When Henry's mom limits his bike-riding exploration to around the block, he assumes he's in for a boring ride. However, the action he sees—conveyed through rich verb use and energetic illustrations—transforms his ride into an exciting adventure. Enticing for very young readers.

Brimming with rich vocabulary, Nancy's retells her friends new-glasses adventure first with admiration and then wistful jealousy. However, her mom's creative solution quickly offers a perfect antidote. Illustration burst with vibrant, contagious energy.

Developing readers can have fun while learning with these Green Light Readers, featuring short sentences, creative stories, and simple dialogue. Illustrations.

This collection of true dog stories will fascinate young readers. Dox finds jewels, and criminals. Grip picks pockets, and Barry rescues people from the snow. Adventure, suspense, and animals are all here.

Did you know that lightning bolts can be over a mile long? Or that they may come from clouds that are ten miles high? Storms can be scary, but not if you know what causes them. Before the next thunderstorm, grab this book by veteran science team Franklyn Branley and True Kelley and learn what causes the flash, crash, rumble, and roll of thunderstorms!

One small fly causes one huge commotion that readers practically feel and hear through pages filled with highly exaggerated illustrations. Minimal text reads as a simple sequence of dramatic cause and effect. Highly entertaining for earliest readers.

There are forces at work whenever you throw a ball, run up the stairs, or push your big brotheroff the couch. Want to learn more about the forces around you? Read and find out!

Developing readers can have fun while learning with these Green Light Readers, featuring short sentences, creative stories, and simple dialogue. Illustrations.

Courage can be easier to find when a friend is nearby. Another delightful story about Fox and his adventures!

Lively illustrations tag team with text to unfold a delightful tale of a determined fox and his very creative problem-solving methods. They're a little off the mark, but his friends, whose patience grows thin, take note of the problem and band together for a solid solution. Storytelling at its best.

If you can't bear it, fight it. At least that what Fox thinks about winter until a friend shows him the beautiful silence of the season. The fun main character and great writing make this a enjoyable read!

Friends all year.In winter, spring, summer, and fall, Frog and Toad are always together. Here is a wise and wonderful story for each seasonof the year-and one for Christmas, too.

From writing letters to going swimming, telling stories to finding lost buttons, Frog and Toad are always there for each other--just as best friends should be.

Interesting frog facts interspersed with jokes and bright photos puctuate the text to offer a rich introductory nonfiction reading expierience.

With simple but engaging text, paintings, and an illuminating author's note telling the true account of a young slave who joins the Union Army, this tale of a real person's role in the Civil War is ideal for beginning readers and burgeoning history buffs. Full color.

After planting the seeds and watching them grow, huge pumpkins appear in a patch. Now we can make pumpkin pie and jack-o'-lanterns! Planting a garden is so much fun, and this rhyming reader shows us how.

Boom! Bang! Guns fire! Cannons roar! George Washington is fighting in the American Revolution. He sees a dog lost on the battlefield. Whose dog is it? How will it find its master? Early readers will be surprised to find out what happens in this little-known true story about America's first president.

This Ready-to-Read, Level 2 selection relates the story of 11-year-old George Washington, whose mother will not allow him to visit his brother who lived many miles away. George then thinks of a clever way to convince her to let him go. Full color.

The Good Knight's three little dragon friends are sick in bed. He brings them some slimy, grimy soup from the wizard to make them feel better. But the dragons won't touch it. What is a Good Knight to do? Full color.

A fascinating look at giant squid, cephalopods in general, and the implications of the discovery of a 25-foot squid off the coast of New Zealand in 1997 will tantalize readers. Color illustrations throughout.