Synopsis: The Day of Ahmed's SecretAs young Ahmed delivers butane gas to customers all over the city of Cairo, he thinks, I have a secret. All day long, as he maneuvers his donkey cart through streets crowded with cars and camels, down alleys filled with merchants' stalls, and past buildings a thousand years old, Ahmed keeps his secret safe inside. It is so special, so wonderful, that he can reveal it only to his family, only when he returns home, only at…

Synopsis: Friendly advice for reading fun included in every book! READ AND SHARE is a unique first library for parents and children that helps build early readers’ confidence. Grouped in four progressive levels, Read and Share books - available individually for the first time - are specially selected for qualities that encourage literacy skills and a love of reading. Sixteen top-quality books with notes for extending reading fun inspire the confidence…

Synopsis: Review long vowels and build a beginner reader's confidence with this fun story from the Reader's Clubhouse series! "The Caterpillar" is a story that reviews the "short u" vowel sounds. The book contains a word list that feature the book's "short u" focus for easy review. Word lists also include high-frequency and challenge words. All books in this series present a letter explaining the fundamental concepts underlying both the series and the…

Synopsis: The Handprints storybooks have been officially leveled for Reading Recovery. Each storybook also includes a suggested Guided Reading level to help match students with appropriate text and word count. Set B has one to three language patterns repeated in each storybook, with variations used to encourage attention to print. Pages with text contain one or two lines of print to encourage left-to-right movement. Exaggerated spacing between words to…

Synopsis: Providing maximum support to emergent readers with repetitive, predictable story lines and illustrations that match the text, these books offer engaging stories that will inspire confidence in young readers. These books help develop fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.

Synopsis: Beginnging Letter Books are books for children just ready to read. The new reader must use the initial letter sound and a careful reading of the picture to figure out the one word on each page. The photos are unusual and will engage readers of any age

Synopsis: 1997 Steck-Vaughn Pair-It Books Emergent Stage 1, Bunny Opposites -- Playground Opposites (P) Written by Anne Meyers ***ISBN-13: 9780817264154 ***8 Pages

Synopsis: Differentiate text for: Approaching-one grade below, On-Level-at grade level Beyond- one grade above, ELL-English Language Learners. Each reader features a main selection accompanied by a paired piece with the same theme. Nonfiction titles are differentiated in readability but identical in design. Excite students with myths, legends, folktales, informational texts, and many more genres.

Synopsis: A beginning reader helps develop vocabulary and reading skills for preschoolers.

Synopsis: Thanksgiving is almost Here! It's time for Mrs. Madoff's class to put on the Thanksgiving play. Charlie is the ship called the Mayflower, Sarah is a Pilgrim, and Eveline is Chief Massasoit. Everyone has a role to play and a reason to be thankful for the special things that made the first feast possible. The story of the first Thanksgiving is one we'll never forget -- especially when we have friends and family to celebrate it with year after year.

Synopsis: Count to 10 and back again with these charming mice--and watch their clever escape from a hungry snake! Toddlers will enjoy this exciting stories while they learn about numbers. In this picture book for preschool-age kids, a hungry snake counts ten little mice into a jar as he anticipates his dinner. But the mice outwit the snake as they count down from ten until they've all gotten away. "An unusually pleasing rehearsal of the numbers from one…