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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.

With his father dead, Martyn has a choice. Tell the police what happened — and be suspected of murder. Or get rid of the body and get on with the rest of his life. Simple, right? Not quite. One story leads to another. Secrets and lies become darker and crazier. And Martyn is faced with twists and turns that leave him reeling. Life is never easy. But death is even harder.

Research shows that using key picture and word associations to teach the alphabet helps children establish strong letter-sound relationships and build phonemic awareness--critical skills in becoming proficient readers and writers. Help students develop these skills using this book of 26 target letter lessons. Each lesson features a poem, corresponding easy art project, and letter-writing practice. Also includes warm-up and extension activities, literature links, and more! For use with Grades PreK-1.

Research shows that partner reading is an effective tool in building reading fluency. The whimsical reproducible poems in this collection were written especially for two students to take turns reading aloud. This experience strengthens both reading and listening skills as students are encouraged to give each other supportive feedback. Accompanying lessons, with think-aloud scripts, offer explicit instruction to help develop fluency. For use with Grades 2-4.

These engaging short plays offer a purposeful and powerful way to encourage the repeated reading students need to build oral fluency. Students are motivated to read and practice their lines so they can perform at their very best. This rehearsal time encourages them to experiment with aspects of fluent reading, such as phrasing, pacing, and expression. Includes research-based mini-lessons, strategies, teaching ideas, and rubrics and checklists. For use with Grades 5-6.

These engaging short plays offer a purposeful and powerful way to encourage the repeated reading students need to build oral fluency. Students are motivated to read and practice their lines so they can perform at their very best. This rehearsal time encourages them to experiment with aspects of fluent reading, such as phrasing, pacing, and expression. Includes research-based mini-lessons, strategies, teaching ideas, and rubrics and checklists. For use with Grades 1-2.

300 skill-building pages that give kids practice with sight words, handwriting, phonics, addition, subtraction and everything they'll need to succeed as students. For use with Grade 1.

Now revised with up-to-date explanations of more than 700 everyday American idioms and their origins, this dictionary contains entries that are amusing as well as educational.

With a brand new design, 1,000 additional words, and new fun sections like «The Four Longest Words in the English Language» and «The Spelling Words That Made Kids Champions», this is the perfect spelling resource for students. The introduction gives instructions for looking up a word the reader does not necessarily know how to spell, offers more than 150 memory tricks to correct commonly misspelled words, and clearly explains general spelling rules (and their exceptions). Furthermore, to aid pronunciation, each word is divided into syllables with the accented syllable in boldface.

An easy-to-use rhyming dictionary for kids. Large typeface, and a good selection of very playful words. And the sturdy library binding makes it ideal for classroom or backseat rhyming games during long trips.

This groundbreaking thesaurus defines each headword and synonym and then provides sample sentences for each. Over 500 headwords, 2,500 synonyms, and an extensive cross-referencing index are presented in a contemporary, user-friendly design. Illustrations.

This must-read fantasy takes you inside Hogwarts again for Harry's 6th year. What's in store for the wizard and his friends? What danger does his greatest enemy have planned? And who is the half-blood prince? Find out in this long-awaited adventure! Winner of two 2005 Quill Book Awards: Best Children's Chapter Book in the middle grade category and readers' choice for Book of the Year!