Seaweed, seaglass, tides, tidal pools, dunes, driftwood, and waves make cameo appearances, too. Warning: Beginning readers are apt to be swept away!

    With vibrant art and compelling text, more than 90 Bible stories come to life. Kids ages 6 and under will enjoy the fun illustrations of Noah helping the elephant onto the ark, Jonah praying inside the fish, and more, as they discover The Beginner's Bible® just like millions of children before. The Beginner's Bible® is the 2006 Retailers Choice Award winner in Children's Nonfiction.

    His mommy says there is a better way. What is it? Beginning readers will learn proper manners with Alfie as his mommy teaches him to say the magic words.

    With four-color photographs straight from the movie, this Step 2 reader retells the magical story of the DVD in the simple language that will help Barbie’s little fans Step into Reading on their own.

    Upon His Word, enormous whales sprung into being. At His command, billions of plankton leapt to life. On that day, millions of creatures like the strapping sea turtles, the skulking sharks, the delightful dolphins, and the soaring squid gladly joined their fellow sea animals. How joyously crammed with excitement was the fifth day of earth's existence. Apologia's newest elementary science book will take you and your family on an exploration into the wonders of the swimming creatures made on the fifth day of Creation. You'll begin with a big splash from the whales and dolphins, then spy on seals and meet manatees before swimming with the sea turtles, snakes, and salamanders. You'll even peek in on the primeval plesiosaraus and its pals. Following your frolic with fish and sharks, you'll uncover the world of crabby crustaceans, sea snails, clams, and their soft bodied friends like the octopus, squid, and nautilus. You'll consort with corals, find flowers that devour plankton, see stars and feathers that walk, leap and roll, and discover dollars that disappear in the sand and sponges that clean more than you might think. From the microscopic to massive, no stone is left unturned in your student's passage through the waters of the world. The creatures your student studies will come to life as your student creates replicas of them and adds them to his Ocean box - a miniature hand-crafted aquarium. As always, each lesson ends with an experiment or project reinforcing the scientific method and the concepts studied. Among other experiments and projects, your student will try on blubber, investigate a shark's ability to sense electrical currents, explore how whales can hear sounds that come from far away, and learn through experimentation which creatures make the best fossils. No matter how near or far you live from the ocean, you and your students will wonder at God's design in the amazing aquatic animals He formed and fashioned on the fifth day. Slip on your scuba gear, and come explore with us!

    Valeri Gorbachev’s adorable artwork pairs beautifully with Sandra Horning’s charming text, and makes for a fun, funny, and educational read-aloud. An unexpected twist at the end will delight readers and have kids asking for this book again and again.

     Night Catch is a timeless story that connects families while they are apart and offers comforting hope for their reunion.

    Yet his passion for the natural world was so strong that he suffered through terrible seasickness during his five-year voyage aboard The Beagle. Darwin collected new creatures from the coasts of Africa, South America, and the Galapagos Islands, and expanded his groundbreaking ideas that would change people's understanding of the natural world. About 100 illustrations and a clear, exciting text will make Darwin and his theory of evolution an exciting discovery for every young reader.

    The very best of today's wildlife photography combines with lively, fascinating text to reveal the magic and wonder of the animal world.

    Although he had no money, Roberto Clemente practiced and practiced until—eventually—he made it to the Major Leagues. As a right-fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, he fought tough opponents—and even tougher racism—but with his unreal catches and swift feet, he earned his nickname, "The Great One." He led the Pirates to two World Series, hit three-thousand hits, and was the first Latino to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. But it wasn't just baseball that made Clemente legendary—he was was also a humanitarian dedicated to improving the lives of others.

    Penny is excited to startthe year with her best friend right beside her in the same classroom. This humorous take on Clement C. Moore's classic tale has a perfect twist ending that will surprise readers—as well as the “heroine” of the story—and help all about-to-be first-graders through their own backto- school jitters.

    It’s up to Babe Ruth to win back fans and save baseball! Can he do it, or will he strike out?

    But what happens if the response is NO?Lonely Little Smudge is searching everywhere for a friend—and when it sees a group of shapes playing together it thinks the wish has come true. But the colorful squares, triangles, diamonds, and circles all think Smudge is just too different…until it shows them all the amazing shapes it can form, and how magical its difference can be. With bold, bright, and always surprising images—which range from abstract to cubist—this very special picture book not only celebrates the power of the individual but provides an appealing introduction to modern art.

