Presents a collection of animal sayings with each one explained, including "I have butterflies in my stomach," "that will get his goat," and "bear hug."
A delightful companion to Measuring PennyLisa’s class is learning about probability. For part of her homework, she has to think of an event that will happen, one that might happen, and one that
"Penny likes to hide her toys and other stuff in the yard . . . . Maybe I'll make a map of Penny's hideouts."Lisa's class is learning how to make maps. The teacher says they can make maps of anyplace,
Comical characters explain the basics, including the many forms energy can take. Readers can learn how energy changes from one form to another so that the Sun's energy can end up in a lunch box and ev
A quarter named George describes all the ways it is used, from the time it is minted until it is taken back to a bank, in a tale that helps kids practice math and learn about basic economics.
An introduction to the basic concepts and principles of geography describes the diverse features of planet Earth--its continents, oceans, mountains, deserts, and inhabitants--from the perspective of a
Beaston's Mayor Hippo calls a town meeting when he realizes that there is too much trash, and the animals work together to clean up the mess and change habits to prevent future problems
Hot dog! Pat Street and Loreen Leedy have gone hog-wild with this imaginative and amusing collection of sayings about animals. From lucky ducks to odd ducks to sitting ducks to just plain quacks, this
Introduces young readers to pie charts, Venn diagrams, bar graphs, and more as two friends, a lizard and a frog, go through the process of figuring out simple equations, in an illustrated math guide f
Animal characters learn about "good eating everyday" in a restaurant called The Edible Pyramid, where the waiter offers the foods grouped in sections of the Food Guide Pyramid and customers learn how
A brightly illustrated tribute to human friendship explains how teasing, betrayal, bad manners, and broken promises can hurt a friendship and how friends get together to resolve conflicts, make up the
Animal characters learn about "good eating everyday" in a restaurant called The Edible Pyramid, where the waiter offers the foods grouped in sections of the Food Guide Pyramid and customers learn how
Lisa has an important homework assignment--to measure something in several different ways. She has to use standard units like inches and nonstandard units like paper clips to find out height, width, l
Comical characters explain the basics, including the many forms energy can take. Readers can learn how energy changes from one form to another so that the Sun's energy can end up in a lunch box and ev
A guessing-game introduction to animal tracks from a prolific children's book author!Who walks in the snow? A penguin chick! Who crawls to the ocean? A sea turtle hatchling! In this adorable introduct
