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David va a la escuela (David Bks.)
by David ShannonA companion to the Caldecott Honor-winning classic No, David!by bestselling picture-book creator David Shannon!David's teacher has her hands full. From running in the halls to chewing gum in class, David's high-energy antics fill each schoolday with trouble -- and are sure to bring a smile to even the best- behaved reader. This book in Spanish will delight kids, parents and teachers!La maestra de David no puede más. Las travesuras de David la mantienen muy ocupada. ¡Un libro que deleitará a niños, padres y maestros!
Digger's Bone (A Lift-a-Flap Book)
by Landoll Inc.Digger the dog goes looking everywhere for his bone.
Emeline at the Circus
by Marjorie PricemanFrom Caldecott Honor artist and author of the best-selling How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World comes a hilarious picture book romp about the things you can learn and the fun you can have at the circus. When Emeline's teacher, Miss Splinter, takes the second grade on a field trip to the circus, she's careful to make sure it's a learning experience. While she reads -- the text of the book consists of her "lessons" -- the pictures show Emeline getting mixed up in the performances in the circus ring. She becomes a lion tamer, an acrobat, a trapeze artist, and more, before Miss Splinter realizes what's going on. Marjorie Priceman's vibrant, saturated paintings make this dazzling sight gag a feast for the eye. Children will applaud Emeline, laugh out loud at Miss Splinter, and painlessly soak up a few facts about animals, acrobats, and circuses along the way.
First Book about Animals of the Polar Regions
by QA International StaffIntroduces some of the animals that live in the cold arctic regions, including penguins, beluga whales, polar bears, and musk oxen.
Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance
by Keith GravesFrank was a monster who wanted to dance. So he put on his hat, and his shoes made in France... and opened a jar and put ants in his pants! So begins this monstrously funny, deliciously disgusting, horrifyingly hilarious story of a monster who follows his dream. Keith Graves' wacky illustrations and laugh-out-loud text will tickle the funny bone and leave readers clamoring for an encore.
I Had A Hippopotamus
by Hector Viveros LeeA young Mexican-American boy has his imagination stirred by his box of animal crackers as he pictures which animal he would give to each member of his family, in a delightful and positive look at a contemporary Hispanic family.
Joe Arco Iris y yo
by Maria Diaz StromIn Spanish. An endearing story of a young girl and her blind neighbor that celebrates friendship and the power of imagination.Eloise likes colors. Her friend Rainbow Joe likes colors too, but Rainbow Joe is blind. So Eloise tells him about the colors she mixes and the fantastic animals she paints. When Rainbow Joe says he can imagine and mix colors too, Eloise is puzzled. How can a blind man see colors? she wonders. One Sunday on their way to church Eloise and Mama run into Rainbow Joe, who tells them he has a surprise for them. When they return, Rainbow Joe starts to play his saxophone. Suddenly colors begin to fly-big red notes, little yellow notes, bright orange notes. The music fills the sky. Translated from Rainbow Joe and Me, Joe Arco Iris y yo tells an endearing story that celebrates friendship and the power of imagination.
Karen's Chicken Pox (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #114)
by Ann M. MartinFrom the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation!Stay away, spots! Halloween is coming! There will be a party at school. and Karen, Hannie, and Nancy have planned the best costume ever. Then Karen’s little sister gets the chicken pox. It is very contagious. Karen does not want to catch chicken pox. If she does, it will ruin Halloween. And that would be really scary!
Karen's Copycat (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #107)
by Ann M. MartinFrom the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation!No copying!Karen’s new nanny, Merry, teaches pottery. her class is mostly for older kids, but Karen is in it too. And it is harder than she expected. Karen wants to prove she belongs in the class. She wants to show Merry she is a good artist. But she cannot. So Karen does something very bad. Will she get away with it?
Karen's Hurricane (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #113)
by Ann M. MartinFrom the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation!Stay away, Hurricane Karen!A hurricane is forming in the Atlantic Ocean, and its name is Hurricane Karen! At first Karen Brewer thinks it is fun that a famous storm has her name. With her class at school, she tracks its path and learns all about hurricanes. Then the kids hear that Hurricane Karen is heading their way. Karen wishes her storm would not get quite so close!
