Meet the Family (Hardcover)

Little Jen is a girl who wants something else in her home to play with. Her parents think that a pet would be good for their daughter. However Jen doesn t want a pet and she makes that abundantly clear.

From sunup to sweet dreams this collection of Robert Heidbreder s lively short poems follows young children throughout their day celebrating all of the seemingly small but potentially special moments they experience. To name just a few there are poems about hugging a dog and climbing a tree getting dressed and playing tag. Each one of the thirty poems is easy to remember rhythmic and action-filled and each reflects a child s-eye view of both the activity and how it makes them feel. For example on teeth brushing: Bristle-thistle. Toothy rub. Chompers get a sun-up scrub. Smile! Or going to bed: Slip-in slide. Pillow pile. Stuffies near. Day-done smile. Ahhhhh! Most of the poems are written and illustrated on their own page with a few poems covering two-page spreads. Lori Joy Smith s simple artwork in pleasing colors and filled with playful children is cheerful fresh and contemporary and will have enormous appeal to young children. This book would be a natural fit for National Poetry Month in April. But the poems are so happy and engaging they could easily begin any day in the classroom as a delightful read-aloud or even as a tool for dramatizations. The fun rhymes are sure to get young minds engaged in the wonderful world of words making them excited about language reading and poetry. And emphasizing the importance of the regular routines of their days starting and ending in bed offers the potential for beginning to understand their place in their families and the larger community around them.

A funny offbeat story about how disruptive change can be -- even if it s a holiday! Early one morning a strange visitor arrives -- a visitor whose name is Holiday. I ll be taking over for you today! Holiday tells Monday. And before long Holiday has met the other days even Saturday and Sunday who usually sleep all week. With each introduction Monday becomes more and more upset. She is used to starting the week and she d like to keep it that way. When Holiday announces how much fun he s having and that he d like to stay Wednesday and Friday admit that they are a little worried too. Meanwhile Thursday Saturday and Sunday are completely smitten by this exciting new day. Finally Monday (with Wednesday and Friday in tow) asks Holiday to kindly pack his things and go. Then just in time Tuesday comes up with a solution that will work for everyone. Natalie Nelson s ingenious characterizations of the days of the week will delight readers young and old as will her story that pokes fun at how set in our ways we can be and how we might instead choose to be open to change and embrace the unexpected. Key Text Features speech bubbles illustrations labels Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.6 Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.

Doctor Dolittle The Complete Collection Vol. 3: Doctor Dolittle s Zoo; Doctor Dolittle s Puddleby Adventures; Doctor Dolittle s Garden

Un zorro hambriento de ciudad merodea por la granja pero los animales que allí viven tienen un plan para ahuyentarlo. «¡SOCORRO!» cacareó Gallina.«¡Zorro ha venido a COMERNOS!» Es la primera vez que el zorro de ciudad va al campo y tiene mucha hambre. «¿Qué hay para cenar?» gruñe mientras se relame. Los animales de la granja muertos de miedo idean un disparatado plan para engañarlo. ¿Conseguirán sermás astutos que él? Esta divertida historia con ilustraciones fabulosas te hará reír a carcajadas. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION It s City Fox s first time in the country and he s super-duper hungry! Who s for dinner? he growls licking his lips. Scared out of their wits the farm animals come up with a wild and crazy plan to fool him. But can they outfox that City Fox? A hilarious book about a very hungry and ruthless fox by the amazing Claire Freedman author of Alien s Love Underpants! Illustrated by Nick East the fantastic energetic illustrations and crazy tale of farm animal antics will have children laughing-out-loud!

Hang on tight for more comic joy in this companion to the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor winner Higher! Higher! A day at the park. A ride on Daddy s back. Run Daddy! Faster! Faster! How fast can Daddy go? Faster than a dog? A horse? How about a cheetah? Must his feet even touch the ground? Leslie Patricelli reprises the duo from Higher! Higher! in another humorous riff on a favorite pastime -- a laugh-out-loud-funny tale of few words about doting dads and high-energy kids whose imaginations know no bounds.