Synopsis: Inside Scouts Viv and Sanjay help a lion with a leaky heart in this full-color early reader series!Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow!Viv…

Synopsis: A picture book that serves young readers as a lyrical love letter to henna, written by Muslim Book Reviewer Award winner Marzieh Abbas and brilliantly illustrated by Anu Chouhan. Henna is so much more than a form of temporary body art.Henna is nature—seeds sprouted into shrubs, leaves kissed by tropical rain.Henna is color—the orange of juicy mangoes, sun-kissed brown, or black as the feathers of crows.Henna is fragrance—earthy and nutty, lemony…

Synopsis: Henry Aaron, young boy growing up in Mobile, Ala, dreams of being a big-league baseball player

Synopsis: Mudge looks forward to the Mother's Day surprise that Henry and his father cook up for Henry's mother.

Synopsis: In this seventh book in the Henry and Mudge series, first Henry has a cold, and then Mudge gets sick, too. What can Henry do to help Mudge feel better?

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: 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: 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: 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

Synopsis: Swim with Little Fish and meet all his fishy friends in this splishy-sploshy riot of colour and rhyme under the sea!Paddle along with Little Fish on a mesmerizing underwater tour of friends spotty and stripy, happy and gripy, hairy and scary, even curly whirly and twisty twirly. From the creator of Maisy comes an eye-popping picture book that is sure to have little ones joining the chorus: Hooray for fish!

Synopsis: Food is in 16-year-old Hope’s blood. With her Aunt Addie, diner cook extraordinaire, she travels the States and hones her waitressing skills, impressing hungry people everywhere. But following the tides of comfort food dining means Hope never gets to stay in one place very long, and that's tough.The latest move threatens to be the hardest yet, leaving the excitement of New York City to run a diner in rural Wisconsin. Hope doesn't expect to feel…

Synopsis: HM Reading NC. Softcover.