Steve Metzger

A little snowflake falls from the sky hoping to be a part of the biggest and best snowman ever.

The Little Snowflake

It's Fall

The Great Turkey Race

It's Christmas Eve. 'We've got to get ready for Santa Claus!" Bear tells his friends. While the other animals are excited, Badger isn't convinced. "Santa's not coming!' he grumbles. "He doesn't even know we're here!" "We just have to believe," Bear tells them. Bear organizes his friends to help to get ready for Santa's visit. But will Santa really come?

Waiting for Santa

Ann Kronheimer

Eleven-year-old Grace Bedell really liked presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln, but she thought he was missing one thing: a beard! So she wrote him a letter to tell him just that. One beard and one election later, Abraham Lincoln became the president of the United States of America. This is the story of how one little letter and one little girl changed history.

Why Abraham Lincoln Grew a Beard

Lincoln and Grace

Susan Szecsi

Listening is an essential life skill that helps children achieve success at school, follow safety rules and show others that they care about them. In a world filled with distractions, being a "good listener" has become more difficult than ever. The playful rhymes of Yes, I Can Listen! encourage children to appreciate the rewards of attentive listening. With sweet characters, varied type faces, and vivid colors, this picture book introduces a variety of listening scenarios. Each two-page spread let children imagine how they might listen in a number of common situations. Yes, I Can Listen! concludes with a page of suggestions for parents who wish to explore more activities that encourage and develop their children's listening skills.

Yes, I Can Listen!

With the help of his nursery rhyme friends, Little Boy Blue, who now runs a detective agency, solves the mystery of the missing Miss Muffet.

Detective Little Boy Blue

Animals give thanks for the things that they enjoy, such as flowers, new crayons, and a hug.

Give Thanks for Each Day

We're Going on a Nature Hunt

"Z is tired of always coming last! He wants to try something new. But when he convinces the rest of the letters to step out of line and change their order, nothing goes quite the way he planned"--Back cover.

The Mixed-Up Alphabet

Angry at being downgraded to a dwarf planet by Earth scientists, Pluto travels through the solar system, asking other planets along the way for support, in hopes of regaining his planetary status.

Pluto Visits Earth!

It's the day before the big Easter party and the Easter Bunny is nowhere to be found. The other animals in the forest try to find a substitute.

The Easter Bunny is Missing!

A child-friendly format for the classic book on how emotions and behaviors interact With wacky characters, varied type faces, and vivid colors, this picture book introduces the vocabulary of values with nonjudgmental language. A wide variety of character traits presents kids with scenarios they can identify with, including peering at bugs with a magnifying glass, making the bed, and finishing a puzzle. Additional examples define words such as "curious," "responsible," "persistent," and "capable." The scenarios let children imagine how they might act in a number of common situations. The Way I Act provides parents with guidance on how to talk to their children about the difference between feelings and actions and the choices that kids can make in their behavior.

The Way I Act

Ladybug plans a party with only two friends in her small house, but as more and more insects show up, she is sure her birthday is ruined.

Ladybug's Birthday

This tender picture book follows a child's day at school.

I'll Always Come Back!

All the fall leaves have big plans to twist and twirl in the autum wind. But not Yellow Hickory. She's afraid. The other leaves laugh at her. But the wind has a few surprises for them all!

The Falling Leaves

Simple, repetitive text and expressive illustrations tell an autumn story about the way one leaf turns an entire barnyard upside down.

When the Leaf Blew In

Jill Dubin

Simple rhythmic text and illustrations describe the actions of the last car on a train. Includes related puzzles and activities.

Little Red Caboose

Three children go on a leaf hunt, climbing a mountain, traveling through a forest, going around a waterfall, and crossing a lake in search of leaves from different trees before an unexpected peril makes them turn back.

Steve Metzger

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