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A picture book version of the classic story of a toy rabbit who longs to become real, and the boy whose love helps him realize his dream A stuffed toy rabbit comes to life in Margery Williams' timeless tale of the transformative power of love. Given as a Christmas gift to a young boy, the Velveteen Rabbit lives in the nursery with all of the other toys, waiting for the day when the Boy will choose him as a playmate. In time, the shy Rabbit befriends the tattered Skin Horse, the wisest resident of the nursery, who reveals the goal of all nursery toys: to be made «real» through the love of a human. This classic tale has been charming children since its first publication in 1922.

What if a dinosaur's friends come to play? Does he mope, does he pout if he can't get his way? Does he hide all his dump trucks, refusing to share? Does he throw his friends' coloring books up in the air? Time and time again, children are told to «play nice.» This brilliantly illustrated board book is packed with rhymes that will teach children how. Mark Teague's laugh-aloud illustrations, along with Jane Yolen's playful text, will show children that «playing nice» can be easy and fun. Perfect for parents to read aloud with their children, this book is as humorous as it is instructive.

The bestselling, award-winning team of Yolen and Teague present their second original dinosaur board book, a playful «how-to» tale about making a mess and then cleaning it up. Come along for some BIG fun as your favorite dinosaurs learn to pick up and put away their toys. How do dinosaurs clean their rooms? With trash cans and dusters and brooms! Now Jane Yolen's playful, read-aloud text and Mark Teague's hilarious illustrations show your own little dinosaurs just how fun and easy it can be. Brimming with the same infectious humor as the other HOW DO DINOSAURS tales, this new board book is a perfect companion to the immensely popular picture books and a great baby gift as well.

Clifford is the hit of the Halloween party when he arrives dressed as an enormous ghost.

It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: Which king had the worst blackheads? Why some kings had to wear false beards? Why the peasants were revolting? Discover all the foul facts about the Awesome Egyptians — all the gore and more.

The magnificent final book in J. K. Rowling's seven-part saga comes to readers July 21, 2007.

Accents for your bulletin boards! Use as name tags, notes, rewards and much more! 60 pieces. For use with Grades PreK–5.

Orphan, clock keeper, thief: Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. Combining elements of picture book, graphic novel, and film, Caldecott Honor artist Selznick breaks open the novel form to create an entirely new reading experience in this intricate, tender, and spellbinding mystery.

It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: What Roman soldiers wore under their kilts? How Ancient Britons got their hair nice and spikey? Why rich Romans needed a vomitorium? Discover all the foul facts about the Rotten Romans — all the gore and more.

How did Clifford become such a big red dog? When Emily Elizabeth brings home her puppy, he's too small for everything. Then, with one simple wish, Clifford begins to grow and grow-and grow until he is too big to live in the city. Will Emily Elizabeth have to give up Clifford for good?

This oversized book features textures, mirrors, die-cuts, glitter, flaps, flocking, and more. Young readers can peek behind the flaps and inside the holes to find hidden friends. Full color. 5 spreads.

Count down to sleep with this foil-covered, die-cut board book, complete with disappearing stars, and a surprise song at the end! Introducing Little Scholastic, a developmental publishing program of interactive books created exclusively to give babies and toddlers a head start in learning.

Geronimo Stilton, adventure mouse? Not me! But surely a little skiing couldn't hurt a rodent, right? Wrong. Moldy mozzarella! When my ski trip landed me in the hospital, I was sure it was going to be the worst Christmas ever! But my family and friends had something else in mind.

Geronimo's sister Thea is the mystery-loving rodent, not him. But somehow Geronimo finds himself going undercover to get to the bottom of a case. Full color.

Camilla Cream loves lima beans, but she never eats them. Why? Because the other kids in her school don't like them. And Camilla Cream is very, very worried about what other people think of her. In fact, she's so worried that she's about to break out in... a bad case of stripes!

Motivate even the most reluctant readers with this collection of read-aloud mini-plays with parts written at different levels. Perfect for building oral fluency, these plays cover high-interest topics, such as school situations, tall tales, and mysteries. Includes background and suggestions for building fluency and comprehension. For use with Grades 3-5.

Philip Pullman's classic trilogy is now available as a stunning bind-up edition. Since the first volume was published in 1995, and has now been filmed as «The Golden Compass», the trilogy has been acclaimed as a modern masterpiece, and has won the UK's top awards for children's literature. Today, the fabulous story of Lyra and her daemon is read and loved by adults and children alike. The extraordinary story moves between parallel universes. Beginning in Oxford, it takes Lyra and her animal-daemon Pantalaimon on a dangerous rescue mission to the ice kingdoms of the far North, where she begins to learn about the mysterious particles they call Dust — a substance for which a terrible war between different worlds will be fought...»This trilogy is one of the great imaginative works in the English language. And it contains one of the bestillains in all literature». (Terry Jones). Philip Pullman has won the CILIP Carnegie Medal, the «Guardian» Children's Fiction Award, the Children's Book of the Year — British Book Awards, the Whitbread Book of the Year, the Eleanor Farjeon Award and the Astrid Lindgren Award.

Sneak a peek inside the diary of Jamie Kelly, who promises that everything she writes is true... or at least as true as it needs to be, in the follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Can Adults Become Human?

Read all about the world of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium in this novelization retelling of the entire movie.

What happens when a small, not very gifted boy named N.E. Bode gets lost on a class trip and stumbles into a toy store one rainy day? He is found by a man named Bellini who tells him the most wonderful tales — from A to Z — all about the beginnings of Mr. Magorium's now famous magical toy store. From the Age of Enlightenment to the Wright Brothers with stops along the way to play capture the Flag (for an entire year!) and meet Thomas Edison until finally ending up at Zen, this is the story of Edward Magorium and his Wonder Emporium. And it's all true!

Ryushi and his sister Kia have spent their whole lives hidden, sheltered, learning awesome combat skills the like of which have never been seen in all the Dominions. Now they have discovered what for...

The next title in the hugely successful series to get a marvellous make-over. With a bold new cover look and a heap of extra horrible bits at the back of the book, these best-selling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.

When Lyra's friend Roger disappears, she and her daemon, Pantalaimon, set out to find him. They travel to the ice kingdoms of the North, where armoured bears rule and witch-queens fly through frozen skies. Lyra possesses a device that will aid their quest — if she can decipher its mysterious messages. But it knows terrifying secrets about their journey, and the dangers that await them in worlds far beyond their own.

Will is twelve, and he's just killed a man. Now he's on the run, determined to discover the truth about the father he's never known. Then he steps through a window into another world — where soul-eating Spectres haunt the streets of a city, and a strange girl called Lyra is searching for Dust. His mission and hers are mysteriously linked, and together they must find a powerful and secret object that people from many worlds would kill to possess.