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Jam-packed with hundreds of curriculum-based activities, exercises and games in every subject, Brain Quest Kindergarten Workbook reinforces what kids are learning in the classroom. The workbook 's lively layout and easy-to-follow explanations make learning fun, interactive, and concrete. Plus it 's written to help parents follow and explain key concepts. Includes ABCs, 123s, mazes, paint by letters, sorting games, phonics, shapes and colors, money, telling time, and much, much more.

First comes a fully illustrated, original short text — a poem about mice, an article about rainbows, a story about a funny dream, or a tasty recipe for party popcorn. Following the text is a comprehension card that quizzes the reader about action, characters, and content. And following that is a card with questions on Grammar, Phonics, Word Choice, and more. It’s the fundamentals of reading and the pleasure of language. Brain Quest Reading Grade 1 is an excellent way for kids to hone their skills and become accomplished, enthusiastic readers. Vetted by a panel of America’s highest award-winning teachers, and embraced by kids and parents because it flat-out works, Brain Quest opens a world of information and education with its fast-paced question-and-answer format, bright full-color illustrations, and lively attitude.

First comes a fully illustrated, original short text — a biography about astronaut Sally Ride, a letter to a congresswoman, a scientific article about fossils, a story about life on a big ranch. Following the text is a comprehension card that quizzes the reader about action, characters, and content. And following that is a card with questions on Grammar, Phonics, Word Choice, and more. It’s the fundamentals of reading and the pleasure of language. Brain Quest Reading Grade 2 is an excellent way for kids to hone their skills and become accomplished, enthusiastic readers. Vetted by a panel of America’s highest award-winning teachers, and embraced by kids and parents because it flat-out works, Brain Quest opens a world of information and education with its fast-paced question-and-answer format, bright full-color illustrations, and lively attitude.

First comes a fully illustrated, original short text—a biography of Martin Luther King Jr., a fun poem about peas, a history of the Rose Bowl, a scientific article about the sun. Following the text is a comprehension card that quizzes the reader about action, characters, and content. And following that is a card with questions on Grammar, Phonics, Word Choice, and more. It’s the fundamentals of reading and the pleasure of language. Brain Quest Reading Grade 3 is an excellent way for kids to hone their skills and become accomplished, enthusiastic readers. Vetted by a panel of America’s highest award-winning teachers, and embraced by kids and parents because it flat-out works, Brain Quest opens a world of information and education with its fast-paced question-and-answer format, bright full-color illustrations, and lively attitude.

Talk about Pavlovian! Watch an ice-cream truck pull up ringing its bell, and every child in the neighbourhood comes running. Enter The Ice Cream Truck, the latest Mini Wheels book and newest member of the intricately die-cut and deliciously chunky Mini House and Mini Wheels Books Series. So lively, so colourful, so much fun to hold and play with, to open its doors or send wheeling across the room.

The irrepressible, ever-original Sandra Boynton introduces a brand-new Boynton board book plus free downloadable song sung by Davy Jones of The Monkees. Combining the appeal of the hugely popular Boynton on Board series (6.8 million in print) and the sing-along goofiness of Dog Train, Rhinoceros Tap, and the Grammy-nominated, No.1 New York Times bestseller Philadelphia Chickens, Your Personal Penguin is a read-aloud, listen-along favourite for young children and the grown-ups who read to them. Fun to hold and featuring an inviting die-cut cover, the book tells the story of a slightly bewildered hippo and the loyal penguin who wants nothing more than to be his pal.

A great big hug in book form, Snuggle Puppy is a year-round valentine from parent to child. It is bright, chunky, a pleasure to hold, and has a die-cut cover that reveals a glimpse of the joy inside before it's even opened. Best of all, it's packed, of course, with pure Boynton: her inimitable language, her inimitable illustrations, her inimitable sense of fun. OOO, Snuggle Puppy of mine Everything about you is especially fine. I love what you are. I love what you do. Fuzzy little Snuggle Puppy, I love you. Featuring a sweet and cuddly doggie cast and rhyming verse, Snuggle Puppy is the perfect bedtime book to read last, because of an ending that kids will want again and again: I started with OOO... Now we'll end like this: BIG SMOOCH.

