Shadow lives in the forest... It goes forth at night to prowl around the fires. It even likes to mingle with the dancers... Shadow... It waves with the grasses, curls up at the foot of trees... But in the African experience Shadow is much more. The village storytellers and shamans of an Africa that is passing into memory called forth for the poet Blaise Cendrars an eerie im…
This is one in a series of early learning story books, encouraging children through interactive questions and answers to take the first steps towards reading.
One day in 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch that lit up lower Manhattan with incandescent light and changed the way people live ever after. The electric light bulb was only one of thousands of Edison’s inventions, which include the phonograph and the kinetoscope, an early precursor to the movie camera. As a boy, observing a robin catch a worm and then take flight, he fed a playmate a mixt…
The "foxy little fishes" are on the prowl, and their numbers diminish suspiciously fast. Until at last there's only one piranha left--a proud overeater--and alas! he dangerously overreaches himself. Perfect for reading aloud, this jaunty poem is sure to be devoured by all who enjoy seeing that the greedy get just what they deserve. Full-color illustrations.
A resourceful chicken seeks the help of her farm animal friends to solve a problem, while giving something of herself along the way. Chicken really admires Scarecrow's hat. Scarecrow would gladly trade his hat for a walking stick to rest his tired arms. Chicken doesn't have a walking stick to trade--but she knows someone who does. This begins her quest to find items to trade among her farm fri…
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