This heartwarming story reminds us how satisfying it is to grow up surrounded by love. In You Can Do It Too! a little girl passes newly won skills and abilities to a younger brother, teaching him everything she thinks he needs to know. The simple cadence of text and direct-to-the-heart art result in a book as warm and generous as its message, providing reading pleasure for toddlers, older sibli…
"An outstandingly clear and reassuring entry into the crowded field of getting-ready-for-preschool books." —Booklist Who better to offer advice to children facing the first day of preschool than the hugely popular, bestselling Karen Katz? It’s the first day of preschool, and the narrator, Rosie, knows everything a new preschooler needs to know. Rosie introduces the reader to her cubby, h…
This remarkable book challenges and expands our understanding of our beautiful and mysterious planet. Would you believe that it snows in the Sahara Desert; that the 2011 Japanese earthquake was so powerful that it slowed Earth's rotation; that Niagara Falls can freeze over; that the kangaroo rat can live its entire life without drinking a drop of water? Extreme Earth isn't just a list of the us…
Buddhism is a faith that commands over 100 million followers throughout the world. Buddha revolutionized the religious ideas of his time to advocate a new way of living. All that is known about him comes from a collection of ancient writings that fuse history, biography and myth. Karen Armstrong distils from these the key events of Buddha's life: his birth as Siddhartha Gotama in the 5th centur…
This progressive phonics series helps beginning readers to build reading confidence. With an engaging story alongside beautiful illustrations--this first step to reading offers on-page pronunciations and notes to teachers and parents.
Whale loves diving in and out of the ocean waves until ...SLAP! He lands on an ice floe and can't get off again. Poor Whale is stuck! His friends try to push him back into the water but Whale is much too heavy. It looks like Whale might be stuck forever. But then something surprising happens
“There is an Inner Light in every man which continuously impels him toward the highest, and he must be guided by this light if he would become great.”– Wallace D. Wattles Early in the twentieth century Wallace D. Wattles introduced the world to the power of positive thought. His writings were precursors to such books as The Laws of Attraction, The Science of Success, and The Powe…