    Previously published as individual readers, six school-based tales fill a treasury about learning skills and building confidence; about teasing and differences; and about making and keeping friends.

    Culbertson of Moody Bible Institute wrote 'The Child's Story Bible is the best summary of the Bible in story from anywhere available.' Especially recommended for seven to twelve year olds.

    Each page gives kids repeated opportunities to spell, write, and read a sight word while completing a fun poem! Poems feature predictable, rhyming text and tie in with popular themes such as weather, seasons, all about me, and more.

    After his parents keep pushing activities to that most over scheduled day of the week - Someday - young Max searches for that elusive day on his calendar.

    Frizzle's class is on its way to a pool - a tide pool. The kids spot everything from seaweed to seashells. But then they run into some real crabs. It's time for a crash lesson in tide pool life, and the kids find out quick that it can be a real rush.Climb on the Magic School Bus and learn about the tides and hermit crabs and much, much more.

    

    A visit to Idaho is not complete without a variety of potato dishes and vacationers plan whole trips around the Cajun delicacies of Louisiana. A trip to the south means a mess of fried catfish and black eyed peas. Every state in this great country has its own culinary specialties. Now you can taste your way across the country without leaving your own dining room table! Eat Your Way Through the U.S.A. is more than just a cookbook. It is a taste buds-on approach to geography. Each state has its unique geographical features and agricultural products. These influence both the ingredients that go into a recipe and the way food is prepared. This unique addition to your U.S. Geography program will allow you to experience a different meal from each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Learn about the dairy and beef industries in Wisconsin, then use this resource to help you cook a dinner of garlic cheese rolls and ribs and sauerkraut. Study about the rise of farming in California during the Great Depression, then enjoy a dinner of fresh fruits and vegetables. What better way to bring the importance of geography home! Eat Your Way Through the U.S.A. includes a full meal of recipes from each state. In some cases, there is a salad, main dish and dessert. In other cases, main dish, vegetable and bread. Some states include bonus recipes for breakfast foods and snacks. Recipes are easy to follow and, though they aren t written at a child s level, you should feel free to include your children in the preparation of these dishes. This provides life skills and is a source of bonding and pride for your children. All pages are printed in two colors for added interest and there is a set of interesting food facts from each state to supplement your cooking experience. Add this book to your geography curriculum and Bon Appetit! (Or should we say Chow Down?!)"

    Mabel cannot wait to share her first new word with her family, but when she does, they don'st believe it is a word from the dictionary. But Mabel is feisty and won'st accept their rebuffs. Read on to enjoy the higgledy-piggledy goings on!

    Smithsonian's Backyard gives children a glimpse of the lives of animals that live right outside their own homes.- Read-along audiocassettes enhanced with music, natural sound effects, and page-turning tones.- Toys authenticated by Smithsonian Institution curators for realism.

    All Brave explorers are welcome to enter the mysterious ancient Kingdom of the pharaohs in the great adventure bookFull of fun, facts and action plust lift up flaps, pull tabs and popup surprises

    The first beginning reader for Rainbow Brite's relaunch!Rainbow Brite and her friends the Color Kids must correct all of the mixed up colors in Rainbow Land.

    This easy-to-use resource contains 20 individual book-report forms and 18 individual book projects. Each has step-by-step directions, book lists for individual book reports, as well as standards-based literature skills. Examples of literature focus skills: - identifying stories that are real or make-believe - identifying the main character - re-telling a story - sequencing events - identifying problem/solution - identifying facts in fiction Examples of book report projects: - mobiles - puppets - pop-ups - lift-the-flap pages

    Read about how spiders turn from eggs into adults, and why spiders spin their webs and how they do it. Find out about poisonous spiders and the harmless ones you may find anywhere in your home.

    Each book helps build a young reader's confidence with repeated examples of the letter sounds being focused on, as well as "words to learn" and "words to sound out."

    Bad things like Charlotte calling her best friend, Kate, a big pink baby, and Kate crying all the way home. Charlotte feels awful . . . in fact, she feels so awful she can’t even eat her pizza and french fries. It was that bad. Then Grandpa shows Charlotte his invisible mistakecase . . . and she doesn’t believe her eyes! It’s a place where he keeps reminders of all the mistakes he never wants to repeat. Could Charlotte possibly have a mistakecase of her very own?

