Illuminating the comical confusion the lowly comma can cause, this new edition of Eats, Shoots & Leaves uses lively, subversive illustrations to show how misplacing or leaving out a comma can change the meaning of a sentence completely.This picture book is sure to elicit gales of laughter—and better punctuation—from all who read it.

    Suddenly her summer looks much brighter!

    Seuss classic There's a Zamp in My LampDo you ever have the feeling that there's a zamp in your lamp? You will when you open to the first page of this story! Flaps, wheels, and slide tabs let kids spring the woset from its closet, slide the vug under the rug, and help the yottle squirt from his bottle in this sturdy, interactive book."A welcomed tool for the nursery school teacher, the reading specialist, and the home-schooling parent . . . The interactive tabs, which allow the Seussical creatures to appear and disappear on every page, make it intriguing and fun for the younger reader. . . . Adapted from There's a Wocket in My Pocket! the story is part of the Bright and Early Playtime Book series. Large print, easy vocabulary, and bright illustrations will make it a child's favorite to be read repeatedly."--Children's Literature

    This volume includes The Lost Crown of Genghis Khan, Land Beneath the Ground, The Lemming with the Locket and more.

    Sometimes a baby is born, or a grown-up gets married. And sometimes a child gets a new foster parent or a new adopted mom or dad. Children need to know that when this happens, it’s not their fault. They need to understand that they can remember and value their birth family and love their new family, too. Straightforward words and full-color illustrations offer hope and support for children facing or experiencing change. Includes resources and information for birth parents, foster parents, social workers, counselors, and teachers.

    Laylie's Daring Quest: Against impossible odds, a brave and intelligent seven-year-old slave girl and her fifteen-year-old brother secretly escape their Southern plantation to flee north, discovering not just physical freedom but also spiritual freedom in Christ.

    Young Bob Wingate watched the Javelin being built in a shipyard at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and he was in the cheering crowd that saw her launched. Then, by a great stroke of luck, he was fortunate enough to be given a berth aboard her as ship's boy on her first voyage.It was an exciting day for Bob when the Javelin shipped out of Boston and set course for San Francisco. There was much to learn, and he was kept busy during the long days that followed. But there was excitement, too---when the Javelin raced another clipper around the Horn, when they traded for furs with hostile Indians on the Northwest coast, when they picked up a cargo of tea in China and sailed with it for London. Before the Javelin finally returned to her home port, Bob had had more than his share of adventure. He had helped to capture a mutinous foremast hand; he had made a trip to the California gold fields; he had fought pirates in the China Sea. Most important of all, though,

    Dogs have always lived there in peace and happiness. One day many years ago, the council of the elder dogs learned that there were problems on Earth, the Planet of the People. Many people had forgotten how to love and had become mean and greedy. The good people of Green Valley were threatened by the warrior tribes of Stone City. The council realized that they needed help. This is the story of the first time dogs came to planet earth to teach people about love and to bring peace to Green Valley.

    This key series was developed in conjunction with reading expert, Allison Kelly from Roehampton University. Every title has clear and compelling text that allows children to build their burgeoning reading skills and is accompanied by charming and highly appealing illustrations.These are well binded paperback versions.

    Unabridged and fully illustrated, it’s the perfect collection to establish a life-long love of literature. Edgar Allan Poe’s brooding tales of murder, madness, and revenge still grab today’s readers. Here are five of his finest, presented and fully annotated by Andrew Delbanco, a much-honored professor of humanities at Columbia University whom Time magazine called “America's Best Social Critic.” And throughout, chilling and evocative illustrations by renowned artist Gerard Dubois enhance the stories—among them a devilish, skull-like face to accompany “Masque of the Red Death” and an appropriately foreboding view of the House of Usher. The collection includes “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Cask of Amontillado,” and “The Oval Portrait”—and as always features an author biography, introductions to every story, and definitions of unfamiliar vocabulary.

    Includes:Dinosaur Detectives, Expedition Down-Under, Insect Invaders, Amazing Magnetism, Polar Bear Patrol, Electric Storm, Voyage to the Volcano,Butterfly Battle.

    Written in graphic-novel format.

    The eleven little envelopes inside this book contain letters of thanks and praise to God for all things great and small.