Karen's New Holiday (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #112)
by Ann M. MartinFrom the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation!Happy Augustina to you!There are no big holidays in August. But Karen wishes there were. So she and her friends decide to invent a brand-new holiday of their own. Augustina will celebrate the end of summer. And the kids want it to combine parts of all their favorite holidays. The only problem is that they can’t decide which ones.
Karen's President (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #106)
by Ann M. MartinFrom the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation!Please to meet you, Mr. President!Karen’s family is taking a gigundoly exciting trip--to Washington, D.C.! They will see lots of important sights and special places. Karen is hoping to meet the President of the United States. After all, he lives there! But everyone tells Karen that he is too busy running the country. Is there any way Karen’s red-white-and-blue can come true?
Karen's Runaway Turkey (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #115)
by Ann M. MartinFrom the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation!The star of the show has escaped!Karen’s class has won a real, live turkey in a Thanksgiving contest! Of course they do not want to eat him. They will find him a good home. But in the meantime, they want him to star in the school’s Thanksgiving assembly. The turkey has other plans, though. He wants to run away! Can Karen catch him in time for the show?
Karen's Show and Share (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #109)
by Ann M. MartinFrom the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation!...Then it goes too far. Karen thinks she has nothing exciting to say at Show and Share. So she says something that is not true. Karen tells her class she is related to a famous baseball player. She figures no one will remember. But everybody does. What will happen when the kids find out that she lied?
Karen's Spy Mystery (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #111)
by Ann M. MartinFrom the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation!Karen the SpyNancy’s family has hired somebody to take care of their house while they are on trip. Karen wants to make sure he is doing a good job. So she watches him closely. And she catches him snooping around! Karen is pretty sure he cannot be trusted. But she has to figure out what he is doing before she can turn him in.
Karen's Swim Meet (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #110)
by Ann M. MartinFrom the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation!Swimmers, take your marks!Karen has joined the swim team! She loves dreaming about winning medals and learning to swim fast. But mostly she likes to have fun with her swim team friends. Then the coach starts acting mean. He says the team is not working hard enough. Can Karen find a way to be a winner and have fun too?
Me and My Amazing Body (Me. . Books! Ser.)
by Joan SweeneyWhat exactly can your body do? A beloved bestseller that helps children understand anatomy, from their eyes to their toes, is back! Now refreshed with new art from Ed Miller. What is under your skin? Why do you have bones? What do your muscles do? Where does the food that you eat go? Me and My Amazing Body can show you! From your head to your toes and everything in between, this playful introduction to anatomy explains all the important parts of your body. Easy to read and easy to understand, Me and My Amazing Body helps children appreciate everything their bodies can do.
Me and My Family Tree (Me. . Books! Ser.)
by Joan SweeneyWhere am I on my family tree? A beloved bestseller that shows children how to understand their place among their relatives, now refreshed with new art from Emma Trithart.Who is part of your family? How are they related to you? In this edition of Me and My Family Tree, with new art by Emma Trithart, a young girl uses simple language, her own childlike drawings, and diagrams to explain how the members of her family are related to each other and to her. Clear, colorful, detailed artwork and a fill-in family tree in the back help make the parts of the family--from siblings to grandparents to cousins--understandable to very young readers.
Me and My Place in Space (Me. . Books! Ser.)
by Joan SweeneyWhere am I in the solar system? A beloved bestseller, now refreshed with new art from Christine Gore, that will help children discover their place in the Milky Way. Where is the earth? Where is the sun? Where are the stars? Now with new art by Christine Gore, here is an out-of-this world introduction to the universe for children. With Earth as a starting point, a young astronaut leads readers on a tour past each planet and on to the stars, answering simple questions about our solar system. In clear language, drawings, and diagrams, space unfolds before a child's eyes. Colorful illustrations, filled with fun detail, give children a lot to look for on every page, and a glossary helps reinforce new words and concepts. A terrific teaching tool, Me and My Place in Space is an easy and enjoyable way to introduce the concept of space to budding astronomers.