    Something is lurking in the deepest waters, devouring all the words that are no longer used. No one has noticed, but the world is slowly growing darker.For many years no children have come to the Enchanted Islands in search of Wisdom, and the Wise Enchanter is growing old. Four children from the corners of the earth have been sent on a quest to rediscover each letter, unlock the treasure of language, and thereby grow wise.Time is running out; if the children do not reach the castle of the Wise Enchanter in time, Wisdom and light may vanish from the world altogether.∞ ∞ ∞"We're trying to get to the castle of the Wise Enchanter, ' Michael said. 'It's very difficult.""But you have found your way to the Enchanted Islands," said the hermit. "That is the first step, and that is good. I can't tell you which way to go, since I have no idea. You see, very few people have ever reached the castle itself, and no one has been there since I have been here, but I can tell you one thing...if you keep going straight through the forest, it will end. At the end, there are two paths. One path is the Right Way. The other is the Left Way. One of these paths is the true way, and will take you where you need to go; but you can only know which is which once you have gone along the way of your choice for some time.""What if the Right way is the wrong way, or the Left way is the right way?" Lauren asked. "It sounds confusing.""Yes, yes, of course it does. But once you've done it, everything will be perfectly clear."

    Each book includes chapters that help readers identify key details while the photographs, and other text features encourage students to make connections on their own.

    Real books, as opposed to controlled vocabulary readers, capture the imagination of children and motivate them in their reading lessons. Our study guide, StoryTime Treasures, written by Highlands Latin School teachers Mary Lynn Ross and Tessa Tiemann, teaches a variety of language skills in the engaging context of favorite books. Vocabulary, spelling, composition, capitalization, punctuation, and more are included. Your child’s classical education will be off to a superb start with these enduring and timeless classics. And he or she will be well prepared to complete first grade with the next set of classics in More StoryTime Treasures, available now!

    Learn about some of the major inventions that changed the way people waged wars.

    In her dream she flies like a bird and marvels at the beauty around her. Full color.

    Louis. Louie had a happy life in the Bay, remaining firmly in position and proudly guiding the variety of boats that passed him every day. This is the story of Louie's trials, tribulations and ultimate triumph on the fateful day when Hurricane Camille tore Louie from his post and devastated the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

    Tardy is perpetually lost. But one day he providentially stumbles into the office of Mr. Meridian Longitude and Mr. Azimuth Latitude. These two cheery fellows teach Tardy about maps, the points of a compass, geographic formations and more. Students will laugh as Mr. Tardy learns all he needs to know to get from Here to There. See also the workbook that reenforces concepts from the book.

    Her singing career began with Chick Webb’s swing band, based at the Savoy Ballroom. In 1935, Fitzgerald made her first recordings, but her first big hit came in 1938 with “A-Tisket, A-Tasket,” a swinging improvisation of a nursery rhyme that quickly topped the charts. After Webb died in 1939, Fitzgerald became the band’s leader for two years, until she set off on her solo career. During the 1940s, Dizzy Gillespie helped her make the switch from swing to bebop. After World War II, Fitzgerald joined Norman Granz’s Jazz at the Philharmonic tour, improvising with jazz greats like Charlie Parker, Lester Young, and Louis Armstrong. Ella Fitzgerald also recorded “songbook” albums, including collections devoted to the works of Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington, Rodgers and Hart, George and Ira Gershwin and Johnny Mercer. Throughout her career, Fitzgerald received many honors, including the Kennedy Center Honor, the National Medal of Arts, France’s Commander of Arts and Letters, and 14 Grammy Awards. She died in 1996 at the age of 78.

    Join the sleigh ride and sing along with children, bunnies, polar bears, and even a snowman! Where are they all going? It's a jolly, jingly Christmas surprise!

    Could a dinosaur really be living in their forest?

    Each mini-book teaches one high-frequency word and features an engaging rhyming poem that kids complete, then a word search to reinforce learning. Plus, teaching tips and extension activities!

    Daisy Jo loves working in her garden, until she spots a terrible monster Now where will the ponies play? Luckily, Daisy Jo has some brave friends to help her solve the monster mystery.

