Imagination, both generated and given, is the real star of the story. Humor, wordplay, and fun spill from every page!

A young boy and an outrageous bear demonstrate how to ride a bicycle safely.

Trees, skies, blossoms, and weather provide a feast of seasonal backdrops for birds to creatively inhabit. This is a visual feast for every young imagination.

This one is sure to elicit giggles right from the start. Ilustrations and text are perfectly paired to show the hesitation and then the trial-and error solutions to a game of catch with Gerald and Piggie's new friend, Snake.

While it borders on the silly, who can resist a tale with chicken detectives named Dirt, Sweetie, Poppy, and Sugar? Although humorous wrong assumptions complicate their investigative strategy, the Chicken Squad bumbles its way to finding the "weird blue chicken's" missing home, restoring peace and order in their community. Very entertaining — a good choice for reluctant readers.

Lighthearted humor defines the antics in this chicken caper. Tail the Squirrel, paralyzed with fear, can't clearly convey the sight he's seen, so the chickens, by fastidious notetaking and deductive reasoning (based on limited experience), try to discover the frightful source of Tail's worry. A hilarious kerfuffle results. A fun read with rich conversation, narration, and storytelling that illustr ...

An out-of-reach cookie jar, a hungry boy and his companion Horsie, and a giant robot. What could go wrong? A fun story with details readers will love, including cookie crumb precipitation!

For Tottie Plantaganet, a little wooden doll, belonging to Emily and Charlotte Dane is wonderful. The only thing missing is a dollhouse that Tottie and her family could call their very own. But when the dollhouse finally does arrive, Tottie's problems really begin. That dreadful doll Marchpane comes to live with them, disrupting the harmony of the Plantaganet family with her lies and conceited way ...

An interactive book for kids involving a large, red button and a goofy monster named Larry. The reader has fun experiencing cause and effect relationships by following Larry’s instructions to push or not push the button; a kid-friendly crowd pleaser!

Thoughtfulness can overcome many things, even the cold! Fun characters in a story beginning readers will love!

Emmett, Katy Duck's little brother, puts on his bright blue cape and becomes Super Emmett in this Level 1 Ready-to-Read. So what happens when Emmett's bright blue cape goes missing? How will he be super now? Full color. 6 x 9.

Float is extraordinary. Without words, the simple story unfolds frame by frame. A boy's delight in sailing his paper boat turns to hopeless disappointment, but not for long. Joy returns (wise parental intervention evokes a reader-smile) as sunlight bids gray clouds farewell, a perfect backdrop to paper-airplane flight. Watercolor illustrations, primarily yellow and gray, shape the telling, creatin ...

Discover Frog and Dog, a laugh-out-loud series for beginning readers!A Best Book of 2020 by the Chicago Public LibraryPick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fl ...

Storytelling World Award, Storytelling WorldA humorous tall tale about how one piece of bubblegum saved author Joe Hayes as a young boy.When Joe Hayes was a boy, he chewed lots of bubblegum. His mom would get so mad when the gum in his shirt pocket made a terrible mess in the wash. But one wad of bubblegum just happened to save Joe from a rattlesnake's bite. Could you believe it? It really did hap ...

What would you see from your front porch if your neighborhood suddenly looked as it did three hundred years ago? When the two girls who live at 107 Maple Street discover an ancient arrowhead and a broken china cup, they begin to wonder.

Some kids spend their summer vacation at camp. Some kids spend it at Grandma's house. Wallace Bleff spent his out west...on a ride, a rope, and a roundup he'll never forget.

All the emotion of a pet story, but with no animals in sight! You’ll have fun helping young readers ‘get’ all the humor in Eaton’s imaginative treatment of trains as pets, and you’ll find yourself looking at supposedly inanimate objects in a whole new way. Share the ‘Dear Readers’ note aloud first if you’re afraid listeners might take Eatonâ� ...

A unique monster-under-the-bed story with the perfect balance of giggles and shivers, this picture book relies on the power of humor over fear, appeals to a child's love for creatures both alarming and absurd, and glorifies the scope of a child's imagination. One night, when Ethan checks under his bed for his monster, Gabe, he finds a note from him instead: Gone fishing. Back in a week. Ethan know ...

The rhyming text and fantastic ideas make this an ideal book for reading aloud!

The first hilarious story in the New York Times bestselling Magnolia Says DON'T! series about a charismatic kid who's got a terrific knack for terrible ideas! Note to self: If your teacher tells you to bring something from nature for show-and-tell, she does not want you to bring an alligator! But nothing will stop Magnolia, who's determined to have the best show-and-tell of all--until her reptili ...