Synopsis: Feelings are neither good nor bad, they simply are. Kids need words to name their feelings, just as they need words to name all things in their world. The Way I Feel uses strong, colorful, and expressive images which go along with simple verses to help children connect the word and the emotion. Your child will learn useful words, and you will have many chances to open conversations about what’s going on in her/his life. Recommended by parents,…

Synopsis: Children can imagine being witnesses to history-in-the-making in this series that explores important events in United States history.

Synopsis: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The treasured childhood classic that tells the heartwarming story of a little bear and a little girl finding the friend they have always wanted in each other.Corduroy lives in the toy department of a big store. Day after day he waits with all the other animals and dolls for somebody to come along and take him home. Yet as soon as Lisa sees him, she knows that he’s the bear for her. Her mother, though, thinks he’s a little…

Synopsis: In this paperback storybook, the day after Thanksgiving presents all sorts of problems, including lots and lots of leftover turkey. Multiple flaps open to reveal all that bird. Everyone is just about turkeyed out, except for a thankful mouse and his family who understand the true meaning of the holiday. Full color.

Synopsis: With a lively rhyming text and vibrant paper collage illustrations, author-artist Bob Barner shakes the dust off the dinosaur bones found in museums and reminds us that they once belonged to living, breathing creatures. Filled with fun dinosaur facts (a T. Rex skull can weigh up to 750 pounds!) and an informational "Dinometer," Dinosaur Bones is sure to make young dinosaur enthusiasts roar with delight.

Synopsis: The I Want to Be... series gives young children a realistic insight into the working day of adults. Easy-to-read captions and color photographs of women and men from different cultures help children understand what's involved in each occupation. Young readers learn to respect the importance of doing a job well and appreciate the contributions these workers make to our life and the world around us. These books are perfect for reading alone or…

Synopsis: "I SAID RED!" says the little boy out playing on the farm with his older sister. "You don't mean green? Look, here is green..." she teases. "A pickle green. A big frog green. A leaf, a tree, a green bean green." But the boy means RED. "A cherry, berry, very red." They romp through the pages, from "blue jean blue" to "yellow, bright and mellow..." and on to purple, brown, orange, pink and black... But through it all, the boy SAID RED!

Synopsis: "Bound to be a series that will appeal to fans of fast-paced mysteries."--SLJ Not many sixth-graders work undercover for the NYPD, but Edmund Xavier Lonnrot, code name Eddie Red, is not just any sixth-grader. A "near-death ice cream experience" lands him as a material witness in the police station with his dad, where the NYPD first discovers Eddie's photographic memory and uncanny sketch-artist abilities. Things get dangerous when Eddie is…

Synopsis: Winner at the 2011 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards The Word Collector is a magical, heart-warming story about a young girl who shares her love of words to help people feeling lost and blue. Luna lives high, high up in the sky. So high that her homeland couldn't be seen from the ground. She is an extraordinary little girl, one of a kind. Luna has the most special endearing pastime: she likes to collect words. She prefers beautiful words, funny…

Synopsis: Each and every day celebrates a letter of the alphabet with a fun-filled classroom scene. Fans of Jacqueline Rogers' Tiptoe into Kindergarten are sure to enjoy this sequel!

Synopsis: You’re not going to find a more heartwarming and dynamic duo than Pig and Mouse! Join Pig as he learns how to turn his “what if" worries from anxiety to optimism, all with the help of his loving friend Mouse. Mouse has never had a friend quite like Pig. Pig is so incredibly kind, endlessly thoughtful and fabulously fun, but he also has a big secret... he’s a tremendous worrier! When Pig gets the brilliant idea to throw a party for Mouse and…

Synopsis: Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someone's property; she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an overseer. It was from other field hands that she first heard about the Underground Railroad which she travelled by herself north to Philadelphia. Throughout her long life (she died at the age of ninety-two) and long after the Civil War brought an end to slavery, this amazing woman was proof of what…

Synopsis: George Washington grew up in the English colony of Virginia. He was tall and strong, fair in judgment, and respected by his friends as agood leader. As he grew older, George saw how England took advantage of the American colonies—and he didn't like it. When the colonies declared their independence, George was chosen to lead their army as its general. And when the colonies won their freedom, George was elected to lead the new nation as its first…

Synopsis: From buttoning a shirt to losing a tooth, the special moments in a child's life are captured in Jean Marzollo's straightforward text, accompanied by photographer Nancy Sheehan's clear, bright images of multicultural children. From a three-day-old infant to a cartwheeling seven-year-old readers of all ages will be enchanted. Full-color illustrations.

Synopsis: A handy primer on all things Pledge of Allegiance and the US flag!From the origin and meaning of The Pledge to national holidays when the flag should be displayed, and other details about the banner and its history, this book is perfect to introduce The Pledge of Allegiance to the young and old, to the naturalized and unnaturalized citizens alike!

Synopsis: The true story of how one little cat became the leader of a pack of huskies -- as seen on hit social media site The Dodo!Rosie the cat was small and weak -- until she befriended a giant husky! When Rosie was rescued by her foster moms as a kitten, they worried she wouldn't get better. But as soon as she started spending time with Lilo the husky, she began to feel great.The two animals became best friends, and now Rosie does everything Lilo does.…

Synopsis: Illus. in full color. A baffled youngster awakens one morning to findeverything's out of place, but no one seems to notice! Beginning readers willhave fun discovering all the wacky things wrong on each page while sharpeningtheir ability to observe, as well as to read.

Synopsis: From simple questions like "What do bats eat?" to more complex ones like "Why do fireflies glow?", this book delivers the answers kids want in a conversational format that's easy to understand.Q: How do bats see in the dark?A: With their ears!In this wonderful introduction to nocturnal animals, kids will learn hundreds of facts about creatures of the night. Readers will find out that each kind of firefly has its own special signal, that…

Synopsis: Text and pictures try to make possible the conceptualization of a million, a billion, and a trillion.

Synopsis: Introduces common animals in everyday surroundings, their life cycles, and body parts.