Watch out, Stanley!
Ouch! Stanley accidentally caused twin acrobats Yin and Yang to take a tumble, right before their Chinese New Year show. Yang's foot is broken, but luckily, Flat Stanley is flexible enough to take his place. To make up for his mistake, Stanley travels to China to help out, but can he learn all their amazing tricks in time?
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G'day, Stanley!
Stanley and his brother, Arthur, have just won a trip to Australia! They fly down under on a private jet and go diving in the Great Barrier Reef. But when Arthur launches Stanley into the air for a game of boomerang, the flat kid is accidentally sent spinning into an amazing adventure deep in the heart of the Australian outback!
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Stanley on parade!
Stanley has been chosen to receive a medal of honor in the nation's capital! But once in Washington, DC, Stanley is swarmed in a crowd and separated from his family. Now he's on the run in a city filled with monuments, and with shadowy figures on his trail. What's a flat boy to do now?
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Young Daniel and his family live in a log cabin high on a Tennessee mountain. Whenever Daniel has time, he carves things out of wood. First he makes a beautiful dish for his mother. Then he tries a cup and a spoon. But Daniel wants to create realistic animals just like the famous woodcarver who lives in the valley. All winter long after supper, Daniel sits in front of the warm fireplace with his knife and a large piece of wood. He is working on a duck to sell at the spring fair in the valley. But when he finishes his sculpture, everyone laughs! In Clyde Robert Bulla's heartwarming tale, a young boy learns there are different reasons for laughter. Narrator Jeff Woodman's delightful performance will captivate beginning readers and inspire them to read for themselves.
Children love stories. Bring the magic of good storytelling into your classroom with Classic Tales, and they'll love their English lessons too. Meet Curupira, the Amazon Rainforest boy with strange feet. Read this tale from Brazil to find out how he loves the forest and keeps its animals safe.
In this lively picture book, children discover a world of shapes all around them: rectangles are ice-cream carts and stone metates, triangles are slices of watermelon and quesadillas. Many of the featured objects are Latino in origin, and all are universal in appeal. With rich, boisterous illustrations, a fun-to-read rhyming text, and an informative glossary, this playful concept book will reinforce the shapes found in every child's day!
Splat the Cat is so excited for the snowstorm. He has plans to make the best snowcat ever! But this snow is way too slow. What's a cat to do? Splat decides he will make it snow. Despite everything he tries, Splat begins to think the snowstorm will never start. . . .
Beginning readers will sympathize and laugh along with Splat as he waits for snow in this new I Can Read adventure!
Bestselling author and artist Rob Scotton is the creator of both Russell the Sheep and Splat the Cat. The inspiration for Splat came from the big black cat that lived next door. Rob lives in Rutland, England, with his wife, Liz, who is also an artist.
When Charlie wakes up to a world covered in snow, he can't wait to get outside and see what's going on around the ranch. He even takes a break from patrol duty to take a fun sled ride with Walter and Sister down the snowy slopes,whee! One ride is enough fun for Charlie, but Walter can't wait to go again and again. That is, until Walter goes missing! It's up to Charlie to take control of the situation and bring his buddy back, before anything bad happens to Walter!
Charlie the Ranch dog stars in this I Can Read title, perfect for reading on your own snowy day.
Ree Drummond is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pioneer Woman Cooks and The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier. Ree's beloved website, The Pioneer Woman, was founded in 2006 and showcases her cooking, photography, and anecdotes about country life. Her cooking show, The Pioneer Woman, premiered on Food Network in 2011. Ree loves Lucille Ball, John Denver, and The Godfather, and lives on a working cattle ranch in Oklahoma with her husband and four children.
There's a new word in Miss Bird's dance class and it's spelled J-A-Z-Z!