Meltdown (Mindwarp)
by Chris ArcherIn the final book of this middle grade sci-fi series, superpowered teens are on the verge of saving Earth from a mutant race when one of them disappears. Toni Douglas feels like she&’s losing her mind. But maybe that&’s to be expected when you&’re a thirteen-year-old who has just traveled back in time to save the Earth. Somehow, just moments before she was about to stop a lifechanging meteor strike, she woke up in a strange bed. With parents she didn&’t recognize keeping a bedside vigil for someone named Denise Butler. When Toni tries to insist they have a case of mistaken identity, a doctor tells her she&’s suffering from amnesia! But Toni knows exactly who she is. And if she doesn&’t escape this madhouse she&’s fallen into, she won&’t be able to find her friends and help them destroy the mutant Omegas who are trying to take over. So why does everyone keep insisting the Omegas—and her friends—don&’t exist? Somehow Toni has to convince everyone she&’s not crazy, and fast. The future of the world is at stake . . .
Next Stop Grand Central
by Maira KalmanAt Grand Central Station, Chief of Police George Coppola finds lost people, and Mr. Chidchester, head of the Lost and Found, finds lost dogs. Marino Marino makes oyster stew, while thinking up interesting math problems. A man in a porkpie hat buys cherry pies. Maira Kalman's stylized artwork, along with entertaining text, brilliantly captures the excitement of Grand Central Station, "the busiest, fastest, biggest place there is."
Nightbirds on Nantucket (Wolves Chronicles)
by Joan AikenHaving had enough of life on board the ship that saved her from a watery grave, Dido Twite wants nothing more than to sail home to England. Instead, Captain Casket's ship lands in Nantucket, where Dido and the captain's daughter, Dutiful Penitence, are left in the care of Dutiful's sinister Aunt Tribulation. In Tribulation's farmhouse, life is unbearable. When mysterious men lurk about in the evening fog, the resourceful Dido rallies against their shenanigans with help from Dutiful, a cabinboy named Nate, and a pink whale.
O'Sullivan Stew
by Hudson TalbotSomeone has stolen the witch of Crookhaven's horse, and there will be no peace in the village until it is returned. So bold, brassy Kate O'Sullivan takes matters into her own hands. But instead of saving the day, she manages to land herself--and her family--in trouble with the king. So Kate sets out to save their hides the only way she knows how--with a good story. Filled with imagination, wit, and a healthy helping of good old-fashioned Irish blarney, this is a hilarious tale that will keep readers coming back for more.
One Hundred Hungry Ants
by Elinor J. PinczesThis tale of ants parading toward a picnic is &“one of those rare gems capable of entertaining while it instructs&” (Middlesex News). One hundred hungry ants march off single file to sample a picnic, but when the going gets too slow, they divide into two rows of fifty, then four rows of twenty-five . . . until they take so long that the picnic is gone! &“The unexpected pairing of sophisticated art and light-hearted text lends this book particular distinction.&” —Publishers Weekly &“The illustrations . . . use a pleasing palette and energetic lines to depict ants with highly individual characters.&” —Horn Book
Pete the Cat: A Back to School Book for Kids (Pete the Cat)
by Kimberly Dean Eric LitwinTime to head back to school with this bestselling groovy Pete the Cat book!Pete the Cat is rocking in his school shoes. Pete discovers the library, the lunch room, the playground, and lots of other cool places at school.And no matter where he goes, Pete never stops moving and grooving and singing his song...because it’s all good.The fun never stops—download the free groovin’ song.Don't miss Pete's other adventures, including Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons, Pete the Cat Saves Christmas, Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses, Pete the Cat and the Bedtime Blues, Pete the Cat and the New Guy, Pete the Cat and the Cool Cat Boogie, Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes, Pete the Cat and the Perfect Pizza Party, and Pete the Cat: Crayons Rock!