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Wordy Birdy Meets Mr. Cougarpants
by Tammi SauerWordy Birdy and her pals are back, in a hilarious new story with a truly ridiculous villain—from beloved author Tammi Sauer.Wordy Birdy and her pals are heading on a camping trip, and our favorite chatty bird is all ready for a big night under the stars. ("I brought pickles and bean burritos and more pickles and mashed potatoes and some pickles and . . .") But the friends soon find themselves in hot water when the dastardly Mr. Cougarpants stalks their campsite. Can Wordy Birdy talk them all out of this pickle? Grab your pack, grill up a s'more, and find out! Author Tammi Sauer (Chicken Dance, Nugget & Fang) will keep young readers and their parents giggling with this funny, chatty, boisterous adventure about the importance of listening AND the importance of speaking up for your friends!An ILA-CBC Children's Choice Book!Praise for Wordy Birdy Meets Mr. Cougarpants:"everyone can share a laugh."—Kirkus"Interspersing the narrative text with plenty of speech balloons and occasional questions for the audience, Sauer creates a story that&’s fun for reading aloud to young children."—Booklist Praise for Wordy Birdy:&“laugh-out-loud funny . . . caregivers will certainly find this chuckleworthy.&”—Kirkus"amusing and entertaining"—School Library Journal"an entertaining approach to the topic of listening."—Booklist
Work, Dogs, Work: A Highway Tail (I Can Read Level 1)
by James HorvathBeginning readers will love this I Can Read adventure starring a doggy construction crew! The text and art have been gently adapted from James Horvath’s picture book of the same title.Top dog Duke and his busy crew of construction worker dogs have a big day ahead of them as they race to repair a road. With miles of new road to lay, the crew gets to work using equipment like bulldozers, steamrollers, and paving trucks. But what happens when a rocky hill blocks the way? Time to bring in the demolition crew!Work, Dogs, Work is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences.
Working Together
by Tammy Jones Margie Burton Cathy FrenchThis book is about the importance of helping out at home.
Working on the Railroad: An Adaptation of a Traditional Song
by Brooke Harris Vincent ViglaNIMAC-sourced textbook
World More Beautiful: The Life and Art of Barbara Cooney
by Angela Burke KunkelThis stunning and lyrical picture book biography details the life and art of celebrated children's book creator, Barbara Cooney.For every kid who loves art, here is the inspirational story of beloved illustrator and two-time Caldecott Medalist, Barbara Cooney. Barbara was born in a hotel in Brooklyn, with a view of the city and the sea. Her father loved numbers and money. But Barbara and her mother loved art, and color, and light. Barbara&’s favorite days were when she stayed home sick in bed and got to paint and draw. In the summers, they left New York for Maine, where Barbara scrambled among the rocks, wind whipping her hair, light sparkling on the water. Summer was grey, and blue, and green, and free. When Barbara grew up, she ventured out into the world with an art portfolio—she thought she might like to illustrate books. And she did, creating classics like Miss Rumphius, Island Boy, and Hattie and the Waves. Her character Miss Rumphius said, you must do something to make the world more beautiful. And that is exactly what Barbara did. It's a message that's sure to inspire young readers and creators today.
World War I: Scottish Tales Of Adventure
by Allan BurnettFrom the author of the And All That Series, a collection of stories of Scotland during World War I. Acclaimed children&’s author Allan Burnett turns his attention to the First World War in a book of explosively exciting and emotionally charged tales of bravery and adventure. Featuring the true exploits of soldiers, spies, pilots, sailors and many others, these stories, all based on interviews with these heroes themselves or their descendants, offer a unique, personal insight into the First World War that no conventional history book can ever hope to match.
World War II Q&A: 175+ Fascinating Facts for Kids (History Q&A)
by R. Kent RasmussenInteresting facts that teach kids ages 8 to 12 all about World War IIWas the Second World War a continuation of the First World War? How did children in the United States contribute to the war effort? Help young learners find the answers to these questions and more in this close-up look at the largest conflict the world has ever known. They'll learn how it began, who fought in it, and the ways it affected lives all around the globe—one unbelievable fact at a time.Go beyond other World War 2 books with:175+ amazing things to know—Kids will step back in time and explore the history of World War II with Q&As, true or false questions, and more.Easy-to-share facts—Provide kids with bite-sized facts that are simple to remember and exciting to tell their friends and family.A complete overview—Young learners will examine how the war started, the new ways it was fought, the effects it had on the lives of ordinary people, and more.Make learning about history easy with this top choice in books about World War 2.
