Whether they’re stuck on a homework question or just need a push on a swing, friends need each other! This book shows budding readers that not only could friends use a hand, but it can be rewarding and even fun to help out. Pairing accessible text with colorful photographs of friends lending others their time and effort, readers learn how their peers help their friends clean up their neighborhood or learn how to read. They even discover how they can team up with their own friends to stay safe or clean up trash in their neighborhood.

Everyone loves a good meal, and this book puts the chef’s hat on beginning readers as they get a firsthand look at helping prepare a healthy meal. Colorful photographs paired with simple text lets readers join the fun as peers chop vegetables and prepare a salad. They also get a look at how to make pasta, using a wooden spoon to stir as it cooks. This hands-on look at putting food on the dinner table is sure to excite emerging readers—and maybe even make them hungry!

Cleaning sounds like a tough and dirty job, but it can be fun! Budding readers learn how to take the tough task of cleaning up and make the most of it, helping their families and the environment along the way. Through vivid photographs paired with accessible text, readers see how a family cleans up bedrooms, the kitchen, the car, and even the front yard. This engaging book is sure to get readers on a spring cleaning kick, as they learn the value of a clean home and a job well done.

Pets are wonderful and loving members of any family, but they need special care. Through colorful photographs and accessible text, early readers learn how to care for their special animal friends. Dogs, cats, and fish are great pets for young children, and teaching them how to care for a pet lets them learn responsibility and how to complete tasks at a young age. By watching others take care of pets, readers gain knowledge they can put to good use with the pets in their own home.

Whether wearing a uniform or picking out their own clothes, it’s not always easy for children to get up and get ready in the morning. In this book, early readers learn about this essential part of everyday life, learning how they can help their own families get the day started. This glimpse at a typical morning in a house sending its two children off to school is aided by colorful photographs matched with accessible text, showing readers how peers prepare for school by getting dressed and taking care of basic hygiene like brushing their hair.

Designed specifically with mental health professionals in mind, The Bilingual Counselor’s Guide to Spanish is perfect for counselors interested in expanding their client base and language skill set. Featuring terminology and cultural phrases specific to the mental health profession, this text offers an easy introduction to both the Spanish language and interfacing with Spanish-speaking clients in a counseling setting. Sections of useful and practical vocabulary are followed by ¡Practique! sections, which enable to reader to put his or her developing skills to use. These sections are augmented by case studies in English and Spanish, as well as brief overviews of Latino history, customs, and social manners that will greatly enhance any counselor’s depth of interaction with Spanish-speaking clients. For counselors who want to communicate with the large and rapidly expanding population of Spanish speakers in the United States, or for those who are simply interested in developing or improving their Spanish-language skills, The Bilingual Counselor’s Guide to Spanish is the place to start.

A private detective is following the girl he is in love with. A former air force pilot, he is discovering some sides in the human nature he can't deal with. If you already have background with Spanish language, this book is the best one to try. It makes use of the ALARM Method to efficiently teach its reader Spanish words, sentences and dialogues. Through this method, a person will be able to enhance his or her ability to remember the words that has been incorporated into consequent sentences from time to time. The book is equipped with the audio tracks. The address of the home page of the book on the Internet, where audio files are available for listening and downloading, is listed at the beginning of the book on the copyright page.