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Give students the skill-building practice they need in reading, writing, math, and more with these engaging, full-color workbooks. Easy-to-follow directions and fun exercises motivate students to work on their own.

Give students the skill-building practice they need in reading, writing, math, and more with these engaging, full-color workbooks. Easy-to-follow directions and fun exercises motivate students to work on their own.

These full-color, illustrated books with audio CDs include lively original songs that encourage active listening. The toe-tapping tunes and fun lyrics also help young children build oral language and early literacy skills! Includes song sheets and easy, learning-filled activites.

When Ellie and her friends go camping, they have no idea they're leaving their old lives behind forever. Despite a less-than-tragic food shortage and a secret crush or two, everything goes as planned. But a week later, they return home to find their houses empty and their pets starving. Something has gone wrong — horribly wrong. Before long, they realize the country has been invaded, and the entire town has been captured — including their families and all their friends. Ellie and the other survivors face an impossible decision: They can flee for the mountains or surrender. Or they can fight.

- Pronunciation guides to less familiar words. — Includes chart that explains the game of dreidel. — Holiday books are always in demand in schools and libraries, but the controlled vocabulary of Rookie Books make them especially marketable. — Excellent resource for classroom unit on holidays. — Text has fewer than 400 words. — Word list. Curriculum Standards: Grades K-4 Social Studies Standards Culture: I — People, societies, and cultures address needs and concerns in ways that are both similar and different — Language, folktales, music, and art serve as expressions of culture — Cultural unity and diversity can be identified within and across groups Time, Continuity, and Change: II — Accounts of past events, people, places, and situations contribute to our understanding of the past Global Connections: IX — Explore ways in which language, the arts, beliefs, etc. facilitate global understanding or lead to misunderstanding.

Dinosaur colors start with red: A red fire truck stuck under the bed, A purple towel left on the floor, A green sign taped to the closet door, The third board book by the bestselling, award-winning duo Jane Yolen and Mark Teague focuses on one of the most fun concepts learned in childhood: colors. Packed with vibrant illustrations of dinosaurs drawing, painting, and playing, this book will captivate and inspire children as they learn their colors.

These four beginning Clifford readers, bound in a 6 x 9 paper-over-board format, feature the funny adventures of everyone's favorite big red dog — Clifford! This bind-up includes: Clifford the Small Red Puppy Clifford the Big Red Dog Clifford 's Birthday Party Clifford Goes to Hollywood.

Photographic search-and-find fun — especially for preschoolers! From bestselling author/photographer Walter Wick. From the photographer of the bestselling I Spy books, Can You See What I See? Once Upon a Time is a rhyming, search-and-find picture book — especially for preschoolers! Twelve fascinating compositions depict favorite fairy tales, folk tales, and classic stories where readers can use the picture clues to search for dozens of intriguing hidden objects in a far, faraway land filled with toys!

When Desmond and Clayton, two mice, finally learn to cooperate, they create a wonderful valentine for their teacher, in a companion title to The Biggest Pumpkin Ever.

26 BIG shape cards for presenting the important decoding skill of beginning blend and digraph sounds!

Teach a child letter sounds with Bob Books Set 1! With four letters in the first story, children can read a whole book. Consistent new sounds are added gradually, until young readers have read books with all letters of the alphabet (except Q). Short vowels and three-letter words in simple sentences make Bob Books Set 1 a fun confidence builder. With little books, come big success.

Bob Books Set 2 continues to build reading skills. Use of three-letter words and consistent vowel sounds in slightly longer stories build confidence. Children love the hilarious (and sometimes mischievous) stories and pictures. These twelve books, filled with fun, drama, and surprise keep interest high for even the youngest readers.

Bob Books Set 3 book takes kids to higher levels of reading and learning. This Juvenile Fiction book teaches children longer words of 4 or 5 letters and repetition of sounds and words. The inclusion of Consonant blends, endings, etc in this Book for children improve your kid’s reading skills and understanding. Longer and more complex stories have been included in this Juvenile Fiction book for advance learning. This Book for children also makes use of sounds and word groups, organized in a clear and user-friendly way. So, gift your child the Bob Books: Set 3 and help him/her develop a stronger reading foundation.