    Find the Shield, Save the Kingdom.After their Kingdom is taken over by the Dark Knight Vladek, a band of heroic Knights are forced to travel on a dangerous quest to find the Heart of the mythical Shield of Ages-the one thing that can help the Knights defeat the Dark Knight in a Grand Tournament to take back their homeland.SPECIFIC BOOK DETAILS TO COME.

    Learn how Reagan worked his way through college, became interested in politics, and became the President of the United States in 1980.

    But they all lived in different city states - a city and the land around it that it controlled. These city states were all run differently, and there were often fights between them. Despite their differences, there were things that united the city states. Find out more in this exciting title.

    

    Spiders can be many different colors and move in surprising ways. Some roll across the sand. Others walk on water!In SPIDERS!, TIME For Kids® unravels the mysteries of these amazing eight-legged creatures.

    Boyds Mills Press publishes a wide range of high-quality fiction and nonfiction picture books, chapter books, novels, and nonfiction

    "Who is the fairest one of all?" Snow White runs away from the jealous Queen and finds happiness caring for the Seven Dwarfs.

    Learn how chicks develop,how they get the food they need to grow, and how a mother hen helps keep them safe in this simple introduction to the life cycle of a baby chick. This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 4 to 6. It’s a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children.This is a Level One Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science title, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades and supports the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

    Animals shown include a zebra, a Siberian tiger, a ladybug, a leopard, a diamondback rattlesnake, a pineapple fish, a peacock, a blue-ringed octopus, and a painted turtle.

    But when the princess can’t find him anywhere she begins to worry. After a long search through the ocean, Ariel finally finds him. The happy princess gives the seal a huge hug—and seals it with a kiss! This sweet Step 2 book features the Little Mermaid in her very first Step into Reading.

    Brendan’s Isle” somewhere in the western Atlantic ocean. The island was mentioned in a Latin text dating from the ninth century titled Navigatio Santi Brendani Abatis. It described the voyage as having taken place in the sixth century. It was an important part of folklore in medieval Europe and may have influenced Columbus. St. Brendan of Ardfert and Clonfert was born in the County Kerry, Ireland, in 484, was baptized by Bishop Erc, and died in 577. The Navigatio contains a detailed description of the construction of Brendan’s boat which was not unlike the currachs still made in County Kerry today. Many have doubted the plausability of a trans-atlantic voyage in such a fragile vessel but in 1976 a British navigation scholar constructed a currach using the details described by Brendan and sailed in it from Ireland to Newfoundland. Their route went across the northernmost part of the Atlantic, past the Faroe Islands (the word “Faroe” means Island of Sheep), close to Iceland (then and still an active volcanic area), past Greenland with a landfall at Newfoundland. This would be Leif Erickson’s route later in the tenth century. Many of Brendan’s stops on his journey were islands where Irish monks had set up primitive monasteries. Vikings traveling these waters recorded meeting with “Papers” (fathers). There is no doubt that the Irish were frequent seafarers of the North Atlantic sea currents 900 years before the voyage of Columbus. Shawnee Indian traditions tell of an Irish-speaking tribe existing in Florida while in 1519 Cortez came across the legend of Quetzalcoatl—”The Precious”—a white-bearded missionary who had come from a holy isle to the northeast. Though Brendan’s final port in the New World is unknown, certainly St. Brendan’s voyage was not merely medieval legend but a plausible adventure of Faith.

    Do they really live happily ever after? What does the big bad wolf do when he's fed-up with being, big bad and scary? He takes himself down to the job centre, until eventually he finds the perfect job as a security guard to the three little pigs. And what about Jack, our giant-slaying hero? It's pretty hard just being a normal kid again. How can he impress his mum again? Could a whole handful of beans and a crop of plants hold the key?

    Weeks later, five fluffy goslings finally hatch. Canada Goose and her mate have a lot to teach their young!

    He isn’t good at running races or at high or long jumping. He isn’t good at throwing balls, either. Ziggy is good at drawing pictures, but there’s no picturedrawing event on track-and-field day. At least he can decorate the envelope that will hold his disappointing gray ribbons. To Ziggy’s surprise, his drawing becomes a huge hit! The kids all want their envelopes decorated by Ziggy – and offer him their blue ribbons in exchange.Bright, animated pictures add spunk to a story about the joy of doing what one does best.