Product Description: Just what kind of monkey business has befallen Mr. Hound's shop? Luckily, our team of plucky detectives has been chomping at the bit to take on their first case. When Mr. Hound hires them to investigate, they hoof it to his shop. And once they get sleuthing, wild horses couldn't drag them away from the scent of a clue...read more

Product Description: Winner of a 2009 Preferred Choice Award by Creative Child Magazine! “This book will sell like hotcakes!” If you understood what that means, you just subconsciously interpreted an idiom. Most children learn these “figures of speech” in social contexts...read more

Product Description: Rise and shine! Shop til you drop! Eat you right up! Ahhhh!!!! As Lily and Mommy embark on a shopping trip to get supplies for her first EVER day of school, this adorable, curly-haired girl is easily confused when she takes commonly-used sayings exactly as they are spoken...read more

Product Description: Teachers and parents know that teaching is more effective when kids are having fun. Rick Walton’s Language Adventures Series combines entertainment and education with eight newly revised picture books that cleverly teach grammar and usage...read more

Product Description: What do you do when your world is raining cats and dogs, you’re up to your neck in alligators, and all you want to do is bury your head in the sand? When children read this empowering book of animal idioms illustrated in gorgeous, vibrant watercolors, they learn new ways to express themselves...read more

After his mother tells him that he would lose his head if it were not attached, Ned dreams he does just that and it causes many problems.

If Ned doesnt give his report on the common cold, Ms. Nosering will get her nose out of joint. But Ned has a head cold and his nose is running like never before. When it jumps off his face and runs through the school, he knows hes in for it. Can Ned stop his runny nose before he gets a failing grade? Looking Glass Library is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades PreK-4.

Ned is heartsick when his model of a human heart is damaged in school, but he tries wholeheartedly to save it.

Brett and his dog Herman walk to the library, and on the way they learn about figures of speech such as 'growing like a weed' and 'selling like hotcakes' from neighbors, merchants, and other people in the community.