Jessica, who worries about everything from her spelling homework to remembering to fill her dog's water dish, learns that fire safety begins with extinguishing her fears.
This third book in the Food Hero series features Chef Roy Choi, a “street cook” in Los Angeles whose “best good time” as a kid was family together, making food. Though he became an acclaimed chef, Ro
Horace and Morris, but mostly Dolores, love cheese--but everything changes when Dolores develops an allergy to her favorite food; fortunately, Dolores is one resourceful little mouse and comes up with
Mia is not sure what to think when her Abuela comes to live with her family in the city. They share a bedroom but speak different languages and Abuela is sad about leaving her sunny house with wild pa
When James and Eamon go to a week of Nature Camp and stay at Eamon's grandparents' house, it turns out that their free time spent staying inside, eating waffles and playing video games is way more int
Introduces young readers to the beauty and majesty of these creatures of the wild, the areas in which they live and breed today, and the way they almost came to extinction at the hands of man through
Story records the sights on a day trip to the city and back home again to the country. Accompanying book is an 'upside-down book' with black and white illustrations, and the trip to the city is read f
Describes eight kinds of sea turtles, their physical characteristics, senses, how they feed, migrate, and nest, and what is being done to protect them.
Pepito, son of the Spanish ambassador, and Madeline, rescued by Gypsies during a storm, travel and perform with their wandering friends until they again find Miss Clavel.
A young boy plants and cares for a carrot seed that everyone says will not grow, but he lovingly tends to his seed and eventually grows a large carrot.
Presents an introduction to jazz music and nine well-known jazz musicians, set to the rhythm of the traditional song, "This Old Man," and includes brief facts about each musician.
Complete with timeline and glossary, a picture book for young readers provides a collection of poetry that celebrates this uniquely American music and its many colorful players throughout its history.
Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers--until the weather takes a turn for the worse.
A young fly discovers, day by day, that there is a lot to learn about being an insect, including the dangers of flyswatters and that heroes come in all shapes and sizes.
The creators of Punctuation Takes a Vacation and Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day have created another memorably wacky language arts picture book, this time about suffixes, that recounts the story of
Presents a collection of reverso poems that when read in reverse reveal other meanings, inviting readers to uncover dual points of view in such classic Greek tales as "Pandora's Box" and "Echo and Nar
This companion to I’M NEW HERE features the perspectives of three students in the classroom as they welcome the three newcomers who are trying to adjust to a new school and country. An honest and hear
Describes the physical characteristics, mating behavior, habitat, natural defenses, and feeding habits of the world's largest land animal, the African elephant.
This authentic, loving celebration of gratitude & community -- written by a citizen of the Cherokee nation -- follows celebrations and experiences through the seasons of a year underscoring the tradi
An account of Amelia Earhart's dangerous 1932 flight across the Atlantic Ocean from Newfoundland to Ireland, in which she survived bad weather and a malfunctioning airplane, includes a brief biography
Presents an environmental success story of the buffalo's return from near extinction that describes the contributions of the Native Americans, cowboys, and Teddy Roosevelt as well as the rebuilding of
Bailey is jealous when his older brother and sister, both Bunny Scouts, go on a weekend camping trip, so his mother shows him how he can camp out right at home.
In this subtle presentation of how “walls” separate all of us, even the “good guys”, acclaimed author Jon Agee offers a simple but multi-layered perspective of fear and separation. Clever illustration
