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By Kit Allen. 2005
What do you do when you’re at the top of the playground slide but not quite ready to go down…
yet? Friends are lining up behind you and the pressure is on . . . Here’s the perfect book for anyone who’s ever been afraid to go into the deep end, off the high dive, or go down the big slide. Come onslide, already! Children will be drawn to the bold, cheerful art and the soft, puffy cover. The rounded corners and strong paper stock will make it difficult for children to rip.By H. A. Rey. 2010
A gingham-patterned gift box includes a board book and cotton monkey-ear hat for keeping curious babies warm and cozy. The…
board book features lively illustrations of Curious George exploring the farm. Each object and animal includes a simple label. The gift package incorporates tips for new parents about the importance of shared reading. Pair this with the Curious Baby Curious George: My Curious Dreamer Gift Set for a cuddly, soft reading experience with your baby.By Olivier Dunrea. 2009
Where is Ollie? Gossie, Gertie, BooBoo, and Peedie are all looking for him. Is he in the barn? Is he…
under the hens? Is he among the apples? Where could Ollie be? Children will enjoy the touch-and-feel, pull tabs, flaps, and other interactive elements as the goslings search high and low for Ollie. Then it's their turn to team up with the goslings using the fold-out game board in the back!By Nancy Coffelt. 2006
Pug and his friend travel far and wide. They deliver goods in their big red truck. Sometimes they see toothpicks,…
and dragon wagons, even ground clouds . . . So hop inand make sure to keep the shiny side up and the greasy side down. Because when you’re on the road with Pug, there’s plenty of trucker talk and adventure around every corner!By Leo Landry, Kelly Ault. 2005
Is your baby hungry or tired? Does she have a tummy ache or does he just need a diaper change?…
It's easy to know when you and your baby learn to sign together.Studies show that babies who sign develop increased vocabularies, experience less frustration, and begin to speak earlier. These short stories, playful pictures, and clear instructions are practical for parents and fun for older siblings. Let's Sign! is designed to help you more fully enjoy mealtime, playtime, bedtime, and other daily activities with the baby in your life.By H. A. Rey. 2008
Curious George goes to a dog show and comes home with the winning contestants. When George becomes curious about how…
many dogs are in the apartment, he devises a clever way to find out. This early reader explores the concepts of counting and grouping.By Arthur Geisert. 2010
On today's farm, B is for barn cat...E is for erosion...G is for grinding feed, and I is for...inoculate? In…
26 beautifully detailed spreads, acclaimed illustrator Arthur Geisert takes readers on a literal journey following a real road in Iowa (County Road Y31) through the ins and outs of America's farmland. This isn't your grandfather's farm book. It still features pigs, hay, and other familiar farm residents, but you'll see a very different kind of quicksand and traffic jam here...Along the bottom of each page is a continuous panorama that totals nearly forty feet of art. Country Road ABC is a unique and funny look at America's present-day farmland.By Rey. 2009
This board book introduces babies and toddlers to the magic of music, rhythm, and dance. Curious George taps along and dances…
to music at home, with his stuffed animals, around town, and all the way to bed. The sweet, rhyming text and classical music can be enjoyed together or on their own for a joyful musical experience anytime. Tips are included on sharing music and movement with your new baby.By Leo Dillon. 2007
The numbers are on the loose--hiding and dancing, skipping and laughing through the rhymes of Mother Goose! It's a good…
thing Caldecott Medal-winning artists Leo and Diane Dillon have helped gather up all these mischievous numbers in a stunning celebration of counting, rhymes, and imagination. The rhymes, both familiar and lesser known, are ordered from simple (1, 2, 3) to more complex numbers, making this a collection to grow with. The illustrations are filled with surprising wit and whimsy. And this vibrant, playful volume is irresistible as an introduction to Mother Goose or as a new delight for her longtime fans. Includes a note from the illustrators.By Margret Rey. 2007
Curious George ventures out into the snow for the first timeand finds out how difficult it is for a little…
monkey to walk in deep snow! With the help of friends, he learns all about skiing, sledding, and snowshoeingand puts his new knowledge to use when he rescues a farmer’s pig that had become stranded during the snowstorm! Learning concepts:properties of snowBy Elinor J. Pinczes. 1995
