12 days of Christmas
12 days of Christmas
Sets the traditional Christmas carol in Africa, using a combination of text and rebuses. Includes author's note about some of the African traditions depicted
Race/Culture: Multi-Racial Cast of Characters
12 days of New York
12 days of New York
A class trip to the Big Apple is played out as an urban variation of the "Twelve Days of Christmas."
13 ghosts of Halloween
13 ghosts of Halloween
In simple rhyming text, discover what there is to frighten a group of children when the clock strikes midnight on Halloween
A bully-free school
A bully-free school
A bully-free school follows a group of young characters from Niceville Elementary School who bully each other. Young readers will learn about verbal and social bullying as well as cyberbullying
A child’s garden of verses
A child’s garden of verses
Easy-to-read text and full-color illustrations feature a collection of perennial favorites describing the child's world of dreams and reality
A family is a family is a family
A family is a family is a family
"When a teacher asks the children in her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different in many ways -- but the same in the one way that matters most of all. One child is worried that her family is just too different to explain, but listens as her classmates talk about what makes their families special. One is raised by a grandmother, and another has two dads. One is full of stepsiblings, and another has a new baby"--Publisher
A farmer’s life for me
A fine dessert
A fine dessert
Depicts families, from England to California and from 1710 to 2010, preparing and enjoying the dessert called blackberry fool. Includes a recipe and historical notes
A full moon is rising
A huge hog is a big pig
A huge hog is a big pig
A variety of mostly farm animals are introduced with such phrases as a granny nanny, a soggy doggy, and a loose goose