Benno is really excited for his first day of school, but Mommy wants him to stay at home with her.

A handbook for independent learners based on 100 ethnographic interviews, with guidance, how-to, and interviewee stories.

In simple and reassuring terms, this entertaining book explores for young children aged approximately 3-6 what it is like to start school and how the reader might feel about it. Discussion boxes offer an adult opportunities to discuss the issues directly with their child audience. Charmingly clear illustrations give readers immediate access to complex situations and feelings and provide further stimulus for discussion. Notes for teachers and parents, plus suggested further resources, help adults to make the most of the learning opportunities inherent in the book. Written by a trained psychotherapist, journalist and parent, and illustrated by a very experienced children's book artist, this is part of an acclaimed and successful series of picture-book non-fiction for Early Years.

Reading is one of the most important skills a child will ever learn. When you read to children, you are sharing an experience that prepares them to learn to read. Jellybean Books have been written "especially to be read aloud to toddlers and preschoolers aged 3-5 years old. Every book is lively, colorful, filled with fabulous characters, and priced to please.

When Jake wants to go to school, his family is horrified! School is all rotten rules and terrible ten-legged teachers. Pirates don't go to school! Or do they? A fabulously funny tale, perfect for calming those ''first day of school'' nerves!

Kiyosaki shows how to reverse the effects of negative programming one receives in school, replacing them with new habits that will set individuals and their children up for financial and emotional success. "Robert Kiyosaki's work in education is powerful, profound, and life-changing."--Anthony Robbins, author of "Unlimited Power" and "Awaken the Giant Within."

It's Mouse's first day of school. It's Dinosaur's first day of school. As each of them get ready for the first day of school, they definitely DON'T want to go! But when class begins, there is a very big surprise! A reassuring tale for those first-day-of-school jitters. It's Mouse's first day of school, and she is so nervous. She can't eat her cereal, and she wonders what the children will be like. And it's Dinosaur's first day of school, too! He is so nervous that he can't eat his toast. He is afraid that the teacher won't like him. And the school looks so scary! But when Mouse and Dinosaur arrive at school, they're both in for a big, happy surprise!

The hugely popular early chapter book series re-emerges -- now in e-book! The new director at Camp Lone Wolf seems like a nice guy. But when the kids learn the legend of a local boy who disappeared and the wolf that prowls the campgrounds howling in the night, they start to wonder if Camp Lone Wolf is more than just a name. Mr. Jenkins is covered in hair, eats his meat almost raw, and has an obsession with wolves. But could he really be a werewolf?

This is a story of a brother and sister who lives in New York City. Both their parents are busy with their jobs, but due to some reason, their mother loses her job. Now it has become hard to catch up with their expenses, so their parents decide to pull the children out of school and start homeschooling them. Now the mother is taking care of the kids and homeschooling them. The father drives a truck and is out of the city for a couple of days so he can support the family. When the father returns home, he sees that the kids are doing well with the mother. For the first couple of months, the kids are happy that they don’t have to go school because homeschooling gives them a more flexible time, but as the time passes by, the kids begin to miss having their father around because they cannot go places without him.

A rhyming tale of pirates who go to school accompanied by their parrots, learn arithmetic and letters, and want to hear sea stories at storytime.