One of the most recognizable animals among early readers, toucans are known for their vibrant coloring and large bills. These tropical birds live in small flocks high up in rain forest canopies. This title will dazzle readers with interesting facts and beautiful photos of these vocal birds.
A spider’s silk is liquid inside its body. When it hits air, it solidifies into elastic strands that spiders use to build webs, trap prey, bungee from great heights, and more. This fascinating title for beginning readers will inspire respect for these silk-spinning arachnids.
Some animals do some really gross things. Horned toads shoot blood out of their eyes, turkey vultures vomit in self-defense, and skunks spray their nasty-smelling mist more than ten feet!
Learn about animals with the ick factor in this high-interest title for young readers.
A Bellwether Media production.
Long antennae, armored bodies, and legs—lots and lots of legs. From cockroaches to centipedes, beetles to lice, there are many of bugs that give people the creeps.
Squirm your way through this fact-filled title for emerging readers.
A Bellwether Media production.
Pete the Cat is back in five groovy I Can Read adventures! Beginning readers will love these cool stories about everyone's favorite cat, now all together in one collectible box!
This set includes:
Pete the Cat: Too Cool for School
Pete the Cat: Play Ball!
Pete the Cat: Pete at the Beach
Pete the Cat: Pete's Big Lunch
Pete the Cat: A Pet for Pete
Is it a flying saucer?
Is it a Frisbee?
Or is it the best thing they've ever tasted?
Stick Dog and his crazy canine crew have discovered a newfangled flavor, and it's even more delicious than hamburgers and hot dogs. It's pizza! And they won't be satisfied until they get some slices of their own. But it won't be easy. There's a kitten to rescue, a plan to make, and the messiest, and most dangerous, game of catch they've ever played. Pizza is on the menu, but only if their mission succeeds.
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Christmas is Mr. Putter's favorite time of the year. He starts thinking about Christmas presents in July. It's easy to buy gifts for the postman, the grocer, and the librarian. But he has to think very hard about a gift for his neighbor, Mrs. Teaberry. Mrs. Teaberry likes strange things. She likes coconuts that look like monkey heads and tiny dresses that fit her teapots. She even likes fruitcake. That's it! He'll make her a good cake for Christmas, a light and airy one that won't break her toe if she drops it. He's never baked a cake before, but it should be a cinch. Among the delightful creations of this popular Newbery Medal honoree, Mr. Putter is perhaps the most comical and endearing. Narrator John McDonough is charming in the title role. Young readers will beg to hear all the Mr. Putter series again and again.
Stick Dog and his furry friends are BACK! In this third hungry and hilarious adventure, Stick Dog and his pals are out for a pizza - if they can get one that is... a must-have for fans of WIMPY KID and BIG NATE.Stick Dog and his furry friends, Mutt, Stripes, Karen and Poo-Poo are back in another adventure! Everyone's favourite cartoon canines are hungry again - and this time it's pizza that has their mouths watering. But when it's Pizza on the go... can they chase it down?With laugh-out-loud artwork, and a fantastic four-legged hero, Stick Dog and his pals' quest for a delicious dinner is destined to be Top Dog.More STICK DOG adventures coming soon.
The night before his fifth birthday, a young boy who can't wait to grow up receives a visit from the Birthday Dinosaur. Together they fly off on a magical adventure, high above the earth.
Cover illustration by Charles Wynd. With music by Maurice Ravel, Gabriel Faure, Arnold Schoenberg, Claude Debussy, and Richard Wagner, performed by Sara Edelstein and arranged by Jason Brown.
Supercat is back in the second instalment of everybody's favourite cat superhero series, from bestselling author and queen of comedy, Jeanne Willis.Tiger was an ordinary pet, until the day he licked a toxic sock and was transformed into...SUPERCAT!Now, the evil Count Backwards has kidnapped the Queen from her own birthday party and plans to take over the world! With his superpowers, his best friend James, and a few tricks in his party bag, can Supercat save the day?It's party time...
Ein Job muss her und zwar schnell! George braucht ein neues Rad und er wird sich auf gar keinen Fall auf das peinlich pinke Gefährt seiner großen Schwester setzen. Seine Freunde würden sich ja totlachen! Der Aushilfsjob auf der Wormestall Farm kommt daher genau im richtigen Moment - auch wenn es dabei nicht gerade ums Stallausmisten bei süßen Ponys geht... Denn auf der Farm gibt es ein Schwein mit zwei Köpfen, einen Baby-Kraken und jede Menge andere Wesen, von denen niemand wissen darf. Denn sie sind a) zum Teil bereits ausgestorben, b) zum Teil Fabelwesen und c) ...gefährlich. Deshalb ist es auch eher ungünstig, dass Mortifer, der Riesenlindwurm, entlaufen ist ...
When the youngest of three sons inherits only a cat, he believes he is destined to die of starvation. But the cat turns out to be rather an extraordinary animal. Not only is he able to speak, he is also a highly resourceful and cunning creature.
The cat asks for a pair of boots and a sack. He uses the sack to catch rabbits and partridges which he presents to the King as gifts from the 'Marquis of Carabas'. The King is curious to meet the mysterious Marquis who sends such generous gifts. The cat manages to arrange a meeting... and by a clever plan also arranges fine clothes, a castle, and land and a princess for his master.
