Ming Lo's wife is angry. The couple live beside a big mountain which causes them no end of trouble. Shadows fall over their garden. Rocks fall through their roof. And it is always raining. "Husband," says Ming Lo's wife, "you must move the mountain so that we may enjoy our house in peace." But how can a man as small as Ming Lo move something as large as a mountain? Maybe the village wise man ca…
roggy is sleeping over at Max’s house for the first time! He packs his sleeping bag, his pillow, his pajamas, and even his toothbrush. Now, he’s ready to flop flop flop off to Max’s house. But then Froggy decides it would be a good idea to go back to his own house. So off they go—shloop! Then Max gets a tummy ache and wants to go back to his own house. So off they go—shloop! Back and …
There's good luck and bad luck. For Nomi, bad luck is tripping over the family cat and squinting at the blackboard. But when she gets her special eyeglasses, Nomi discovers that the best luck of all is being able to see better than ever.
This book features these sound/words: a, the, make, your, look, picture, draw Short vowel sounds: 'e' (self, egg), 'i' (picture, is, big), 'a' (at, add), 'o' (on) Teaching objectives: High frequency words Decoding using awareness of sentence construction Simple instructions
Ugly Fish is ugly and big and mean, and he won't share his driftwood tunnel or his special briny flakes with anyone. And that means the wimpy little fish who keep showing up in his tank have got to go. But then one day someone bigger and uglier and maybe even meaner arrives . . . and suddenly Ugly Fish isn't feeling quite so confident anymore. From Kara LaReau, author of the Rocko and Spanky…
A Caldecott Honor book that is the perfect introduction to musical instruments and a counting book that redefines the genre. When this book begins, the trombone is playing all by itself. But soon a trumpet makes a duet, a french horn a trio, and so on until the entire orchestra is assembled on stage. Written in elegant and rhythmic verse and illustrated with playful and flowing artwork, this…
Join Fancy Nancy on an exciting trip to the aquarium in this Fancy Nancy I Can Read story from New York Times bestselling team Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser. During a class trip to the aquarium, Fancy Nancy is enjoying all the incredible sea creatures—that is until she comes to the jellyfish exhibit! With the help of Ms. Glass and her friends, Nancy learns to overcome her fear of …
"Before you go out into the world," Ming Miao told her five kittens, "you must know the true story of your ancestors...." And so begins the story of Sagwa of China, a mischievous, pearl white kitten. Sagwa lived in the House of the Foolish Magistrate, a greedy man who made up rules that helped only himself. One day, Sagwa fell into an inkwell and accidentally changed one of the Foolish Magis…
Tom and Pippo go to play in a sandbox and end up making a new friend. Do you love Pippo the monkey? If you do, you're just like Tom. There are lots and lots of Pippo books..... How many have you got at home?
A little boy living in a distant country is lonely. He needs a bed of his own, a room of his own, a house of his own - and most of all, a momma and poppa of his own. But he must travel far to get them. He must fly for a day and a night through blue skies and clouds and stars before he comes to a place he can call home...with his loving new adopted family.