The Mini-House Book popped a wheelie! Four wheels, in fact. Announcing MINI WHEEL BOOKS, a new series of irresistible die-cut board-books-as-vehicles from Peter Lippman, creator of the Mini House Book series, with over 2.2 million copies in print. Chunky, colourful, and lively, with doors that open and windows to explore, packed with adorable characters and rhyming action — and made fully mobile through the addition of real working wheels — each MINI WHEELS BOOK is a delightful ride through the reader's imagination. Join the crew on the MINI FIRE TRUCK, name all its fascinating paraphernalia, work with the equipment — and rush off to the fire, where the firehouse dog makes a heroic save. It's all the fun of reading, on the go.

The big engines that rumble — or the little engine that could — have a real fascination for the youngest readers. And not only do children like reading about trains, or watching them in videos (think Thomas the Tank Engine), but they love playing with toy trains. Enter The Mini-Express, the latest Mini Wheels Book, the new series of board-books-as-vehicles from the creator of the 2.2-million-copy bestselling Mini House BookC series. The natural companion to Mini School Bus and Mini Fire Truck, The Mini-Express takes readers on a fun-filled ride aboard a chunky and colorful die-cut steam engine. With the hiss of steam and clackity-clack of wheels on the track, the rhyming verse tells the story of Engineer Hoot and his crew of hardworking mice. Peter Lippman's energetic illustrations bring the characters and text to life on every page, and real working wheels keep The Mini-Express on the go — across the floor, and through a child's imagination. All aboard!

The Mini-House Book popped a wheelie! Four wheels, in fact. Announcing MINI WHEEL BOOKS, a new series of irresistible die-cut board-books-as-vehicles from Peter Lippman, creator of the Mini House Book series, with over 2.2 million copies in print. Chunky, colourful, and lively, with doors that open and windows to explore, packed with adorable characters and rhyming action — and made fully mobile through the addition of real working wheels — each MINI WHEELS BOOK is a delightful ride through the reader's imagination. Climb on board the yellow MINI SCHOOL BUS and sit with the bunnies as they sing their ABC's, count from 1 to 10, and identify shapes from the window: One bunny spots a circle; one sees a square. Can YOU find a triangle shape somewhere?

Boynton is back Joining Barnyard Dance and Birthday Monsters, here is Pajama Time a good-night book with the irrepressible language, the inimitable illustrations, the irresistible cast of characters only Sandra Boynton could create. A jump-roping chicken and a pig on a swing. A Scottie in plaid pajamas and an elephant in a fuzzy one-piece with feet. And in sing-along nuttiness reminiscent of Barnyard Dance, it's time to head to bed-to the beat: Pajammy to the left. Pajammy to the right. Jamma jamma jamma jamma PJ. Everybody's wearing them for dancing tonight. Jamma jamma jamma jamma.

Because you can't stand another apple, ball, or cup, Sandra Boynton presents an alphabet book of animals and adjectives. An Angry Animal Assortment Along an Arrow starts off the whimsy as a Big Bashful Bear, a Cute Clean Cat, a Tangled Turkey, a Wide Walrus, a Yellow Yak, and others in between romp through the letters A-Z. In classic Boyton style, the irresistible animal characters climb the tall letters, perch on the squat ones, hang from the curves of the round ones. Selection of the Children's Book-of-the-Month Club. Suitable for ages 3-5.

