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81) In the Spring
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This book introduces early readers to words in the spring. Simple words and vibrant images help engage children and grow a love of reading! Downloadable Teacher Notes available.
82) Places to Go
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From the beach to the store, introduce beginning readers to various locations! Using colorful, clear images, and informational text, children are encouraged to recognize all the places they go.
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In this Spanish-translated book, children will discover all of the amazing things that go on in the building that Frank built. From schools, to pools, to homes, Frank created a magnificent place for people to live and play. Young readers will be inspired by the spaces that engineers can create for the community. With delightful illustrations and engaging text, young readers will be amazed to learn how much one building can really do.
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This story, written through poetry, introduces children to the amazing building that Frank built in New York. Readers will enjoy reading about this magnificent place that has everything from schools, to pools, to homes. With delightful illustrations and engaging text, this book describes 8 Spruce Street, a 76-story skyscraper in New York City designed by architect Frank Gehry. Young readers will be inspired as they learn about spaces that engineers...
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St. Marks Place in New York City has spawned countless artistic and political movements, providing a backdrop for social and cultural revolutionaries from Leon Trotsky to Andy Warhol, the Ramones to the Beastie Boys, W. H. Auden to Keith Haring, Allen Ginsberg to the skaters of the movie Kids. Every group has maintained that their era, and no other, marked the street's apex, and that after they left -- whether "they" were the Beats, the hippies, the...
88) City
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Did you know that about half of the people on Earth live in cities? Tokyo, Japan, is the most populated city in the world. Learn more in City, a title in the I Live Here! series.
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This story is about the rewards of hard work and the consequences of arrogance and laziness.
Boris and Hoss Go to the Farm is about two tractors that Farmer Jason and his wife, Amy, buy to help them with the work on their farm. Boris is lazy and won't work. Hoss is excited to work. Hoss works every day with Farmer Jason while Boris makes up every excuse of why he can't work and must remain in the barn. This goes on for several days. Boris doesn't...
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Modern farms cover vast areas of land, so when it comes time to apply fertilizer or a protective insecticide, spraying equipment is incredibly useful. In this simple, colorful text, young readers are introduced to all kinds of sprayers. They find out about the huge piece of equipment that moves on its own, pull-behind models, and the smaller piece that is pulled by an all-terrain vehicle. Spirited text and simple, fun language will keep readers turning...
92) New York, Baby!
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A baby goes on a big-city adventure, and there are so many exciting sights to see! In New York, Baby!, Times Square, Broadway, Central Park, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art number among the top destinations. Rhyming text and charming illustrations make this picture book perfect for babies-and parents-who are always on the go, or who have big-city dreams!
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What is a suburb, and how is it different from a city or rural community? Readers find the answers to these questions and more through accessible text that reflects early social studies curriculum topics. Suburban communities are common across the United States, and readers explore one such community through accessible text and colorful photographs. While the close relationship between the text and photographs enhances reading comprehension skills,...
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Help, there is a groundhog in my backyard! Is it dangerous?Discover the secret world of the groundhog through the eyes of Margot the woodchuck while gaining a close-up view of wildlife in whimsical photo illustrations.Do you want to know more about the woodchuck? Then this book packed with information about groundhogs (who are also called woodchucks), is for you! Margot the woodchuck reveals all her secrets. She describes how groundhogs are born,...
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A neighborhood is more than a group of people living in the same area; it is a living, breathing community. What does it mean to be part of a neighborhood community? This book will help young readers learn the answer to this question and more. Using age-appropriate language and relatable, real-life examples of active citizenship, this educational text is designed to foster democratic values and skills and encourage children to develop a voice within...
97) Post Offices
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Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text introduce readers to the purpose, people, and layout of post offices. Young readers will get to dive into their community's oldest form of communication. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated...
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The Greens Find Their Space begins with the lives of farmers Ken and Kelly and their journey of expanding their farm with new crops. Not all of the vegetables on the farm are excited about their new idea, though. The message in this story is the importance of each part or piece of a whole plan being equally important in this case, vegetables on a farm. With each different size, shape, color, and function of the plants, not one is more important than...
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Before those lush fields of hay, corn, or other delicious produce can be planted with even so much as a seed, the tilling equipment comes into play. With this colorful, easy-to-follow guide, young readers will learn that tilling is far more than turning some dirt over in a field. Energetic and educational text teaches about this useful piece of farm equipment, including what it does, how it works, the different types of tilling, and when a farmer...
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