Deep in the rain forest an egg tumbles through the leaves and branches, shattering into pieces as it hits the forest floor. Out pops Beaky but what is he? A snake? A fish? He is determined to find out.
In this companion piece to Guess Where I Live, children learn about the natural world by seeing illustrations of animal mothers caring for their young in the wild.
This delightful collection of poems includes fun rhymes about the creatures who live in and around the ocean. Children will delight in the snappy poems and colorful illustrations about whales, walruses, penguins, polar bears, stingrays, and sharks.
Little Red Hen hatches her chicks to accompanying barnyard noises. This is a book to share with the very young. Here words merge with noises and the sounds of the fowl-yard can be heard for miles around.
Do not feed the animals, the notice board said. But Mr McGee had a big bag of bread. Share in the fun with this new Pamela Allen book for the very young as Mr McGee sets out to feed the animals in the zoo, and meets one very hungry crocodile! Author Biography Pamela Allen is a phenomenon in the world of children's books. In twenty-five years she has produced thirty-six picture books, many of wh…
Shadow lives in the forest... It goes forth at night to prowl around the fires. It even likes to mingle with the dancers... Shadow... It waves with the grasses, curls up at the foot of trees... But in the African experience Shadow is much more. The village storytellers and shamans of an Africa that is passing into memory called forth for the poet Blaise Cendrars an eerie image, shifting …
Sammy, the adventurous seal, leaves the zoo for the day and ventures into the big, busy city. Along the way he finds a school full of kids and new things to do—and he even learns to read! This I Can Read story is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 5 to 7 who are ready to read independently. It’s a fun way to keep your child engaged and as a su…
Illus. in full color. "A comedy about a menagerie of barnyard animals who mistakenly think the sun has forgotten to rise. Designed for children just beginning to read, the story's vocabulary is simple, yet is smoothly written. A good choice."--Booklist.
None of the other animals can sleep because Elephant has the hiccups.
With inspiring and educational stories, Scholastic's Hello Reader series caters to the spectrum of reading abilities among beginning readers. My First Hello Readers use basic words to reinforce phonics and sight vocabulary. The books at this level offer punch-out flash cards plus six additional pages of skill-building activities. Levels 1 - 4 combine a greater vocabulary and longer sentence len…