Hup, two, three, four! We're in the 25th Army Corps. Queen's count! Two, three! We are the marching infantry! Poor…
Joe! He wants to march in the parade, but every time the lines are uneven, he must stand aside. What's a poor bug to do? Joe is determined. He studies the problem, relining the twenty-five bugs in his squadron from two lines to three lines to four lines, until inspiration and fortitude result in five lines of five -- and Joe fits in the last.By Jay M. Harris. 2007
This book is full of monos, ratons, and osos. What’s that, you say? You don’t know what a mono is?…
What about a rio, some pelo, or even an árbol? No? Still no idea? You should read this libro, then. By the time you finish, you’ll be able to recognize and understand more than fifty simple Spanish words. You’ll be saying, Mas, por favor!” You may even ask your papá to buy you a gato or pato. (But not your papa. Potatoes can’t buy pets. )By H. A. Rey. 2005
This oversized paper-over-board concept book takes toddlers all over George's world and theirs. Each page features a different concept: counting,…
shapes, opposites, emotions, family, jobs, homes, transportation and lots of new words! From morning to night, city to country, home to town and back again, little readers can follow George as they learn more about their own worlds. Just the right book for toddlers learning to talk to help build their vocabulary.By H. A. Rey. 1963
By Margret Rey. 2003
When the man with the yellow hat tells George that he is planning a surprise, of course George is curious.…
Before long George finds a hat, noisemakers, decorations, and games. It must be a birthday! But whose birthday is it? That’s the surprise! This paperback edition now includes a maze and a birthday vocabulary seek-and-find.By H. A. Rey. 2010
Curious George adds a few extra zeroes to his donut order and doesn't realize just how big his delivery problem…
is going to become. This paperback picture book explores the concepts of zero and counting by tens.By Kathy Stinson, Robin Baird Lewis. 2006
A modern classic that continues to prove no color is finer.Young Kelly's mom doesn't understand about red. Sure, the brown…
mittens are warmer, but the red mitts make better snowballs. And the red boots aren't just for rain; they take bigger steps in any weather. And, yes! a green cup does make a difference ... juice tastes better in the red cup. No doubt about it, red is best.Kathy Stinson's classic tale of one toddler's obstinate color preference has been charming readers for 25 years now. With over 275,000 copies in print, Red Is Best has steadily marched its way to become a children's book classic. Now a new generation of readers can discover Stinson's insistent young heroine, aptly captured in the simple drawings by Robin Baird Lewis, each punctuated by the right dazzle of red.By Judy Stead, Sheila Blair. 2008
The Nelly Longhair doll, the object of Isabel's desire, is on sale at Murphy's Toys for ten dollars. But Isabel…
has only fifty cents. Isabel decides to start a car wash business; she's sure she can make money. But at the hardware store she learns that her supplies will cost five dollars! She thinks long and hard and comes up with a plan. If five of her friends will give her one dollar each, she'll have enough. She tells her friends she'll work very hard and believes she'll be able to pay them back, plus extra. Her friends agree. Will Isabel be able pay them back and have enough left over for the Nelly doll? This clever story is sure to get kids thinking about how people invest in businesses. The book includes a note on investing in a business and buying stocks. Sheila Bair also wrote Rock, Brock, and the Savings Shock. Judy Stead's brightly colored artwork complements the story.By Joan Holub, Jan Smith. 2009
Field trip today--to the apple farm! Count 20 name tags, 19 kids on the bus, 18 miles to the farm.…
There are 14 cows and 13 ducks (10 white and 3 black), and 12 rows of apple trees. Count the apples in your sack, count 3 pies to eat (divided into 20 pieces), and all too soon it's 2 o'clock, time to go! But wait--Lee has a number-1 surprise. Joan Holub's creative countdown, from 20 to 1, includes grouping and simple addition. Her multicultural students enjoy all that the apple farm has to offer, from counting the cows and ducks to picking different varieties of apples. The endpapers of this cheerful book are filled with apple facts.By Margi Preus. 2018
Nanabozho—part man, part spirit—is an Ojibwe trickster character, capable of great mischief. Nanabozho teaches us that beauty can sometimes come…
from mischief. In this story, Nanabozho "paints" the animal kingdom, giving color to each creature he can find.