Synopsis: Genre: Wordless realistic story with a familiar setting and predictable structure Learning objectives: Language Comprehension Strand 8: Use language to imagine and recreate roles and experiences

Synopsis: Designed to be used by children in their first six months of school PM Starters One and Two

Synopsis: Russian, Japanese, Swahili, Spanish--how does each language sound? What are people of each culture like? Children can find out with this brightly illustrated introduction to foreign lands. "Along with the pleasure of adventure is the recognition of community with kids everywhere".--"Booklist". Full-color illustrations.

Synopsis: The brilliant colors of fall foliage take center stage in this picture book perfect for fans of the classic Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf. With her trademark bold, graphic style Monica Wellington has created a picture book about autumn, trees, and leaves. When the seasons change, a young girl visits the arboretum to collect fallen leaves and make a book with them. Brilliant illustrations show each variety of tree the girl encounters, from the common oak…

Synopsis: Jordan doesn't like creepy stuff, but she agrees to go to a wax museum in London to please her older brother. When Jordan gets lost in the museum and freaked out by the exhibits, who comes to her resuce? It's an English "bobby", who is very nice, very helpful--and made of wax himself! Full color.

Synopsis: The witches are frightened by strange creatures on the night of their special celebration.

Synopsis: With dramatic die-cuts, stunning embossed covers and engaging texts, this unique early science series puts the spotlight on animals -- how they look; where they live; what they're like as babies and how they change as they grow up. Awesome lifelike illustrations and informative stat boxes make learning about animals, mummies and volcanos fun and exciting!

Synopsis: Maisy and her friends delight in another pirate adventure. But something scary is lurking about the ship. What could it be?

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Synopsis: Pairs of fiction and nonfiction books share high-interest topics and encourage children to compare and contrast, distinguish between fact and fiction, and make the transition between fiction and nonfiction reading strategies.

Synopsis: Pairs of fiction and nonfiction books share high-interest topics and encourage children to compare and contrast, distinguish between fact and fiction, and make the transition between fiction and nonfiction reading strategies.

Synopsis: Special windows cut in holiday shapes give sneak peeks at the Halloween surprises ahead as two brave little kittens, Rascal and Rosie, go trick-or-treating.

Synopsis: Bear, Mouse and Rabbit are foraging for ingredients for Mole's harvest feast. But as darkness falls they realize they are being followed! Only the light of the harvest moon and their own cunning will get them home - but on this spooky autumn night is everything as it seems?

Synopsis: "Antarctic animals live around the South Pole. Read and discover all about Antarctic animals." --P. [4] of cover.

Synopsis: 1995 Open Court Collections for Young Scholars Level 1 Minibook 18 -- How the Rabbit Caught the Tiger, A Korean Folk Tale (P) Retold by Anne O'Brien / Illustrated by Jean & Mou-sien Tseng ***ISBN-13: 9780812612882 ***16 Pages

Synopsis: On their way to a Halloween party, Helen and her dog Martha happen upon a very creepy supermarket for witches.

Synopsis: "You can count on Scooby-Doo to provide all of the necessary phonics clues and help solve the mystery for your child of learning to read."--Container.

Synopsis: Examines how corn began to grow in the early Americas, why it was important to Native Americans, and how it became a staple product in many other countries.