Rating: (10 reviews)
Author: Bonny Becker
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
Product Description
On Christmas Eve Alice Jayne finds a crocodile under the tree. The Christmas Crocodile doesn’t mean to be bad, not really, but soon he is eating everything in the house, even the Christmas tree! “Send the beast to Africa,” huffs Uncle Theodore. Aunt Figgy [...]
Rating: (94 reviews)
Author: Sydney Taylor
Publisher: Yearling
Product Description
A heartwarming story of five little girls living with their parents in New York City at the turn of the century. They have simple but happy times as they share adventures, holidays and surprises. When Mama tells them her big news, it’s the most wonderful surprise of all! [...]
Rating: (45 reviews)
Author: Chuck Murphy
Publisher: Little Simon
Product Description
Can you guess what’s hiding behind each color? Lift the flaps and watch Chuck Murphy’s colors literally explode off the pages in this eye-popping book. Amazon.com Review
If only words could describe Chuck Murphy’s Color Surprises as well as his gasp-inducing pop-ups manage to capture the essence of [...]
Rating: (226 reviews)
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Product Description
Roald Dahl was a champion of the underdog and all things little–in this case, an orphaned boy oppressed by two nasty, self-centered aunts. How James escapes his miserable life with the horrible aunts and becomes a hero is a Dahlicious fantasy of the highest [...]
Rating: (391 reviews)
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Viking
Product Description
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security. Amazon.com Review
Matilda is a little girl who is far too good to be true. At age five-and-a-half she’s knocking off double-digit [...]
Rating: (964 reviews)
Author: Madeleine L’Engle
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Product Description
It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger.
“Wild nights are my glory,” the [...]
Rating: (53 reviews)
Author: Dr Seuss
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Product Description
Started by Seuss, finished by Prelutsky, and splendiferously illustrated by
Lane Smith, this is the children’s book publishing event of the year! Big–56
pages–and bursting with energy, here is a joyous ode to individuality,
starring an unsinkable teacher named Miss Bonkers and quirky little
Diffendoofer School, which must [...]
Rating: (65 reviews)
Author: A. A. Milne
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Product Description
Presents a comprehensive, unabridged collection of Winnie-the-Pooh stories, accompanied by Shepard’s original full-color illustrations, as well as headbands and ribbon markers, colorful bookplate, and biographies of the author and illustrator. Amazon.com Review
When Christopher Robin asks Pooh what he likes doing best in the world, Pooh says, [...]
Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: E. Richard Churchill, Louis V. Loeschnig, Muriel Mandell
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Product Description
Presents a variety of activities, projects, and experiments that help to illustrate and explain all sorts of scientific principles.
Rating: (57 reviews)
Author: Jon Scieszka
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Amazon.com
Did you ever wake up to one of those days where everything is a problem? You have 10 things to do, but only 30 minutes till the bus leaves. Is there enough time? You have 3 shirts and 2 pairs of pants — can you make 1 good [...]
Rating: (47 reviews)
Author: Ruth Stiles Gannett
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Amazon.com
My Father’s Dragon–a favorite of young readers since the 1940s and a Newbery honor book–captures the nonsensical logic of childhood in an amusingly deadpan fashion. The story begins when Elmer Elevator (the narrator’s father as a boy) runs away with an old alley [...]
Rating: (62 reviews)
Author: Laurie Keller
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Amazon.com
One day, Kansas wakes up grumpy. The other 49 states are stretching, yawning, and pouring maple syrup onto each other’s pancakes, but irritable Kansas announces to his kindly neighbor Nebraska that life is dull and changes must be made: “All day long we just sit [...]
Rating: (13 reviews)
Author: Jeff Brown
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Product Description
Stanley Lambchop is just a normal boy, with a normal younger brother named Arthur, and two normal parents. That is, until a bulletin board falls on him during the night and flattens him to half an inch thick! From this point on, Stanley will never again be just [...]
Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Patti Kelley Criswell
Publisher: American Girl
Book Description
FRIENDS gives girls everything they need to know about making new friends and making the most of the friendships they already have. The interactive book is full of quizzes, crafts, and thoughtful advice, including tips and true friendship stories from girls. Five mini posters are bound [...]
