The four easy readers, modern classics, are effectively read by their author and sprinkled with music and sound effects.
Anna Hibiscus and her life in contemporary Africa come to life occasionally using authentic-sounding accents to create a strong sense of place.
There's something for every member of the family in this carefully selected and expertly performed poetry by a well-known mother-daughter team.
Benjamin Bear is full of ideas, not all of them good. Each of Benjamin's bright ideas are presented on one page as a short comic strip and present a problem to solve or a puzzle to explore, sure to encourage discussion as well as chortles.
The oldest child narrates the family's move from the city to build their own house on farm land.
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Chu, a young panda, could hold his havoc-causing sneeze while at the library and even while dining but not at the circus.
Whenever an emergency happens, there are vehicles staffed by trained people to help. Photographs and brief information are presented for both familiar and unique vehicles and situations. Additional material includes access to a digital book.
The animals of Sunny Acres farm try to befriend its newest arrival, but goat remains grumpy until he discovers a beautiful dandelion. They remain by goat as he grieves the flower's loss and are revived when yellow dots appear on the hillside.
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A mother humpback whale and her calf travel from the Caribbean Sea to the coast of New England and back over a year. Informative text is formatted to be read as a whole or in chunks and illustrated with luminous pastel illustrations.
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If a whale is what you want to see — as does the boy in this expressive, delicately illustrated tale — then patience (plus an ocean) is needed.