World War II: Scottish Tales Of Adventure
by Allan BurnettThe Second World War from a Scottish point of view—stories about men and women, allies and enemies to captivate and intrigue young readers. Acclaimed children&’s author Allan Burnett turns his attention to the Second World War in a book of explosively exciting and emotionally charged tales of bravery and adventure. Featuring the true exploits of soldiers, spies, pilots, sailors and many others, these stories, all based on interviews with these heroes themselves or their descendants, offer a unique, personal insight into the Second World War that no conventional history book can ever hope to match. &“With accounts of life on a variety of fronts this is a valuable introduction to life during the Second World War for younger readers . . . In a slim volume he manages to pack a lot in, allowing the reader a taste of a wide range of views and experiences, and never succumbing to a simplistic goodies versus baddies take on things . . . the heart of the stories themselves is surely universal, reminding us that war is a multi-faceted business affecting different people in all sorts of different ways.&” —Daily Record
World in Between: Based on a True Refugee Story
by Susan Shapiro Kenan TrebincevicCo-written by a New York Times best-selling author, this moving story of a Muslim boy&’s exile from war-torn Bosnia to the United States offers a riveting refugee saga. Kenan loves drawing and playing soccer with his friends. He wants to be a famous athlete, hates it when his classmates trash his buck teeth by calling him &“Bugs Bunny,&” and fights with his big brother, who&’s too busy and cool for him lately. Sometimes his parents drive him crazy, but he feels loved and protected—until the war ruins everything. Soon, Kenan&’s family is trapped in their home with little food or water, surrounded by enemies. Ten months later, with help from friends and strangers, they finally make it out of the country alive. But that&’s only the beginning of their journey. An action-packed page-turner with heart about a kid doing his best during difficult times, World in Between celebrates the power of community and resilience, hope and kindness.
World of Reading: Disney Zombies: Three Tales of a Girl and a Zombie, Level 2 (World of Reading)
by Disney BooksZed and Addison may seem like an unlikely couple. After all, she's a cheerleader and he's a zombie. But when zombies are invited to attend Seabrook High, their worlds collide, and they have an immediate connection. This World of Reading Level 2 bindup follows their story from the beginning. Relive the best moments of the films like when Addison won a spot on Seabrook High's award-winning cheer squad, when Zed became the first zombie to take the field with the Seabrook football team, or that time a pack of werewolves arrived in town in search of their treasured moonstone. World of Reading Level 2 readers offer young fans an appropriate level of reading difficulty and include a list of vocabulary words included in each story. Complete your Disney Channel collection with these other fan favorites: World of Reading Descendants 3 Stronger Together World of Reading: Phineas and Ferb: Another Grand Adventure Gabby Duran Adventures in Alien Babysitting Big City Greens: Blood Moon The Owl House: Witches Before Wizards
World of Reading: Maleficent (World of Reading)
by Disney BooksMaleficent tells readers about a day in the life of an evil fairy, just in time for Halloween. It's no surprise that she has fun scaring everyone around her, to the best of her ability. This is the second title in an all-new Level 1 World of Reading series that features Disney Villains. The first book features the Queen of Hearts, and a story about the Evil Queen is coming soon.
World of Reading: Queen of Hearts (World of Reading)
by Steve BehlingThis book tells the story of the Queen of Hearts, the royal, short-tempered (and statured!) Villain of Alice in Wonderland.
World of Reading: Spidey and His Amazing Friends Dino-Rama (World of Reading)
by Steve BehlingSpidey, Spin, and Ghost Spider transform into dinosaurs in this 32-page Level 1 reader.When Team Spidey and Reptil try to stop Gobby and Rhino from wreaking havoc, Reptil's jewel breaks, turning them all into dinosaurs!Spidey fans will delight in this exciting 32-page level 1 reader filled with adventures, dino-transformations, and new baddies! With familiar words, simple sentence structures, and final frame illustrations, Spidey&’s latest adventure is perfect for beginning readers.Explore the World of ReadingThe World of Reading series provides emerging readers with stories that inspire and excite them, featuring characters they love. Each level is designed to help readers navigate the world of reading at just the right pace.Read about more of Team Spidey's amazing adventures in these books!Spidey and His Amazing Friends: Construction DestructionSpidey and His Amazing Friends: Team Spidey Does it All! Comic ReaderSpidey and His Amazing Friends: Panther PatienceSpidey and His Amazing Friends: Meet Team SpideyWorld of Reading: Spidey Saves the DayWorld of Reading: Super Hero HiccupsElectro's Gotta GlowAnd more!
