What is a conjunction? You'll find the answer inside this book--because it's chock-full of conjunctions! Brian P. Cleary's playful yet informative rhymes and Brian Gable's humorous but helpful illustrations creatively clarify the concept of conjunctions for young readers. Key conjunctions appear in color for easy identification, and comical cats reinforce each idea. While you read this book aloud ...

Taking over a rowdy gym class right before winter vacation is not something James Naismith wants to do at all. The last two teachers of this class quit in frustration. The students--a bunch of energetic young men--are bored with all the regular games and activities. Naismith needs something new, exciting, and fast to keep the class happy--or someone's going to get hurt. Saving this class is going ...

Are you as clever as a fox? Or perhaps you're as sharp as any spike? If so, this book will be a piece of cake! Clever rhymes from Brian P. Cleary and humorous illustrations from Brian Gable present similes and metaphors. When it comes to grammar, this team is not as slow as thick molasses. Oh no, they're as bright as polished pennies! Each simile and metaphor is printed in color for easy identific ...

Toddlers are totally entranced by trucks, it's true! Tough Trucks delivers lumbering tractor-trailers, dump trucks, tankers, and monster trucks galore--the way kids love them. Rumble down the road with a team of wacky animal truckers in this truck-tastic picture book.

This popular picture book series is ideal for machine-crazy toddlers. Lively rhyming text makes learning more fun than ever, and each book contains a picture dictionary. Full color.

Rhyming text and illustrations introduce adverbs and their uses to younger students.

"With humor, style, and succinct, admirable precision, Heller summarizes everything most people will ever need to know about this particular area of grammar . . . A treasure".--" Kirkus Reviews". "Its lush, exuberant, full-color artwork will grab kids' attention . . ".--"Booklist". An IRA-CBC Children's Choice Book.

"An excellent and enjoyable introduction to grammar for both the younger children who will respond to the verse and images and for older children who will get an overview of adjectives and their uses".--"School Library Journal". "A visual and auditory feast, designed to make language discovery appealing and rewarding".--"Publishers Weekly". Full color.

This book "celebrates verbs of all kinds, in ebullient verses which themselves sail and soar . . ". ("Publishers Weekly"). "A boon for language arts teachers in the upper elementary grades as well as for all children and adults who love to play with language".--"School Library Journal".

"Highly informative and lushly . . . illustrated. An unbeatable combination for pleasure and learning".--"Children's Book Review Service". "The illustrations and the vocabulary will delight small eyes and ears".--"School Library Journal". An "American Bookseller" Pick of the Lists.

Complete with the signal flags that the United States Navy has created to give each letter of the International Communications Alphabet a color-coded shape, Demarest's dynamic alphabet book honors the men and women of the nation's armed forces. Full color.

From A to Z, volunteer firefighter and fine artist Demarest presents a day in the life of firefighters whose job it is to answer the call to put out fires and save property and lives. Full color.

Although it existed for only a year and a half, the Pony Express remains an enduring symbol of the bold, adventurous character of the old West. With her inimitable ability to bring the past to life, the author captures the spirit of the brave riders and ponies who became a legendary chapter in American history. Full-color illustrations.

"Impossible!" At first folks didn't believe that the Erie Canal would ever be built. But when it was completed in 1825, people proclaimed it, "Amazing!" Cheryl Harness celebrates America's first superhighway using "words, maps, and pictures to explain the history and commerce of the canal. . . . Full of action and details of human drama, many of the colorful double-page spreads show scenes of jubi ...

When the Allerton family first steps from the Mayflower after 60 days at sea, they never dream that life in the New World will be so hard. Richly detailed paintings show how the Pilgrims lived through the dark winter and into the busy days of spring, summer, and fall, culminating with the excitement of the original Thanksgiving feast. Full color.

In this extraordinary photographic essay, Patricia Lauber details the Mount St. Helens eruption and the years following in Volcano: Eruption and Healing of Mt. St. Helen's. Through this clear accurate account, readers of all ages will share the awe of the scientists who witnessed both the power of the volcano and the resiliency of life.

In a clear, concise text and 20 spectacular full-color photos, award-winning uthor Seymour Simon examines thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes, explaining how they form and why they die, as well as how to protect oneself.