Joe Rhatigan

Celebrate our libraries with this adorable first words storybook!

Libraries are vibrant and vital centers of community where people go to connect to the world, technology, information, stories, and each other. They’re also often the most fun place to be when at school! This book encourages an early love for “going to the library” with delightful illustrations and a fun, rhyming story about one child’s first trip. 

When Peter wants to know more about dinosaurs, his best friend, Lara, knows just where to go. With card in hand, they head for the library where they find just the right book. Then, it’s story time!!!

Each spread features one or more library vocabulary words such as alphabetical, author, barcode, catalog, database, scanner, nonfiction, and more—with their definitions on the last spread. Get kids excited about reading, researching, self-directed exploration, and more with Let's Go to the Library!

Let's Go to the Library

This is a hysterical read-aloud picture book that shows children it's okay to pass a little gas.

Everyone Toots

Living in America's most famous residence might seem glamorous at first--it's the most fun place any kid could live! There's a bowling alley in the basement, chefs are always available to prepare whatever you're craving, and sometimes presidential aides will even help you with your homework! But life isn't always easy for the youngsters who call the White House home. They're always in the spotlight, and those pesky Secret Service agents are always around. For every perk, there's a problem. From Washington to Obama, see the White House through the eyes of the children and grandchildren. Filled with wacky, weird, and wonderful stories, it shows what it's like to call the president Dad (or Granddad or Uncle). Find out what schools they went to, what mischief they caused, and what pets they had. There are first-person accounts from letters and interviews, fascinating photos, original illustrations, and even a section that follows the children after they left the White House.

The Perks, Pleasures, Problems, and Pratfalls of the Presidents' Children

White House Kids

This is history served up high-octane, with all of the fun and none of the boredom. It's not about memorizing lists of dates or names, or remembering which general won what battle. Instead, BIZARRE HISTORY merrily digs up the scandals, the strangeness, and the scintillating details that illuminate personalities, events, and real life. Think of it not as a textbook, but as history’s juicy unauthorized biography--a historical document in which relevance never gets in the way of a good read. There are humorous quotes from famous figures such as Mark Twain and Napoleon ("History is a myth that men agree to believe"), as well as witty commentary about leaders of the past. After all, while you're probably familiar with William the Conquerer, have you heard of Charles the Simple, ruler of France and son of Louis the Stammerer? What about the emperor who entered Rome in a chariot drawn by 50 naked slaves—and invented the first whoopee cushion, too? But you can find lots of wildness closer to home: George Washington wrote love letters to a married woman; "Old Hickory" Andrew Jackson had been in at least seven duels before becoming president; and Benjamin Franklin fathered an illegitimate child. Paranoia also plagued a few of our presidents: the only thing Franklin Roosevelt had to fear was the number 13: he wouldn't invite 13 guests to a dinner party or travel on the 13th. And both Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan had encounters with UFOs! The fun facts span the globe, covering the crazy acts of Caligula in the Roman Empire; the "Dog Shogun" in 17th century Japan; the "Pork and Beans" war between the US and Canada; and even details about fashion, medicine, sports, and the real Dracula. It's a wild journey that no one could resist!

Strange Happenings, Stupid Misconceptions, Distorted Facts and Uncommon Events

Bizarre History

Welcome, welcome to Dizzytown! Where we smile at work and never frown. We believe we’re good at what we do. Come take a look and you’ll think so too! But readers may frown . . . and giggle . . . when they find out that in Dizzytown, the wrong people are doing all the jobs!!! This rhyming picture book with illustrations from the award-winning Patrick Corrigan, follows a young girl on her first trip to Dizzytown. Her friend shows her around, pointing out all the hard workers. Unfortunately for the residents of Dizzytown, it’s the teachers who put out fires, while sanitation workers take sick people to landfills, musicians fly airplanes, and more! Each time, the young girl exclaims, “Wait! What??” and explains who are the right people for the jobs. Children will love pointing out the discrepancies in Dizzytown, where children go to work, trucks are driven by punk rock bands, and houses are built by pumpkin-pie bakers, and delight in the young girl’s frustration that everything in Dizzytown is just very wrong!

Welcome to Dizzytown!

Melissa Boscarino

Help sixth grade students develop advanced reading skills with engaging and effective daily practice activities. The daily reading practice in this workbook organizes fiction, nonfiction, and nontraditional texts in interesting thematic units.

Practice, Assess, Diagnose

180 DaysTM: Reading for Sixth Grade, 2nd Edition

Learn about our solar system in this science reader packed with NASA photos and space facts. For up-to-date information (including about Pluto and its fellow dwarf planets) and stellar photos and illustrations, kids eager for mind-blowing non-fiction need look no further!

