This book is sure to make dinosaurs more popular than ever! It explores the lives of many of these ancient creatures and explains why there aren't any more dinosaurs-except perhaps modern birds! Plus, with its shared-reading format, the book makes dinosaurs more accessible to younger children. Now, even beginning readers will be able to explain, "I read a book about dinosaurs!"

Lulu has lost her shoes and is going to be late for school! All her bug friends get off the school bus to help her find them. Fun & rhyming story for beginning readers.

Frank, an adventurous little frog, is playing with his friends, when suddenly his ball flies off and bounces into the house of a giant! Frank's friends are too scared to help him get his ball back, so he sneaks into the huge house all by himself. Little Frank hopes he can find his ball before the big giant comes back!

This is a perfect book to encourage even pre-readers to try reading. The rhyming patterns in the story, as well as the simple words and pictures on the child's pages, make it very easy for children to participate. The simple, but delightful story is about a young boy's trip with his parents to visit his grandfather, who owns a small general store out in the countryside.

This delightful book about manners and the value of being nice to others tells a story about a big dinner party, a girl named Pat, and her best friend Matt, who is the nicest and best-mannered monster anyone will ever meet. Full color.

Based on a traditional Inuit story, Fox's Best Trick Ever is the delightfully humorous story of a fox, who plays tricks on the other animals, until he is banished to a remote island. Not to be outdone, the clever fox plays his best trick ever to escape the island on the backs of the sea animals. In the end, the repentant fox finally apologizes to the other animals for all the tricks he played on them.

Featuring stunning photographs of many endangered animals in their natural habitats, this book discusses such causes as pollution, deforestation, and global warming. The book also relates some of the positive steps being taken to protect the animals and explains how young readers can take part. Full color.

It's Mark's bedtime, but he begs his mom for "just five more minutes"! When his five minutes are up, he keeps coming up with something new to do that will take him "just five more minutes." Each new thing is more outlandish than the last, including teaching a dinosaur how to tie his shoes and brushing George Washingston's teeth on Mount Rushmore! He finally goes to sleep, but when his mother comes in to get him out of bed in the morning, he naturally asks for "just five more minutes"!

Jessica's mother has sent her to spend the summer with her aunt and uncle in the country. Jessica doesn't think that living on a farm, far from a city, will be any fun at all. At first, she hates life in the country, but then she meets a special pony that has been rescued from an animal shelter. Slowly, she begins to think that this summer might not be so bad after all. Now, if only that boy, Max, would stop making fun of her . . .

"It's Lulu's birthday and all of her little bug friends have come for her outdoor party. Despite a big rain storm that threatens to ruin the fun, Lulu helps all of her friends have a great time"--P [4] of cover.