A charming, simple and beautifully illustrated lift-the-flap book for little children. Little fingers can lift the flaps in scenes of dark, quiet, sleepy night-time...and reveal the busy activity beneath. Scenes include owls, foxes and mice looking for food, bakers making bread for the morning and a sleeper train travelling through the night. A lovely introduction to the nocturnal world, perfec…
The circus is coming to town! Take your front row seat to see how a circus runs—from setting up the tent to performing center ring. Go soaring through the air on the flying trapeze and see how performers from all over the world come together to put on a show. With showbiz excitement that only the circus can create—and Peter Spier's signature humorous details waiting to be discovered on ever…
Learn to design and make your own bracelets, necklaces, earrings and more. Wonderful color photos. 56 pages. Girls can use inexpensive materials easily purchased at any craft store.
When Myrtle buys a plot of land, she asks her friend Stanley to build her a new house. He works step by step – from clearing the site with his orange bulldozer, to lifting beams with his green crane. Luckily, Stanley’s friend Charlie helps out, too. And at the end of a hard day of working, Stanley returns home where it’s “Time for supper! Time for a bath! And time for bed!” Stanley…
The famous patchwork elephant is back in another heart-warming adventure about friendship and teamwork. One day, as Elmer is strolling through the jungle, he hears a cry for help. A butterfly has been trapped in a hole by a fallen branch. Elmer rushes to the rescue and frees her with ease. In return she promises to help Elmer should he ever need it. Elmer cannot imagine how a tiny butterfly …
Amelia Bedelia gets in trouble by doing exactly what she is told. When Mrs Rogers asks for cereal with her coffee, Amelia puts cereal in the coffee and gets fired. Wherever Amelia tries - beauty shop, dress shop, doctor's office - she gets mixed up. Can she do anything well?
One bright sunny day, everybody sets out, using different modes of transportation, from skates and bicycles to a yellow sports car, a stretch limo, and an elaborately painted van.
Before the Little Rock Nine, before Rosa Parks, before Martin Luther King Jr. and his March on Washington, there was Barbara Rose Johns, a teenager who used nonviolent civil disobedience to draw attention to her cause. In 1951, witnessing the unfair conditions in her racially segregated high school, Barbara Johns led a walkout—the first public protest of its kind demanding racial equality in …
Martin Luther King, Jr. grew up in the South and it was there that he learned about racism. He became a leader and taught the world about equality. Young readers will learn his story and why we still celebrate this man and his dream today.