Colorful, chunky, irresistible. Peter Lippman's 2.2-million-copy-bestselling Mini-House series is a hit with kids and adults alike. You pick one up. You hold it. You turn it around. You peer inside the windows, and then you pop the latch, opening the door to the story-and to a child's imagination. It's a Mini-House Book that's a Shoe Mother Goose's House brings to life ten traditional Mother Goose rhymes-for a whole new lapful of readers. Selection of the Children's Book-of-the-Month Club. 276,000 copies in print.

Colorful, chunky, irresistible. Peter Lippman's 2.2-million-copy-bestselling Mini-House series is a hit with kids and adults alike. You pick one up. You hold it. You turn it around. You peer inside the windows, and then you pop the latch, opening the door to the story-and to a child's imagination. Here is the story of Sleeping Beauty, delightfully retold for a somewhat younger audience and cast with cats, dogs, and other animals instead of people. The Enchanted Castle provides all of the delight of the Grimm story-without quite all the grimness. Selection of the Children's Book-of-the-Month Club. 291,000 copies in print.

Colorful, chunky, irresistible, a book that's as much fun as a toy. Peter Lippman's 2.2-million-copy-bestselling Mini-House series is a hit with kids and adults alike. You pick one up. You hold it. You turn it around. You peer inside the windows, and then you pop the latch, opening the door to the story-and to a child's imagination. Haunted House is a wonderful and whimsical Halloween treat. The delightfully frightful story begins one dark and dreary night in a gloomy mansion. There are bats in the belfry, vampires in the windows, and an unseen narrator creeping from living room to bedroom, from attic to cellar, looking for the mysterious monstrous presence haunting the house. It's the little book that goes Boo! Selection of the Children's Book-of-the-Month Club. 145,656 copies in print.

Colorful, chunky, irresistible. Peter Lippman's 2.2-million-copy-bestselling Mini-House series is a hit with kids and adults alike. You pick one up. You hold it. You turn it around. You peer inside the windows, and then you pop the latch, opening the door to the story-and to a child's imagination. Put on your red suspenders Set in a place of perpetual fascination for kids, this action-filled story tells of a day in the life of a fire company. Selection of the Children's Book-of-the-Month Club. 291,000 copies in print.

Colorful, chunky, irresistible. Peter Lippman's 2.2-million-copy-bestselling Mini House series is a hit with kids and adults alike. You pick one up. You hold it. You turn it around. You peer inside the windows, and then you pop the latch, opening the door to the story-and to a child's imagination. A big storm is brewing and Noah's taking the animals on a forty-day cruise Noah's Ark is a ship-shape counting book set on big wide boat spilling over with animals. Selection of the Children's Book-of-the-Month Club. 410,000 copies in print.

Colorful, chunky, irresistible. Peter Lippman's 2.2-million-copy-bestselling Mini-House series is a hit with kids and adults alike. You pick one up. You hold it. You turn it around. You peer inside the windows, and then you pop the latch, opening the door to the story and to a child-s imagination. Open the barn door and join in the fun Turkeys sing, the cow bellows, the farmer putt-putts, and the dog plays the fiddle. It-s a hand-clapping, foot-stomping version of everyone-s favorite barnyard sing-along — and the rafters are shaking. Selection of the Children-s Book-of-the-Month Club. 346,000 copies in print.

Colorful, chunky, irresistible, a book that's as much fun as a toy. Peter Lippman's 2.2-million-copy-bestselling Mini-House series is a hit with kids and adults alike. You pick one up. You hold it. You turn it around. You peer inside the windows, and then you pop the latch, opening the door to the story-and to a child's imagination. Satnta's Workshop captures all the wonderful anticipation of Christmas. Featuring a rounded, snow-covered roof, die-cut windows (one with a reindeer peeking out), and Santa in the chimney, it tells an original rhymed story, set on Christmas Eve, echoing the Clement Moore classic. 196,000 copies in print.

A taste of Zen for the seeker and curious alike, here is a compilation of sayings, parables, haiku, koan, poetry, and other words. From both Eastern and Western sources, their maverick spirit points to a different way of looking at the world: directly, openly, joyously.