Synopsis: A spectacular read-aloud picture book with stunning cut-paper illustrations, flaps, and funto- read text. Readers search for chicks under the flaps only to find a cat with a meow, geese with a honk, a cow with a moo, mice with a squeak, and pigs with an oink. On the last spread, readers lift the scarecrow's apron to see "everywhere a chick chick" - with cheeps galore! "The artist paints a lively barnyard menagerie. The illustrations are animated…

Synopsis: Two children learn the ins and outs of growing a garden from seeds. Through rhythmic storytelling, award-winning author and poet JaNay Brown-Wood follows two children as they grow a garden from seeds. Told as a cumulative tale, similar to “The House That Jack Built,” the story starts promisingly: “Here are the seeds that we will sow to help our garden grow.” But as time passes, the children learn that things rarely go as planned in the garden.…

Synopsis: In this first collaboration between an American author and a Soviet illustrator, a skeptical mouse warns his friends to run from a huge cat. Only then does he realize this is a friendly cat pulling a wagon full of cheese. "Refreshing . . . A book whose execution is as good as its concept".--School Library Journal. A Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies.

Synopsis: Jack and Annie learn amazing facts about six history-changing individuals, including Susan B. Anthony, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., John Muir, Florence Nightingale, and Harriet Tubman.

Synopsis: 1998 Hey, Little Ant (P) by Phillip & Hannah Hoose / Illustrations by Debbie Tilley ***ISBN-13: 9780439085656

Synopsis: The day gets off to a rough start, but soon the smell of pancakes fills the air and a family gathers for a breakfast feast.

Synopsis: Mr. Hippopotamus' violent efforts to cure his lady friend's hiccups become increasingly irritating to her--then he gets an attack.

Synopsis: Explains how the ability of certain animals to blend with or take on the characteristics of their environment protects them from their natural enemies.

Synopsis: The third book in a humorous, easy-to-read series about a boy and his fly! Each book in the series has a different fun foil cover! Fly Guy returns home to discover that Buzz has gone on a picnic without him! Sad and hungry, Fly Guy takes off in search of his favorite food. He gets shooed away from a hamburger, a pizza, a dog's bones, and even roadkill--leaving readers to guess what Fly Guy's favorite oozy, lumpy, smelly, and brown food could…

Synopsis: Teaches responsibility and respect for people and things. A hilarious, rhyming, read loud book that's perfect for the first or any day of school.The classroom highlighters have had enough!We brighten up kids' notebooks.We make things easy to see.Without us, you may never knowsuch bright and joyful glee!Buy this book for a good laugh, nighttime snuggle, or your favorite teacher.

Synopsis: Swisha-swisha Clap! Clap! Jump, Jump, Jump! "Hilda must be dancing!" Hilda Hippo loves to dance! But there's just one problem. When Hilda dances, it sounds like this: Ka-bump! Ka-bump! Crash! Crash! Crash! Thumpity-bump! Thumpity-bump! Boom! Bang! Bash! The other animals beg her to find a quieter hobby. Knitting? Singing? For Hilda, nothing else will do. What could possible be as fun as dancing?

Synopsis: "El Monstruo!" Every day is the same for Pablo's father. Then one afternoon the ground growls, hisses smoke, and swallows up his plow. A volcano is erupting in the middle of his cornfield!

Synopsis: Every day was the same for Pablo's father. He woke up early every morning and ate the same thing for breakfast. Then he went to his field. Every night he was very tired. "Nothing ever happens," he said.Then one day it was different. Something happened to Pablo and his father that had never before happened to two people anywhere in the world: a hill of fire began to grow in their cornfield.For beginning readers, here is the exciting story of…

Synopsis: When Duck hits the ball into a tree during a friendly game of baseball, he and his animal friends try to work together to get it back.

Synopsis: 20 Years in PrintWinner of the National Book Award TIME Magazine's 100 Best YA Books of All Time“Dazzling” —Publishers Weekly, starred review“Heartrending” —The Horn Book, starred review“Brilliant” —School Library Journal, starred review“Engrossing” —Kirkus Reviews“A joyful, eerie tour de force” —The Boston Sunday Globe“Wildly inventive” —The New York Times Book ReviewStanley Yelnats’s family has a history of bad luck, so he isn’t too surprised…

Synopsis: Home for Christmas tells the story of a naughty troll who doesn't want to do his chores. After a brief visit to some other families (owls,otters, moose, and bears), he learns that his family was pretty great after all!

Synopsis: A warm, fun-loving Christmas picture book for families to share and love and laugh over together.A grumpy little troll runs away from home because he doesn't want to do his chores. Rollo tries living with various woodland animals, but he finds out that there is no place like home, and returns to his family just in time for "the best Christmas ever."Among the animals who take him in are an owl family, a mother bear and two rambunctious cubs, some…

Synopsis: A touching and stunningly illustrated ode to the homes—and loved ones—that raise us, perfect for fans of Black Is a Rainbow Color, Saturday, and Last Stop on Market Street.While her mother puts the finishing touches on her twists, a young girl asks what it means to be "homegrown". Touring precious memories and lively rooms warmed by family, Mama and Granny explain that home isn't just a place, but rather a reflection of people who support and…

Synopsis: While out hiking, a family comes upon the site of an old house and finds some clues about the people that once lived there.

Synopsis: A series of enchanting storybooks guaranteed to become firm family favorites at bedtime. Written by imaginative, award-winning children's authors High-frequency words, patterned language, and rhyme Charming, colorful illustrations make these storybooks appealing and collectable, and bring out the humour and warmth of each tale Each book includes supporting notes for parents and teachers