This very special book delights and enthralls young readers with its depictions of various mammals engaged in the act of nursing - bats, polar bears, pandas, seals, monkeys, tigers, deer, horses, zebras, dolphins, cats, dogs and, last but not least, humans. The words that grace each pair of pages (in both English and Spanish) are accompanied by stunning illustrations that convey the warmth and universality of this most nu...Read more

BabyGUND Flappy Soft Book provides an abundance of sensory-pleasing features that young ones can't seem to resist. Rich colors, supple shapes, soft, silky textures and crinkly sounds stimulate and reward the child's curiosity with visual, tactile and auditory surprises. Flappy the Elephant's face and the words 'Hello Baby' are embroidered on the front cover, while the back displays Flappy from behind (including an easy-to...Read more

Book Reader Animal Kingdom provides an exciting and entertaining educational experience for early readers. The skillfully designed blend of hardcover book and electronic learning features allows children to read on their own or interactively explore each page using the buttons and animal paw affixed to the right hand side of the book. By flipping the paw to touch any page, kids hear the contents read aloud, accompanied by...Read more

The Calm In Your Palm Boxed Gift Bundle does a fabulous job of engaging children not just mentally and physically, but through their entire range of senses. The box contains a hardcover Calm in your Palm children's picture book and a 100% GOTS certified organic cotton blanket that looks just like the one in the story. Also included is a lovely, professionally recorded bluegrass song whose lyrics draw heavily from the text...Read more

Children find this story about a brave baby elephant's trek and the ever-expanding group of young animals that join her along the way to be utterly captivating. When Baby Elee wakes one day to find all the other elephants gone, she recalls her mother saying that following the shining star for seven days and seven nights would lead to a waterhole that never goes dry. Accompanied by new friend Kubu the baby hippo, Elee sets...Read more

Parents, students and educators have reason to cheer! This collection of carefully crafted, classroom-tested math games is a remarkably effective means of igniting in children a lasting enthusiasm for mathematics. Students enjoyably explore a wide range of essential math concepts and skills that include number sense, operational fluency, problem-solving strategies, decimals, fractions, math vocabulary, and much more! The ...Read more

Essentials for Social Studies provides teachers with a remarkably effective and easy to use all-in-one resource with which to teach social studies to students age 5 through 8. The core of the book consists of 100 reproducible activity pages, each of which is structured in such a way as to engage, excite and inform. Titles, borders, text boxes, illustrations and other visual and structural elements vary in appearance from ...Read more

This wildly entertaining book is loaded with laugh-out-loud moments that only become funnier with each repeat read-through. Kids adore the sharply defined canine characters, best buddies Ick and Crud, whose human-like fears and foibles mirror their own. Young readers readily empathize with the dogs' avoidant behavior when faced with a trip to the vet, particularly their melodramatic musings once it becomes clear that rece...Read more

This lovely story, presented in captivating, heartfelt language and soaring illustrations, introduces children to the concept and practice of mindfulness. Youngsters find themselves joyfully immersed in the adventures of Dahlia, Victor and Bluu, a trio of children who become increasingly attuned to their own bodies, senses, and inner lives. Each two-page spread pulls young readers deeply into the story through a combinati...Read more

The Peppa Pig Playing Together storybook for LeapStart is loaded with carefully crafted, interactive educational activities that deeply engage and entertain early learners. An exciting range of activities comes to life when kids tap the colorfully illustrated pages with the easy-to-hold LeapStart stylus (LeapStart system sold separately). Children can choose to read the story to themselves or have the talking book read it...Read more

This deliciously fun book shows what brainstorming looks like when a child's boundless creativity is set loose on a problem. It's the morning of picture day at school and Stanley's favorite shirt is wrinkled. How, exactly, is he to get those wrinkles out in time for class? Grownups may shake their heads knowingly at some of Stanley's outside-the-box shirt pressing techniques (a skateboard, a basketball, a monster truck, ....Read more

Teachers seeking to actively and enthusiastically engage students in the learning process will be delighted by the ease with which this highly entertaining crime mystery simulation accomplishes that goal. Kids happily take on the role of police detectives trying to get to the bottom of this carefully crafted crime scenario. Working individually or in small teams, sleuthing students throw themselves into gathering informat...Read more

Children can't get enough of reading (or having read to them) this heartwarming story about a rescue dog's adoption, told from the pet owner's point of view directly to the animal that was adopted. Like most good stories, it starts at the beginning, with all the many decisions to consider and steps to taken when thinking about rescuing a pet. Among the book's many endearing qualities is an ongoing dialogue through which t...Read more

This delightfully romantic children's tale, filled with amusing names and whimsical rhymes, traces the course of true love between Prince Babaloo Bandini and his heart's one desire, Hoochie Coochie Smoocherini. Kids can't get enough of the abundantly colorful language and beautifully illustrated story, each page fairly bristling with humorous energy and playful flair. Adventure ignites when the King (who has other marital...Read more