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Share the sights, sounds, smells, and humor of a family camping trip through this collection of engaging poems illustrated with vivid paintings. From setting up the tent to the ultimate return home, campers and non-campers alike will enjoy this vacation and all its outdoor pleasures.
Toasting Marshmallows: Camping Poems
![Two Eggs, Please](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/068983196X.jpg?itok=wzjx_WYj)
Two Eggs, Please
![Two Times the Fun](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060579218.jpg?itok=p1F00oyd)
Four picture books about twins, Jimmy and Janet, have been newly formatted and illustrated to create an appealing and attractive chapter book. Readers will see themselves in the characters as they try to carve out their own space within their family. This is an ideal read aloud for younger children or a solid read alone for independent readers.
Two Times the Fun
![Unwitting Wisdom: An Anthology of Aesop's Fables](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0811844501.jpg?itok=xh9NqKwM)
The enduring wisdom of Aesop’s fables have been retold and newly illustrated. The large, attractive format invites readers to consider how the actions of the animals are similar to their own.
Unwitting Wisdom: An Anthology of Aesop’s Fables
![My Very First Mother Goose](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1564026205.jpg?itok=Nc2MGobx)
This spritely collection of both familiar and less well known rhymes is presented in an oversized format just right for sharing. Young children will likely examine lighthearted, detailed illustrations as they extend the rhymes’ action with verve and humor.
My Very First Mother Goose
![When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0439269679.jpg?itok=NNCXJTqq)
Marian Anderson was an extraordinary contralto whose talent was celebrated in Europe long before she was recognized in her native United States. Anderson’s focus, musical talent, and the difficult times in which she lived are captured in a dramatic picture book biography.
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson
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From groaners to puzzlers, this well organized collection of jokes, riddles, puns, and more will intrigue, cause chuckles or a guffaw, and make the reader think as it entertains and engages during multiple perusals.
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? And Other Riddles Old & New
![Go Wild in New York City](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0792279824.jpg?itok=D5iVHdMB)
Going to visit a big city on vacation? Think there’s nothing but concrete above and below? Well, think again! Readers are greeted by bagel-eating Skippy, an Eastern Gray Squirrel, and begin a complex, unexpected, revealing, and animated jaunt through and around New York City. The Big Apple comes alive in sophisticated, surprising ways through cartoons and photographs creatively placed on double page spreads.
Go Wild in New York City
![Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/091629126X.jpg?itok=rXbLAMD1)
Wilfrid helps an elderly friend, Miss Nancy, regain lost memories by bringing her some of her favorite things to remind her of them. This is a tender story of a friendship between two very different people, both of whom have four names, and the nature of memories.
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
![Wings](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0590033778.jpg?itok=pQAagbaU)
Stunning, bold collage illustrations carry the action in this reworking of the traditional Greek myth. Here, Icarus becomes Ikarus, a boy of color, who learns to fly in spite of the society in which he lives.
Wings
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Rhyming tales written for two voices makes an ideal — and humorous — introduction to readers’ theater. Well known fairy tales have been adapted, reorganized and reinvigorated with lively language and sprightly illustrations, worthy of many dramatizations.
You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together
![Eli, The Boy Who Hated to Write: Understanding Dysgraphia](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0966135369.jpg?itok=wWDHPdz8)
Eli, The Boy Who Hated to Write: Understanding Dysgraphia
![My Teacher's My Friend](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0824953088.jpg?itok=dviMo6II)
A happy rhyming book that looks at the friendship between a child and his teacher.
My Teacher’s My Friend
![The Kissing Hand](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0878685855.jpg?itok=M4vzX68l)
Chester Raccoon doesn’t want to go to school - he wants to stay home with his mother. She tells him he’ll make new friends and read new stories. Plus, she’s going to share a special, family secret with him - the Kissing Hand. This secret, she tells him, will make school seem as cozy as home.
The Kissing Hand
![The Name Jar](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/the-name-jar.jpeg?itok=AFSZ2zVF)
The new kid in school needs a new name! Or does she? Being the new kid in school is hard enough, but what about when nobody can pronounce your name? Having just moved from Korea, Unhei is anxious that American kids will like her.