World of Reading: Spidey and His Amazing Friends: Halted Holiday (World of Reading)
by Steve BehlingTeam Spidey works together to clear up traffic in this 32-page level 1 reader that relives the excitement of Spidey and His Amazing Friends holiday episode.When Miles' abuela gets stuck in the tunnel on her way to Thanksgiving dinner, Team Spidey swings into action to unblock the roads so families can be together for this traditional holiday meal. Super Hero fans can&’t miss this heartfelt 32-page story featuring Spidey and his amazing friends. With familiar words, simple sentence structures, and clear illustrations, Spidey&’s latest adventure is perfect for beginning readers. Explore Disney's World of Reading series, which provides emerging readers with books that inspire and excite them, featuring characters they love. Each level is designed to help readers navigate the wonderful world of reading at just the right pace.Read about more of Team Spidey's amazing adventures in these books!Spidey and His Amazing Friends: Construction DestructionSpidey and His Amazing Friends: Team Spidey Does it All! Comic ReaderSpidey and His Amazing Friends: Panther PatienceSpidey and His Amazing Friends: Meet Team SpideyWorld of Reading: Spidey Saves the DayWorld of Reading: Super Hero Hiccups
World of Reading: This is Ghost-Spider (World of Reading)
by Marvel Press Book GroupGhost-Spider saves the science library from a Rhino rampage in this book that is perfect for early readers.Gwen Stacy, aka Ghost-Spider, and her band The Mary Janes are playing a fundraiser for their local science library. Their rocking out is interrupted by Rhino, as he makes a run for it with all the money they&’ve raised! Ghost-Spider swings in and saves the day.Young readers will love learning about one of their favorite characters in this Level 2 reader.
World of Wonder
by Valarie KaurA picture book about a young child who learns to navigate the world with a sense of wonder and amazement, by activist and award-winning documentarian Valarie Kaur.Explore the marvels of the world with Wonder Baby!An ant on a leaf! A new friend at the beach! Wonder Baby says, &“Wow! Whoa! You&’re a part of me I don&’t yet know.&” Even when confronted with injustice in the world or unkindness at the park, Wonder Baby learns that wonder is the root of empathy and love. Wonder Baby chooses to love everything alive.With lyrical text by activist and award-winning documentarian Valarie Kaur and vibrant illustrations by Cynthia Alonso, World of Wonder encourages young readers to look at the world with revolutionary love.
World's End (Dormia)
by Jake Halpern Peter KujawinskiEver since returning from Dormia, Alfonso has enjoyed sleeping in a bed like anormal person. No more waking up at the top of a tree or the edge of a cliff. In fact,no sleepwalking at all. But then, while visiting France on a class trip, Alfonso feels that strange andfamiliar pull of sleep. Upon waking, he finds himself in the belly of a ship headedto Egypt. In his backpack are a few old books and a vial of medicine he stole whileasleep. Something is calling Alfonso back to Dormia. Perhaps it’s the Founding Tree? Orperhaps it's the man he sees in his dreams—the one who looks just like his deceasedfather? Whatever it is, Alfonso is powerless to resist.Storytellers Jake Halpern and Peter Kujawinski take Alfonso on another fantasticalquest to Dormia—and beyond—to a vast underground world that holds the answerto a terrifying message: Let me tell you of a dark shadow tree and the world's end.
Worm Makes a Sandwich
by Brianne FarleyA sweetly humorous picture book about composting, told from the point of view of a worm.Meet Worm. He might be little. He might have no hands. But Worm would love to make a sandwich, just for you! To get started he'll need just one thing: garbage! Delicious, delectable garbage like apple cores and mushy grapes, broccoli bottoms and carrot tops, sad celery, and drippy cucumbers. Worm and his friends eat the garbage. And then they do what everyone does after they eat garbage. They poop! The poop goes in the compost and the compost goes in your garden, which is where the vegetables for your sandwich come from!Simple, right? Worm thought you'd agree. He might just need a bit of assistance along the way . . .This hilarious, engaging picture book is the perfect introduction to the process of composting from start to finish, told from the perspective of one little worm who is very eager to help.
Worm and Caterpillar Are Friends: Ready-to-Read Graphics Level 1 (Ready-to-Read Graphics)
by Kaz WindnessA Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book A Kirkus Reviews Best Graphic Novel & Comic A New York Public Library Best Book A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book This heartwarming and affirming Level 1 Ready-to-Read Graphics book celebrates the beauty of true friendship!Worm and Caterpillar are friends—best friends. Worm loves how they are just alike, but Caterpillar has a feeling there is a big change coming. Then Caterpillar disappears for a while and comes back as Butterfly. Will Butterfly and Worm still be friends? Ready-to-Read Graphics books give readers the perfect introduction to the graphic novel format with easy-to-follow panels, speech bubbles with accessible vocabulary, and sequential storytelling that is spot-on for beginning readers. There&’s even a how-to guide for reading graphic novels at the beginning of each book.
