In the third easy-to-read book about Penny the mouse, written by Caldecott Medalist and bestselling author Kevin Henkes, Penny finds a beautiful marble on her neighbor's lawn and must decide whether or not to keep it. With age-appropriate vocabulary, compelling characters, and a memorable storyline, Penny and her Marble is just right for beginning readers and was named a 2014 Geisel Honor book …
A young boy's wishful thinking becomes a smooth piece of nonfiction, charmingly packed with facts.--Publishers Weekly An appealing combination of fantasy and reality.--Kirkus Reviews A young boy imagines what it was like long ago when dinosaurs lived in his own backyard. The story combines the little boy's charming imagination with early concepts of science and history to create a wonderf…
Each child in a group is different in a special way -- when eating or at play, while shopping, and in bedtime routines. While Frank eats muesli for breakfast and Rosie enjoys eggs and bacon, Clive prefers to eat alligators. Follow a delightful group of children as they discover and celebrate their individual differences.
Each child in this group of seven likes to do everything in an individual way whether it's work, taking a bath, playing, or going to sleep. While Clive eats fried rice and Tessa has Bombe Alaska, Rosie sips spiders. Here is the delightful group of children you met in Alison Lester's Clive Eats Alligators who all dream of what it will be like when they grow up in their own special way.
Brief text and illustrations of children engaged in a variety of activities explain the meaning of different words. What's your favourite midnight snack? While Celeste likes coconut macaroons and Ernie eats the cooking chocolate, Tessa snaps snakes. Follow a delightful group of children as they discover and celebrate their individual differences.
In this adventure, Engineer Small drives his little train from Tinytown to the city-and back. Along the way, the little train passes tunnels and stops at stations to pick up cargo and passengers. Presented in full color for the first time, Lois Lenski's The Little Train will delight a whole new generation of readers as they learn all about the ins and outs of a working train.
Text and pictures present the joyous experience of mud all over the shoe, you, the hair and everywhere. Mud in the puddle. Mud on the shoe. Mud on the socks. Mud on you! Mud on your hands. Mud!
Illus. in full color. "Beginning readers can follow the Muppet monsters on their way to Sesame Street through simple vocabulary, large print, colorful monster illustrations, and a snappy text which rhymes."--"School Library Journal." Rhymed text follows the adventures of a group of monsters on their way to Sesame Street.
In this delightful read aloud story, the bunnies decide to put on a musical stage version of “Little Red Riding Hood”. These wittily illustrated, unique and energetic bunnies act, sing, dance, build scenery, make costumes, posters, and tickets, play in the band, and put up lights. Finally, it's opening night!
"Jumpy Finds Courage on Ground Hog Day" is full-colour illustrated paperback book. It reflects a young Ground Hog that is torn between his unhealthy fear of his shadow and his heartfelt desire to join the older ground hogs in the grand Ground Hog Day celebration. Enjoy this small excerpt from the book: "...Jumpy stopped in amazement at the brightness of the land. Never before had he'd seen su…