Literature

Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last, and only five lucky children will be allowed inside. But what they find is even wilder than any of the wild rumors, they've heard!

Jump start your early reading program with this BIG collection of kid-pleasing little books correlated with Guided Reading Levels A-C. Each box includes 100 full-color 8-page books (5 copies of 20 storybooks) and a 32-page teaching guide packed with lessons, tips, and reproducibles.

Sing along with the accompanying CD-ROM following four children from different countries, each going through their early morning routine and getting ready for school. Each picture tells of the different ways of life in Europe, Africa, India and China.

Be uprooted and dropped into a busy and overwhelming city to learn about friendship and belonging. Take all the work out of planning a lesson so there's more time focused on comprehension and engaging hands-on follow-up activities. Do some research on the importance of crickets in the Chinese culture. Compare Chinatown with Times Square by listing three differences. Describe Chester's dream and what he did in response to it. Find the words the author used to represent sounds and explain what sounds they represent. Imagine what it would be like for Harry and Tucker to visit Chester in the country. Get into the 'skin' of Tucker to tell how he would act if he found money in Times Square. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included. About the Novel: The Cricket in Times Square is the Newbery Honor-winning story of a cricket who finds himself taken away from his country home and dropped right in the Times Square subway station. Chester Cricket enjoys his home in Connecticut; however, one day he is brought to the city and immediately misses home. While in Times Square, Chester meets Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat, who quickly become friends with the musical insect. Chester is also adopted by Mario, a young boy who's family runs a small newspaper stand in the station. Throughout the story, Chester finds himself amidst many obstacles and struggling to prove he belongs in the big city.

Curious George the little monkey and the man in the yellow hat attend a baseball game to cheer on the Mudville Miners.

Through the metaphor of a simple bucket, this award-winning series of heartwarming books encourages positive behavior by showing children how easy and rewarding it is to express kindness, appreciation, and love by “filling buckets.”

Take a journey across the galaxies and learn about planets, stars and all the heavenly bodies that fill our skies in this animated singalong.

Through the metaphor of a simple bucket, this award-winning series of heartwarming books encourages positive behavior by showing children how easy and rewarding it is to express kindness, appreciation, and love by “filling buckets.” 32 pages.

Timeless stories retold by Joy Cowley featuring high quality, original artwork. Children can learn universal values of wisdom, courage, honor, justice, patience, love and friendship, through these stories. 32 pages.

A flock of hapless sheep drive through the country in this rhyming picture book. "The bright-colored pencil drawings and lean text make this a great choice for preschool story times, as well as for beginning readers who want a funny story".--School Library Journal. Full-color illustrations.

Character set for use with Monkey Mitt. Rhymes are included in each set.

his oversize (15- x 17-inch) big book edition is the perfect size for sharing in a classroom. This book is a great first introduction to Mouse, the star of the If You Give series and a perennial favorite among children. And with its spare, rhythmic text and circular tale, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is perfect for beginning readers and story time! If a hungry little mouse shows up on your doorstep, you might want to give him a cookie. And if you give him a cookie, he'll ask for a glass of milk. He'll want to look in a mirror to make sure he doesn't have a milk mustache, and then he'll ask for a pair of scissors to give himself a trim...