Discusses in simple terms a child's relationships within the family and with friends.
Bob is a bear who feels he's very boring, especially in comparison to his lively friend Jack. But in the course of this book, Bob learns that every bear has his own way of doing things -- and there isn't a right way or a wrong way.
A pygmy shrew is among the tiniest of mammals. A ladybug is even smaller. But in this book you will find small things you could not ordinarily see.
Skinny as a beanpole and tall for his age, an awkward young boy learns that Abraham Lincoln was called "gorilla, baboob, backwards hick." Yet along with big feet and big hands, Lincoln had a big heart and the great ability to keep a nation together. And what the boy learns as he studies Lincoln opens his mind to great possibilities for his own future.
Think and discuss: Is a zebra taller than an ostrich?
George has more adventures than James Bond! Only three inches tall, he can ski down mountains of dishes, swim with goldfish, and take rides in his new toy airplane. But taking care of his giant baby brother and brushing his teeth can be real challenges for the mouse-sized George.
Illustrations in full, wild colors suit the frantic doings in Joyce's debut, a fast and funny tale. When George wakes up one morning, he realizes that his dream has come true. George has dwindled. He's smaller than his toy soldiers, half the size of his baby brother. But he's still the responsible boy his parents trust to obey orders they have left in a note beside his bed. And so a whirligig o…
In this wordless picture book, readers first see Earth as the astronauts do, as a small ball in the black universe. As the point of view moves gradually closer, we can see continents and oceans, then the East Coast of the United States, then a town (an imaginary one), until, finally, we are looking through a boy's magnifying glass at a ladybug. In his remarkable and detailed cut-paper illustrat…
Think and discuss: What patterns do you see?
This book features these words: I, can, see, you, are, the, up, in Teaching objectives: High frequency words Capital letters for 'I' and beginning of sentences Reading/writing about personal experiences