Synopsis: For use in schools and libraries only. Jamie plants a pumpkin seed and, after watching it grow, carves it, and saves some seeds to plant in the spring.

Synopsis: Come along on an adventure through the rain forest. Along the way, you'll meet new friends big and small, see amazing sights, and learn all about the creatures that make their home in the rain forest. Told in simple yet lively text built with sight words and using picture icons to aid reading, National Geographic Pre-readers will enchant kids just beginning their journey with books.

Synopsis: A Caldecott Medal winner that conveys the silent wonder of a city snowfall and a small boy's solitary delight in it.

Synopsis: Max is sent to bed without supper and imagines sailing away to the land of Wild Things,where he is made king.

Synopsis: ‘Before the zoo opens each day a small army of keepers, vendors, and maintenance workers perform the daily tasks of cleaning and setting up. Then the crowds flock in. . . . The busy pictures are filled with details and action. The writing is crisp, clear, and informative.’ —SLJ. Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children 1987 (NSTA/CBC)