Cara a kind and gentle red cow gives birth to a beautiful little calf with tiny little hearts on her ears, whom she names Valentine. All is well for Valentine and her mommy until the day that big awful Sergei and his evil pack of wolves come to visit. On this day Sergei and his pack of wolves changed Valentines life forever. At her very young age, Valentine must leave the comfort and safety of her home to go and live elsewhere. So Valentine and her friends Amethyst the purple dragonfly, Ka...

In the final days of World War II, Koreans were determined to take back control of their country from the Japanese and end the suffering caused by the Japanese occupation. As an eleven-year-old girl living with her Japanese family in northern Korea, Yoko is suddenly fleeing for her life with her mother and older sister, Ko, trying to escape to Japan, a country Yoko hardly knows.Their journey is terrifying—and remarkable. It's a true story of courage and survival that highlights the...

A Letter From Santa - The Original is a fantastic explanation of the origins and experiences of Santa himself written AND illustrated by Santa himself! A Letter From Santa - The Original has 11 full 8 X 10 color illustrations! After writing the story he wants you to know, Santa Niclaus personally hand-paints the original illustrations and scans them into one of his computers in one of his Computer Command Bases at one of his new secret workshops throughout thr world (because the North Pole...

A World of Beauty: Tales from Pavlysh contains 19 little tales from Sukhomlynsky's Ethics Anthology, a collection of over 500 stories designed to promote thought about values. The stories have been translated into English by Alan Cockerill, and beautifully illustrated by students from Ukraine and Belarus. All the stories in this short selection are about beauty, and how people perceive it and relate to it. The colourful illustrations are a feature of this book. Over 2000 pictures ...

A stunningly illustrated tale of how the true joys of life often reside in the most humble places.Outside Beijing, China, in the year 1572, nine-year-old Hu-Wan tends the vegetable garden with his grandfather. Their specialty is growing gourds that are made into ladles and bowls and sold in the marketplace. Each year, one special gourd is made into a cricket cage. This year, it is Hu-Wan's turn to grow and carve the special gourd. He decides it should be carved int...

"The Adventures of Lily and Leon" addresses the social stigma surrounding diversity in relationships. The story is told in fun, lighthearted terms so the message is easily understood by a child.It's a tale about two young fish, Lily, a beautiful white sea bass, and Leon, a sleek black sea bass, who meet under bumpy circumstances in the deep waters of the Green Gulf.Peer pressure from Lily's schoolfishfriends is fierce. Bonita warns Lily, "It's wrong to swim with a dark-scal...

From Award Winning Author Wendy Altshuler comes Book I in the Evergreen Series:Lost deep in the forest after straying from a family picnic, a boy from post-World War II England befriends an awakened tree from another dimension, and together they must unearth ancient truths to end the war of the trees.From a review of the series: "A fantasy novel meant for young adults but appealing to readers and fantasy fans of all ages, following the adventures of a young boy, his close fr...

Suzie wants to prove to everyone that snakes have what it takes! This helpful serpent’s misison to rewrite social stereotypes celebrates the new year.Suzie is a young serpent who seeks high-flying adventure. The girl Lily befriends the snake, much to her grandparents' chagrin. However, Suzie aims to shed others' negative perceptions of snakes. Can she prove her versatility to Lily's family and the neighboring animals? And what will Suzie do when the wisest choice i...

Lovesday, a day of love and gift giving is approaching. The problem each year for the Stinkells is that this day makes them physically sick. Stinkells hate all the love and gift giving, so Stinkell Boris DaMean, the mayor of Stankwell has decided Lovesday must not come. He comes up with a plan to stop the days love and gift giving which ends in disaster.

Jud the Rat and his friends inhabit a series of phonically-based reading fluency books which are graded in terms of difficulty, and are provided with supporting manuals and implementation materials. The books, manuals and materials form part of Dr Charles Potter's Reading Fluency Programme, which has been developed to improve reading, writing and spelling abilities based on up to date research and literature, while at the same time being entertaining and enjoyed by children.This bo...