Mia can't wait to learn a whole new set of steps to a brand-new beat! For jazz dance, Mia has to switch from her frilly tutu and pink ballet slippers to a leotard and special jazz shoes. Mia thinks the new shoes aren't quite as pretty as her pink slippers, and once Mia sees how fancy jazz dance is, the shoes seem even more plain! As always, Mia uses her quick thinking to come up with the perfect solution to match her plain-Jane outfit to her jazzy steps.
Mia's eighth I Can Read book is full of the same dancing readers love, but with a whole set of new moves (and words!) to help beginning readers grow.
Captain Frank and First Mate Tank are ready for another exciting adventure at sea!
Frank (an otter) and Tank (a hippopotamus) are best friends and captain and first mate of the tugboat Stinky Sue. And on their latest voyage, they discover an extra crewmate, a stowaway! Curtis hides aboard the tugboat during his class field trip. Good thing he does, because Frank and Tank need extra help when they are called to rescue a pirate ship. No boat too big, no boat too small, the Stinky Sue will save them all!
Frank and Tank: Stowaway is told through simple, declarative sentences with an emphasis on phonics, and colorful (and silly!) illustrations will delight newly emerging readers interested in adventure, the ocean, harbors, and friendship.
Frank and Tank: Stowaway is a Level 1 I Can Read book, which means it's perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences.
Phonics teaches children the relationship between letters and the sounds they make. A child who has mastered these relationships has an excellent foundation for learning to read and spell. According to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, a child who has learned phonics has a method to recognize familiar words and "decode" unfamiliar ones.
Sharon Phillips Denslow's books for children include the ALA Notable Book Georgie Lee and All Their Names Were Courage. A former children’s librarian, she lives with her family in snowy Elyria, Ohio.
Mr. Swizzle has a surprise for everyone in town,a brand-new cupcake machine! Pinkalicious can't wait to get her pink cupcake. But when she puts her money into the machine, nothing happens. Pinkalicious decides to climb into the machine to see what's going on with the Cupcake-Create-O-Matic. When the batter starts mixing, Pinkalicious is in for an even bigger pink treat than she set out for!
Victoria Kann is the award-winning illustrator and author of the picture book series featuring the whimsical and effervescent character Pinkalicious. Victoria coauthored and illustrated the first two books, Pinkalicious and Purplicious. In addition, she cowrote the play Pinkalicious: The Musical. She wrote and illustrated the New York Times number-one bestsellers Goldilicious, Silverlicious, and Emeraldalicious. Victoria is currently working on several more books about the adventures and antics of Pinkalicious.
You can enjoy the further adventures of Pinkalicious in her early reader and I Can Read book series. Pinkerellas and Pinkerbelles will be entertained by the Pinkalicious doodle, activity, and sticker books.
Victoria is working on several more books about the adventures and antics of Pinkalicious. Readers can sign up for the Pinkalicious newsletter, download activity pages, get Pinkalicious party ideas, curriculum guides, and even pinkafy themselves at the Pinkalicious website. You can communicate directly with Pinkalicious on Facebook, and follow her on Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram.
Kinder lieben ihn: Den Wechstabenverbuchsler gibt es jetzt auch zum Hören! 'Gaten Tug! Mein Name ist Mackerbenn', sagte Herr Beckermann. Zugegeben - es ist nicht immer leicht, Herrn Beckermann zu verstehen. Seit der nämlich eines Tages beim Einkaufen in die Drehtür eines Kaufhauses geraten ist und wieder herausgeschleudert wurde, vertauscht er die Buchstaben. Da kann es schon einmal passieren, dass wanderbure Letterschminge über die Wiemenbluse fliegen. Doch eines Tages treten Nina und ihre Mutter in Herrn Beckermanns Leben und stellen es völlig auf den Kopf - In der zweiten Geschichte besuchen Herr Beckermann und Nina mit dem Nachbarsjungen Onno und seiner kleinen Schwester Ella den Zoo. Dort treffen sie auf Miflangos und Kalipene, Toowärter und Zierpfleger. Und zum Essen gibt?s Keberläse mit Iegelspei. Alles klar? Empfohlen ab 4 Jahren
