Synopsis: Follow a brother and sister in this coming-of-age tale filled with heart, history, and just the right amount of trouble!When Joey and his sister Mary Alice leave Chicago to spend the summer with their Grandma Dowdel, they expect a quiet visit in a sleepy country town. Instead, they get nine summers of jaw-dropping surprises, laugh-out-loud mischief, and moments that will change them forever. Grandma may be older than dirt and tougher than a…

Synopsis: Allow students to begin reading about the objects and experiences they encounter every day as they move around their neighborhood, everything from street signs to shadows, rain and ice storms.

Synopsis: Introduces the characteristics and importance of the five senses: seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching.

Synopsis: For use in schools and libraries only. The students in Miss Mickle's third-grade class enjoy a boat trip on the Connecticut River after a class discussion of ancestors reveals that Sidney and Ida both have connections to the sea.

Synopsis: Provides an explanation of wind, how it forms, and how it affects the weather.

Synopsis: Divided into sections about the history of Canadian foreign policy, diplomacy, security, economics, decision-making and new policy issues, this collection of prominent political scientists provides valuable and timely perspectives on the state of Canada's international relations in the twenty-first century.

Synopsis: A set of 25 books for fourth grade students reading at fourth grade reading level. These are leveled readers, or reading recovery readers for use in tutoring children using controlled vocabulary. Each story is 930 to 2400 words.

Synopsis: Calvin fears for his brother's life after a tornado rips through their Ohio town.

Synopsis: If a big hungry moose comes to visit, you might give him a muffin to make him feel at home. If you give him a muffin, he'll want some jam to go with it. When he's eaten all your muffins, he'll want to go to the store to get some more muffin mix. In this hilarious sequel to If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, the young host is again run ragged by a surprise guest. Young readers will delight in the comic complications that follow when a little boy…

Synopsis: Miss Mackle's third graders share December holiday traditions --Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Three Kings Day, and Korean New Year-- with each other and with Harry's great grandfather, who has just moved to a nursing home.

Synopsis: Bear's cave fills with animal friends as he sleeps in this classic book from New York Times bestselling team of Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman.In a cave in the woods, in his deep, dark lair, through the long, cold winter sleeps a great brown bear. One by one, a whole host of different animals and birds find their way out of the cold and into Bear's cave to warm up. But even after the tea has been brewed and the corn has been popped, Bear just…

Synopsis: As the gradually increasing number of bears on wheels adds up through all kinds of combinations and permutations, beginning readers are offered a unique counting book, courtesy of the Berenstains.

Synopsis: When spring comes, Bear wakes up very hungry and is treated to great food by his friends.

Synopsis: The classic heartwarming tale from Kate DiCamillo—now with an afterword from the beloved author, reflecting on twenty years in printOne summer’s day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries—and comes home with a dog. But Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. It’s because of Winn-Dixie that Opal begins to make friends. And it’s because of Winn-Dixie that she finally dares to ask her father about her mother,…

Synopsis: With vibrant art that shifts to a colorless world and back again, this is a story of a community lost and rediscovered--and how one child's actions can cascade into something that makes all the difference. A young boy who loves his community notices that as neighbors stop interacting, the colors around them slowly fade. Then a thunderstorm sweeps away the last hints of bluebird skies and lemon-Popsicle days and leaves a rift in the road that…

Synopsis: Time for bed, Biscuit! Biscuit is a little yellow puppy. And like most puppies, he would rather play than go to bed. Will Biscuit ever go to sleep? It's Biscuit's bedtime, but this lively little puppy doesn't want to go to sleep! Before he gets into bed, Biscuit plays out the familiar bedtime drama of wanting just one more thing. A perfect story for young readers who won't be able to resist reading about this adorable puppy for themselves.…

Synopsis: Follow a noble black colt with a heart of gold in Anna Sewell’s masterpiece, Black Beauty, now featuring original illustrations and a quiz about the main characters.Beauty is the ideal horse: obedient, well-bred, and hard-working. After his humble beginnings alongside his mother in an idyllic English farm, Beauty becomes a coach horse for Squire Gordon at Birtwick Park. His new friends, the gentle Ginger and the wise Merrylegs love to exchange…