Laura Rankin was inspired to create this book by her deaf stepson. It is a wonderful introduction to the alphabet and to sign language, and the art is beautiful enough to merit…

Synopsis: There is a leprechan on the loose in the classroom and Sidney is the only one who can see him.

Synopsis: great childrens book

Synopsis: Illus. in full color. While taking a walk, three frogs discover what theybelieve to be a chicken egg and eagerly wait for it to hatch. When a scaly, four-legged creature with a long snoutful of teeth emerges a few days later, the frogs are still convinced it's a chicken and are thrilled to have a newfriend. Soon the frogs and "chicken" are inseparable, at least until the day"chicken" finds and returns to her mother...an enormous "hen" who…

Synopsis: With inspiring and educational stories, Scholastic's Hello Reader series caters to the spectrum of reading abilities among beginning readers. My First Hello Readers use basic words to reinforce phonics and sight vocabulary. The books at this level offer punch-out flash cards plus six additional pages of skill-building activities. Levels 1 - 4 combine a greater vocabulary and longer sentence length. Each book has an introductory letter from an…

Synopsis: "Learn more about the renowned British scientist, professor, and author who spent his entire career trying to answer the question: "Where did the universe come from?" Stephen Hawking was born exactly three hundred years after the death of the scientist Galileo, so maybe it was written in the stars that he would become a famous scientist in his own right. Although he was diagnosed with a neurological disease at age 21, Stephen did not let the…

Synopsis: In 1942 sixteen-year-old Chaya Lindner is a Jewish girl living in Nazi-occupied Poland, a courier who smuggles food and documents to the isolated Jewish ghettos in southern Poland, depending on her forged papers and "Aryan" features--but when a mission goes wrong and many of her colleagues are arrested she finds herself on a journey to Warsaw, where an uprising is in the works.

Synopsis: Armchair adventurers can set sail for the remote Galapagos Islands and learn about the strange and unique animals that live there. The Galapagos Islands are a chain of volcanic islands located on either side of the equator in the Pacific Ocean. The isolated location of the islands has allowed a vast number of species to develop that are original to each island, such as the marine iguana, the blue-footed booby, the magnificent frigatebird and of…