In Bob Books Set 4, kids read eight humorous stories. Longer books and complex words engage young readers. New blends, more sight words and longer compound words advance their skills, while sounds repetition keeps reading easy. Meaningful stories and playful pictures keep kids absorbed.

Bob Books Set 5 introduces the important new skills of long vowels and the magical silent E. Maturing readers continue to love Bob Books with their lighthearted stories and entertaining pictures. Children's reading vocabularies grow quickly as they finish the longer stories in eight books, 16 to 24 pages. They are proud to be ready for chapter books.

A few months after the first fighter jets landed in their own backyard, Ellie and her five terrified but defiant friends struggle to survive amid a baffling conflict. Their families are unreachable; the mountains are now their home. When two of them fall behind enemy lines, Ellie knows what must happen next: a rescue mission. Homer, the strongest and most unpredictable among them, is the one to take charge. While others have their doubts about his abilities, Homer has no choice but to prove them wrong — or risk losing everything to the enemy.

Five months into World War III, Ellie and her four remaining friends have barely escaped the Australian town of Wirrawee with their lives and their sanity intact. But as the next step becomes clear, they realize they must once again sacrifice their hard-won comfort and safety. A group of soldiers has recruited the kids to guide the way to the Wirrawee air base. What could possibly motivate Ellie and her friends to return? This risky sabotage mission may be their only hope of rescuing their families, too.

In the third installment of the Tomorrow saga, the anything-to-survive existence of Ellie and her friends has sharpened their senses and emboldened their plans. They aren't merely on the defensive anymore; they're also striking back. Their strategy? Attack the enemy not just on land, but also on water. If they have any hope of sabotaging the formidable container ship at Cobbler's Bay, then stealth is a must, but so, too, is one very big explosion. And if they fail, they may face a whole new kind of terror — imprisonment.

The journey to Stratton isn't an easy trip, especially when the enemy's headquarters lie somewhere along the way. And that's exactly where Ellie and her friends unwittingly find themselves. With only five of them against hundreds of armed soldiers, escape seems like a suicide mission. But Stratton is where Ellie's grandmother lives, so the journey must be made — even though the odds aren't good. Ellie must summon all of her courage and guerrilla instincts to survive the latest high-stakes installment of the action-packed Tomorrow series.

Develop calendar skills with this BIG, laminated flip chart featuring 25 adorable songs set to familiar tunes! Display this sturdy, bright resource all year long to enliven and enrich your daily calendar routine with songs for each month and season. Includes companion CD for sing-along fun. Plus, teaching pages with instant activities and strategies. For use with Grades PreK-1.

An exciting addition to the Horrible Histories series, these titles will tackle all the hot historical topics in a new full-colour format with durable cover. Beginning with the perennial favourite Pirates, they're all the Horrible History a reader needs in one handy little handbook. Terry Deary reveals the terrible truth behind the lousy pirate legends and lies. So forget the brave heroes swinging from masts and the handsome young men sailing the seven seas for this is history as it's most horrible! Readers can decide who was the baddest of the bunch in the top ten of putrid pirates, discover why the women pirates were just as wicked as the men and learn to talk the patter of a Pirate. Plus there are foul facts on the ships they sailed, the punishments they suffered and the rules they lived by. Now the nasty bits are at your fingertips!

From subject-verb agreement to run-on sentences, these super-engaging reproducible pages give kids practice with key grammar skills. Each activity offers a humorous twist on a folk or fairy tale to boost students' interest. Plus, they'll enjoy a variety of formats, such as fill-in-the-blank stories, proofreading practice, crossword puzzles, and much more. Includes an answer key. For use with Grades 3-4.

Holey cheese, what an adventure! I was off to Niagara Falls with my nephew Benjamin's class. It was a beautiful place — truly one of the most amazing sights I'd ever seen. But unfortunately, I was surrounded by mischievous young mouselets who were determined send me over the Falls in a barrel! Oh, would I ever make it back to Mouse Island alive?

Ho, ho, ho! I love Christmas in New Mouse City. But this year, Grandfather William wanted me to research a new story. He asked me to dress up like Santa Claus and let lots of little mouselets sit on my lap. Cheese niblets! If only I had my own team of reindeer and could fly far, far away.