Synopsis: Emergent-reader nonfiction takes on a whole new face! Consistent print placement, predictable text patterns, and strong picture clues make this series ideal for emergent readers. All Welcome Books are positioned in the middle Early Intervention range (8-13) and have been thoroughly reviewed and approved by our distinguished reading advisory board.

Synopsis: Juice, jelly, cider, pie, or straight off the tree...apples are delicious!  Discover the well-loved tradition of growing and picking apples - a fruit that has been in existence for about two million years. Explore the history of the apple but also the way that families and farmers grow and care for apple trees today, from planting to selling, to turning them into delicious treats and using them for classic games like "bobbing for apples" on…

Synopsis: With a dinnertime mystery and 5 hungry suspects, Charlie Piechart makes fractions fun.Charlie Piechart has a piechart for a belly, and it’s a belly that’s perfect for showing fractions. In his first mystery, perfect for little math enthusiasts, it’s pizza night at the Piecharts’ house.How about veggies on top? “NO VEGGIES!” yell 4/6 of the pizza eaters. No one wants anchovies, either. They like Charlie’s idea best: pepperoni.But with 6 pizza…

Synopsis: This NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Best Illustrated Book is now in Board Book format just in time for the holidays!This irresistible retelling of the Gingerbread Man by Jim Aylesworth and illustrated by Barbara McClintock is now in board book format for the first time, and it's a perfect treat for cookie lovers everywhere. Children enjoy chiming in with Aylesworth's charming, rollicking refrains, accompanied by whimsical animal images and a…

Synopsis: Ten-year-old Justin hates that his sisters and his mama are always fussing at him. They make him feel stupid because he can't clean his room or cook. But why should he? He'd rather be outside playing. After all, cooking and cleaning is just “women's work.” That's why Justin is glad when his grandfather invites him back to his ranch for the summer. Justin is sure he can get away from all the women and do some actual “men's work,” such as cleaning…

Synopsis: Welcome to Carmen Teresa's festive home, where relatives, friends, and neighbors from all over Latin America gather to celebrate New Year's Day. Dona Josepha gives Carmen Teresa a blank notebook, and everyone suggests that she fill it with stories that the guests remember from childhood. So begins a unique collection of tales told by a charming cast of characters. In the end, Carmen Teresa decides to create a cookbook filled with the recipes for…

Synopsis: Eric Carle?s classic story now comes to a touch-andfeel edition that?s perfect for both sight-impaired and sighted children. This large, tactile format, complete with Braille letters alongside the printed text, is meant to be read with the hands as much as with the eyes. The well-known pictures have been constructed out of various textured materials? cloth, felt, textured papers?that create a picture that can be recognized by the fingers. This…

Synopsis: Even monsters need to eat their vegetables! This wry and funny story might inspire a few veggie monsters to give peas a chance. When a single pea touches the lips of this determined vegetable hater, our hero doesn't cry, whine, or refuse to swallow. He turns into a VEGGIE MONSTER! Ready to smash the chairs! Ready to tip the table! Ready to . . . GULP . . . down his peas? With inventive mixed-media illustrations and a short, snappy text that…

Synopsis: I know an old lady who swallowed a pie, a Thanksgiving pie, which was really too dry.And with that the feast begins! After the pie the old lady swallows a whole squash, all of the salad, and the entire turkey! As Mother and Father watch in shock, the two children are delighted to see the old lady growing fatter and fatter. And, in the end, the old lady makes a surprising and humorous contribution to the holiday festivities."Jackson draws on some…