The Name Jar
![Will I Have a Friend?](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0689713339.jpg?itok=00Tt3nQy)
Jim is worried. He’s not sure he’ll have any friends at school! The other children in kindergarten are scary strangers to him. He’s sure that he’ll never find a friend…until naptime, when he discovers someone who feels the way he does.
Will I Have a Friend?
![The Mitten: A Ukrainian Folktale](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0399252967.jpg?itok=OJfy3iY-)
The cumulative tale of a child’s lost mitten — but found to become home to a host of animals — is told in straightforward language and intricate, bordered illustrations. Now 20 years old, Brett’s interpretation of a Ukrainian folktale will be enjoyed anew.
The Mitten: A Ukrainian Folktale
![Phoebe Flower's Adventures: Phoebe's Best Best Friend](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0966036697.jpg?itok=cjazqDFW)
Phoebe Flower’s is having some friendship troubles. Plus, her impulsivity and distractibility have landed her in trouble at school again. Her parents and the school principal decide that Phoebe needs a little help to get back on track. At first, Phoebe is worried when she hears her parents talking about something called ADD. But then her mother confides to Phoebe that she had similar problems as a girl. With Mom’s encouragement, Phoebe struggles with a writing assignment. Completing it at last, Phoebe is proud of her accomplishment, and excited that, through her writing; she’s discovered the true meaning of best friend.
Phoebe Flower’s Adventures: Phoebe’s Best Best Friend
![Josh: A Boy with Dyslexia](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0595313817.jpg?itok=2KZoZaak)
Josh was living a great life—he knew how to get around who his friends were. In the middle of the school year, though, his family turns that all upside-down by moving to a new neighborhood. Suddenly he has to deal with new kids, a new school, and a nasty bully who makes fun of the way Josh learns. But when the bully needs help, it’s Josh who can save the day.
Josh: A Boy with Dyslexia
![When Sophie Gets Angry- Really, Really Angry](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0439598451.jpg?itok=ISEDq7lm)
Sophie is really, really angry! Her sister took her stuffed gorilla. Then Sophie triped on a toy truck. Furious, she slams out the front door and just keeps running. Soon, though, she calms down and starts to notice the ferns and birds. Before long she is ready to be back with her family.
When Sophie Gets Angry- Really, Really Angry
![Yellow Bird and Me](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0395553881.jpg?itok=r14c16xP)
In a sequel to The Gift-Giver, Doris reluctantly starts helping Yellow Bird, the class clown, with his reading problem. To her surprise, Doris finds that in caring for and helping Bird, she develops a new friend.
Yellow Bird and Me
![Journey to Gameland: How to Make a Board Game from Your Favorite Children's Book](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1930051514.jpg?itok=_P9gHON1)
Eleven-year-old (and dyslexic) Ben Buchanan, who created a board game based on the popular Harry Potter books, provides advice for all children who would like to turn their favorite book into a board game. Along with his co-authors, he offers a step-by-step process, with suggestions for parents, librarians, and teachers, on how to help children transform their favorite book into a board game.
Journey to Gameland: How to Make a Board Game from Your Favorite Children’s Book
![Reach for the Moon](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0439297389.jpg?itok=FbmOs7Gi)
Samantha Abeel is learning disabled and gifted. She does not understand mathematical concepts, but she is an extremely talented writer. Samantha was on the edge of despair when a caring English teacher who recognized her hidden talents intervened, offering Samantha an opportunity to describe in words the hauntingly beautiful paintings of artist Charles R. Murphy.
Reach for the Moon
![Eddie Enough!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1890627259.jpg?itok=lJ2Ni0_N)
Meet Eddie Minetti, human whirlwind and third-grader. He thinks, moves, and speaks quickly and it often gets him into trouble. One day at school, Eddie arrives late because he forgot his lunch, misses part of his spelling test, is accused of cheating, knocks over things, and loses the classroom’s pet rat and that’s only part of the morning! His exasperated teacher, Mrs. Pinck, says, “I’ve had enough, Eddie, enough!” That’s all it takes, and soon the entire class is taunting Eddie with his new nickname, Eddie Enough.