A counting book that features an African-American family shopping for food, preparing dinner, and sitting down to eat. Lively read-aloud text paired with bright collage illustrations.
Teachers will be holding a daily literacy ho ur with all children from Reception to Year 6. During this h our, 15 minutes must be devoted to shared reading and the go vernment has suggested that big books be used in this contex t. '
At bedtime a small boy tries to control ten insatiable monsters demanding food and creating chaos throughout the house.
What if Jack wasn't the only one to climb the beanstalk? Raymond Briggs brings a new generation to an old tale with humor, math, and imagination. After discovering a beanstalk growing outside of his window one morning, Jim decides to do what any person in a similar situation would do—he climbs it. At the top he finds the unexpected: a castle and a giant in need of a friend. Children and ad…
Take cloth and buttons and thread. Add a classic nursery rhyme and a counting game. Stitch them together and what do you have? A patchwork of numbers and fun! With bold and beautiful quilted illustrations, author-illustrator Anna Grossnickle Hines has created a read-aloud that's sure to become a cozy household favorite.
A must for any bookcase, these sturdy, hard-cover storybooks combine basic concepts with familiar sights and themes of a young child's world. Each book contains 24 pages of glowing, full-color illustrations that will enchant and amuse for hours on end.