Have you ever heard a tune from the treetops and wondered, Who is singing?Birds are singing and calling all around us, but every bird's song is different. Some even sound like familiar words! In this interactive read-aloud book, children (and adults) can learn to identify twelve common birds by sight as well as by sound. Next time you visit your local park, close your eyes and listen closely. Soon you'll be able to tell who is singing!

Every day on the bus to school, new student Mateo stares out the window, wishing he had a friend to talk to . . . until one morning, when he spots something surprising in an apartment window-an older woman is smiling and waving to the bus!For the next few weeks, Mateo and his classmates wave to the nice lady they lovingly nickname "Grandma," and she always waves back. But one day, Grandma is missing from her window, and she's not there the next day, either. Mateo and his classmates...

Little ones will soon settle down for bedtime just like Little Sea Otter as he snuggles with Mama in a cozy bed of sea kelp and calls good night to all his ocean friends--sea lions, sea snails, seagulls, seals, and sea urchins. They all reply. The gently rocking seas and Mama's loving arms soon send Little Sea otter to dreamland.

This special book asks children a simple question: How Can We Be Kind? The answer is: by learning from the animal kingdom!Animals demonstrate kindness and empathy towards each other, and care and compassion can be seen all throughout the natural world.This book shows children the ways they can be kind just like animals****are to each other, while at the same time teaching them about the mag...

Little ones will soon settle down for bedtime just like Little Sea Otter as he snuggles with Mama in a cozy bed of sea kelp and calls good night to all his ocean friends. Sea lions, sea snails, seagulls, seals, and sea urchins - they all reply. The gently rocking seas and Mama's loving arms soon send Little Sea otter to dreamland.

A little girl is happy to go on a walk with Grandma, but Grandma is a such a slowpoke! She stops to listen and point out the different creatures they see, sharing her knowledge with her grandchild. At the river, it is the little girl who spots a little muskrat Grandma didn't see. Grandma Is a Slowpoke is a simple story that delivers a joyous message how much fun it can be if we take time to be present with the world around us. The story encourages children to observe nature.

Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College of EducationThis exciting entry in the "Story of" line of chapter-book biographies introduces readers to Robert Smalls, an enslaved steamboat wheelman who commandeered a Confederate ship during the Civil War and escaped with his family and crew to freedom.Growing up enslaved in South Carolina, Robert Smalls always dreamed of the moment freedom would be within his grasp. Now that moment was here....

The true story of Robert Smalls, a slave steamboat wheelman who commandeered a Confederate ship during the Civil War and escaped with his family and crew to freedom.Growing up a slave in South Carolina, Robert Smalls always dreamed of the moment freedom would be within his grasp. Now that moment was here.Robert stood proudly at the Planter's wheel. Only seven miles of water lay between the ship and the chance of freedom in Union territory. With precision an...

This historical fiction picture book reveals the unknown story of Lilly Ann Granderson, an African-American teacher who risked her life to teach others during slavery.Born into slavery around 1821 in Petersburg, Virginia, Lilly Ann Granderson secretly learned to read and write from her master's children. Lilly Ann read everything she could get her hands on, and through newspapers, she learned of places in the North where slavery had been abolished. She longed to ha...