Worse Than Rotten, Ralph
by Jack Gantos Nicole RubelRotten Ralph makes an earnest attempt at good behavior but is enticed, not too reluctantly, into a series of misadventures by some ruffian alley cats. "The gleefully naughty story is matched by antic pictures, so brashly colored that they glow in the dark. " -- Publishers Weekly
Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Extreme Junior Edition (Worst Case Scenario Ser.)
by David Borgenicht Robin Epstein Justin HeimbergThe best-selling Worst-Case Scenario series returns with this 'extreme' follow-up to the Junior Edition. Packed with funny, kid friendly instructions for the most extreme situations such as how to handle an encounter with a tarantula, how to navigate by the stars, how to build a snow cave, and more!
Would You Rather Be a Pollywog? All About Pond Life: All About Pond Life (The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library)
by Bonnie WorthLaugh and learn with fun facts about pond animals, algae, metamorphosis, and more—all told in Dr. Seuss&’s beloved rhyming style and starring the Cat in the Hat! &“Near your house is a place of which I am fond. It&’s a body of water that we call a pond.&” The Cat in the Hat&’s Learning Library series combines beloved characters, engaging rhymes, and Seussian illustrations to introduce children to non-fiction topics from the real world! Join the Cat in the Hat and visit a pond to discover: the stages of frog developmentthe difference between complete and incomplete metamorphosishow amphibians spend part of their lives in the water and part on landand much more!Perfect for story time and for the youngest readers, Would You Rather Be a Pollywog? All About Pond Life also includes an index, glossary, and suggestions for further learning. Look for more books in the Cat in the Hat&’s Learning Library series!High? Low? Where Did It Go? All About Animal CamouflageIs a Camel a Mammal? All About MammalsThe 100 Hats of the Cat in the Hat: A Celebration of the 100th Day of SchoolA Great Day for Pup: All About Wild BabiesHappy Pi Day to You! All About Measuring CirclesI Can Name 50 Trees Today! All About TreesFine Feathered Friends: All About BirdsMy, Oh My--A Butterfly! All About ButterfliesOh Say Can You Seed? All About Flowering PlantsInside Your Outside! All About the Human BodyIce is Nice! All About the North and South Poles
Would You Rather? Junior: Funny, Smelly, Slimy, Disgusting, Yucky Questions that Make You Say Eww! (Would you Rather? Junior)
by ZeitgeistGiggle with your child at 200+ gross &“Would You Rather?&” questions for ages 5–8.Most young kids love talking about burps, farts, rotten eggs, and used tissues, and parents are taken along for the (pretty gross) ride. So why not turn their fascination with yucky details into a fun—and funny!—conversation with your little one? These &“Would You Rather?&” questions are written just for kids ages 5–8 and their parents. Whether you&’re choosing between playing with toys covered in vomit or pee, or living in a house filled with used Band-Aids or Q-tips (eww!), Would You Rather? That&’s So Gross! Edition turns the revolting into something to relish with your child.Digest over 200 entertaining &“Would You Rather?&” questions that will make your child laugh, think, and stay off screens.Engage your child&’s imagination with funny, age-appropriate questions for the younger crowd.Help your child read with engaging questions in a large font designed for early readers.Laugh and bond with your child over the gross questions and your funny answers.Makes the perfect gift for birthdays and holidays for the children in your life.This second book in our Would You Rather? Junior series—like all the books in the popular Would You Rather? companion series for older kids—is creative, hilarious fun for the whole family!
Would You Rather? Junior: Goofy Questions to Make You Giggle
by ZeitgeistLaugh along with your child with over 200 silly &“Would You Rather?&” questions for ages 5–8!Nothing&’s better than laughing out loud with your child! And these silly &“Would You Rather?&” questions are designed to make you both giggle (and reveal how your child thinks!). Whether you&’re choosing a taco filled with frog legs or lizard toes or wondering if sleeping in an amusement park or a toy store would be more fun, Would You Rather? Junior: Super Silly Edition! taps into the silliness that makes kids giggle.Kick around 200 entertaining &“Would You Rather?&” questions that will make your child laugh, think, and stay off screens.Engage your child&’s imagination with funny, age-appropriate questions for the younger crowd.Help your child read with engaging questions in a large font designed for early readers.A great way to pass time at restaurants, on a car trip, or at a doctor&’s office.Makes the perfect gift for birthdays and holidays for the children in your life.This first book in our new Would You Rather? Junior series—like all the books in the popular Would You Rather? companion series for older kids—is creative, hilarious fun for the whole family!