Planets, Moons, Stars, and More!

Space

Little Sloth

Heather Smith

From easy toys and great gifts to wonderful room decorations, these 50 projects give children a terrific way to recycle and feel creative, too. “This appealing volume is not only a craft book; it also educates users to be more aware of packaging, waste, and of making conscious decisions about how products are used and discarded. Years of Earth Day ideas flow from between the covers of this creative book.”—School Library Journal.

Awesome Things to Make with Recycled Stuff

'With dozens of doodle game to play, challenges to complete, and activities to attempt, the fun will never end."--Back cover

Doodle Games Activity Book

Teaches techniques for soapmaking, and offers project instructions for creating soaps embedded with toys, scented soaps, and unusual-looking soaps.

50 Fun & Fabulous Soaps to Melt & Pour

Soapmaking

Quinn Gray, Private Detective, is known at her school as the person to hire when you need a mystery solved. When her friend Jessica starts receiving mysterious notes at her desk, will Quinn be able to crack the case? This mystery fiction book supports early fluent readers on their journey to independent reading. Engage students natural curiosity with fun and inspiring real-world stories. Perfect for shared or guided reading, this book cultivates lifelong reading success.

The Case of the Mysterious Notes ebook

With Little Genius books, curious kids can learn and laugh while being captivated by the world around them. With super-simple concepts about the sun, planets, comets, and more, each spread features the wonderful illustrations of Mattia Cerato along with rhyming text that delights while it instructs. With the sun as your guide, meet Mercury, Venus, Earth, and the rest of the planet gang, as you travel further and further to the outer reaches of the solar system. Each planet has one funny identifying feature that will help kids remember a fascinating fact about it. For instance, Earth is wearing goggles. Why? Because it has lots and lots of water! Little Genius: Solar System reads like a fun story, making it the perfect introduction to our night sky.

Little Genius: Solar System

Learn about our solar system in this Step 3 Science Reader packed with NASA photos and space facts! Step into Reading, the most trusted name in early readers, delivers an introduction to the final frontier that kids can read themselves! For up-to-date information (including about Pluto and its fellow dwarf planets) and stellar photos and illustrations, kids eager for mind-blowing nonfiction need look no further! Step 3 Readers feature engaging characters in easy-to-follow plots about popular topics. They are ideal for children who are ready to read on their own.

Space: Planets, Moons, Stars, and More!

Open any page, read the instructions, and begin having silly, interactive fun in mere moments! American Presidents Activity Book features inventive games, quizzes, puzzles, and challenges all related to America's presidents. Kids can flip to any page and start having silly, interactive fun in mere moments, all while learning a fascinating facts about the important people who have led our country. All they need is a pencil (or two) to enjoy activities like Two Truths and a Lie, Yankee Doodles, Presidential Pardons, and more. From trivia to brainteasers to puzzles, these pencil games are full of factoids and tidbits that are great for understanding U.S. history and the presidency. Who knows-these games could even inspire a bright, young girl or boy to run for president someday!

American Presidents Activity Book

Lewis Carroll

Charles Nurnberg

Eric Puybaret

Lewis Carroll's tale of a world gone topsy-turvy gets a unique picture-book retelling of the beginning of Alice's journey, with elegantly simplified text that keeps the astonishing adventures and wide-eyed amazement of the original.

Alice in Wonderland - Down the Rabbit Hole

At once inspirational, silly, and fun, I Love a Book is a lavishly illustrated picture book that celebrates reading and children’s marvelous capacity for enjoyment and imagination. Calling all kids who love nothing better than getting lost in a great book! This is our celebration of books, reading, and our imaginations. In I Love a Book , you'll get to see all different types of books and see where to find them from the simple, lyrical prose. As you keep reading, the words becomes more frantic as a young reader encounters pirates sailing the sea, a classroom of monsters "learning math with their paws," and even an animal doctor making house calls in a helicopter! With lavish illustrations nearly spilling off the page, the young reader finally reaches the end of an exhausting day, ready for bed... and more books. I Love a Book is for anyone who loves spending time with their books and wants to instill this passion in the next generation.

I Love a Book

This delightfully silly story picks up where Goldilocks and the Three Bears left off. Goldilocks visits family in the city, but can't remember which apartment they live in. As she knocks on several doors, she meets a forest's worth of wild animal neighbors, and her newly learned manners are put to the test! Will she remember the lessons she learned from the three bears? This short, 32-page chapter book features colorful, lively illustrations and will appeal to kids who enjoy imaginative retellings of classic stories.

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