Rating: (24 reviews)
Author: Beverly Cleary
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Product Description
Socks is one happy cat….
He lives with a nice young couple called Brickers who play with him, pet him, feed him treats, and always have a warm lap for him to sit in. Then a new baby joins the family Suddenly, the Brickers are sharing their laps and [...]
Rating: (123 reviews)
Author: Fred Gipson
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Product Description
At first, Travis couldn’t stand the sight of Old Yeller
The stray dog was ugly, and a thieving rascal, too. But he sure was clever, and a smart dog could be a big help on the wild Texas frontier, especially with Papa away on a long cattle drive up [...]
Rating: (30 reviews)
Author: Peter Mayle
Publisher: Lyle Stuart
Rating: (23 reviews)
Author: Jeff Foxworthy
Publisher: HarperCollins
Product Description
In this hilarious collection of poems, comedian Jeff Foxworthy creates a neighborhood filled with fun, family, friends, and more. Here you’ll meet Cousin Lizzy, Uncle Ed and Aunt Foo Foo, cows with horns that don’t go beep, dads in sweaters, also sheep. From the thrill of flying to [...]
Rating: (13 reviews)
Author: Julia Ann Hobbs, Carla Fisher
Publisher: Rainbow Bridge Publishing (UT)
Book Description
NEW and Improved Summer Bridge Activities for 2006!
This year the bestselling summer workbook features new covers, new activities, new reading lists, updated bonus sections, and a whole lot more to give kids a summer learning experience they won’t forget! Designed to keep [...]
Author: Jeff Kinney
Publisher: Amulet Books
Product Description
Now every kid can write like a Wimpy Kid!
An exciting companion to the bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
“First of all, let me get something straight: This is a journal, not a diary.”
This innovative interactive journal based on Greg Heffley’s own “diary” lets kids express themselves in an exciting [...]
Rating: (86 reviews)
Author: Jerry Spinelli
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Amazon.com
Newbery Medal-winning author Jerry Spinelli (Maniac McGee, Stargirl) paints a vivid picture of the streets of the Nazi-occupied Warsaw during World War II, as seen through the eyes of a curious, kind, heartbreakingly naïve orphan with many names. His name is Stopthief when people shout “Stop! Thief!” as [...]
Author: Daisy Meadows
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Product Description
The Pet Fairies have one of the most important jobs in Fairyland! They work with their special pets to make sure that all animals find safe homes. But now Jack Frost has stolen the magical pets! Could they be lost forever?
Harriet the Hamster Fairy’s hamster, Twinkle, is in trouble. If [...]
Rating: (3 reviews)
Author:
Publisher: Kumon Publishing North America
Product Description
The first concepts of subtraction. Ages: 6, 7, 8 Manufacturer: Marlon Creations
Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Scholastic Books
Publisher: Skills Books
Book Description
For classroom or at home, this super-fun resource provides engaging practice and reinforcement for all the essential math skills that kids need to succeed – in school and on the tests. Includes counting, shapes and patterns, addition, subtraction, problem-solving, and more! Packed with brain-teasing puzzles, games and [...]
Rating: (25 reviews)
Author: Laura Bush, Jenna Bush
Publisher: HarperCollins
Product Description
Tyrone rules the school!
He’s king of the monkey bars, a math machine, and a science whiz.
The only thing he doesn’t like about school is reading. Books are so boring! But when strange visitors start dropping by the classroom for story hour, Tyrone discovers there’s more to [...]
Rating: (10 reviews)
Author: Hobbs Ann Julia, Carla Fisher
Publisher: Rainbow Bridge Publishing (UT)
Book Description
NEW and Improved Summer Bridge Activities for 2006!
This year the bestselling summer workbook features new covers, new activities, new reading lists, updated bonus sections, and a whole lot more to give kids a summer learning experience they won’t forget! Designed to keep [...]
Rating: (20 reviews)
Author: Roger Priddy
Publisher: Priddy Books
Product Description
Ideal for ages 2 and up.
Features 100 everyday words for children to learn and help build their vocabulary.
Beautiful color photographs.
Simple design in a sturdy format.
Rating: (13 reviews)
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Publisher: Imagination Studio
