Describes how different people react to days of rain and days of hot sun.

This comical introduction to cause and effect is ideal for emergent readers, who look for cues in simple rhymed text and bright, bold art as they take their first steps toward reading independently.When a twister hits the pond near Farmer Brown’s farm, some very odd things happen. The fish and frogs take flight. They land in some unlikely places—like the barn and the pigs’ trough—setting off an uproarious chain of events that affects the entire farm. Once the weather subsides and the farmer and his family emerge from the storm cellar, they encounter a whole new world, including some unexpected (and four-legged) tenants in their house!Step into Reading is a complete literacy program with something for every child. The program offers five steps to reading success. Children can progress through the steps at their own speed, developing confidence in their reading, no matter what their grade. Every book’s step is printed on the cover and the spine. Each title contains a fun story and is filled with colorful art.From the Trade Paperback edition.

In a lively rhyme complemented by vibrantly colored, exuberant paintings, very young readers will have loads of fun chanting the rhythmic beat and catchy sounds as they look for the little scout mouse hiding among the cats marching in the cat parade.

Daisy wakes up one morning to find she has turned into a chicken and soon learns that being a chicken isn't all it's cracked up to be. Simultaneous.

When Octopus Mum takes her eight children on a special trip under the sea, the little octopuses blow bubbles with parrot fish, dance with shrimp, and play hide-and-seek with angelfish, eventually arriving safely at a surprise destination.

Explains through the use of rhyme the concepts of timelines and addition as a girl gets ready for school with the help of her smart dog

Explains through the use of rhyme the concepts of timelines and addition as a girl gets ready for school with the help of her smart dog

In a retelling of the Stone Soup fable set in the West Indies, an old woman claims to have found a magic shell that can make kallaloo, a popular Caribbean soup.

Hungry for a snack, Mrs. Piccolo's easy chair follows her to the grocery store, swallowing up several people as it goes.

Upon finding a gold coin, a lonely woman trades it for a pet pig, then a succession of smaller, less troublesome pets, in a fun and repetitive tale by the author of Mabela the Clever.

A collector of broken-down old chairs that are on their last legs, Tilly Trumble finally finds the perfect 'four-legged, scruffy old thing' to fill the empty space in front of the fireplace.

Product Description: A retelling of "Jack and the Beanstalk" which features a Texas cowgirl, a magic cornstalk, and a giant cowboy in the clouds.

Teeka fondly recalls the humor, the personalities, and the food that make up a family picnic, in a debut picture book by a Coretta Scott King Honor-novelist. Reprint.

When her aunt, who loves Broadway musicals, is confined to bed with a sprained ankle, Sophie convinces the rest of the family to put on a show for her

Having always been eccentric, it is expected by the customers at Don Carlos's restaurant to get huge platters of interesting food, but when he introduces snails to the menu, things go awry and soon the whole town is in an uproar.

Too shy to join the other children in group activities, Wilson resigns himself to doing everything alone--until the arrival at school of a new girl who does things alone too. By the author of the Three Little Witches series.