This collection of passages for Grade 4 provides students with close reading practice. Some stories never get old. Their messages are as timely today as they were many moons ago when these fables were first told. What can you learn from the goose with the golden eggs, the fox and the crow, the four oxen and the lion-and other fable favorites? Read the tales in this book and decide for yourself why these lessons are still important to living a good life in the twenty-first century. Also included are places to pause and reflect on the text and opportunities to respond to the reading.

Long, Long Ago is a collection of five short stories, intended for children around the ages of 6-12. The words used in the stories are easy to read so that the kids can read on their own. The stories are written in such a way that the rhyming phrases will make it fun to read and to listen. Each page has a coloured illustration capturing the story being narrated in that page. The stories revolve around imaginary characters like trolls, talking animals and birds, fairies, witches and wizards. All the stories end on a happy note.

Ten stories explaining how and why the ancients created numbers.

This collection of passages for Grade 3 provides students with close reading practice. Some stories have been around forever. Folktales your grandparents may have heard from your great-grandparents were passed to your parents, and now to you. The tales in this book teach us important lessons. What can we learn from a chipmunk, a tortoise, and a poplar tree? Oh, they have much wisdom to share. Read these stories closely to discover their message. Maybe one day you will share these tales with your children, too. Also included are places to pause and reflect on the text and opportunities to respond to the reading.

Repetitive, predictable story lines and illustrations that match the text provide maximum support to the emergent reader. Engaging stories promote reading comprehension, and easy and fun activities on the inside back covers extend learning. Great for Reading First, Fluency, Vocabulary, Text Comprehension, and ESL/ELL!

Academy Award-winning actress, director, producer, and activist Natalie Portman retells three classic fables and imbues them with wit and wisdom in this New York Times bestselling book. From realizing that there is no “right” way to live to respecting our planet and learning what really makes someone a winner, the messages at the heart of Natalie Portman’s Fables are modern takes on timeless life lessons. Told with a playful, kid-friendly voice and perfectly paired with Janna Mattia’s charming artwork, Portman’s insightful retellings of The Tortoise and the Hare, The Three Little Pigs, and Country Mouse and City Mouse are ideal for reading aloud and are sure to become beloved additions to family libraries. An instant New York Times bestseller!

What was school like in the days of old? Can you imagine studying in a tiny one-room schoolhouse, writing out lessons on a chalkboard slate? Discover how school life has changed over time, and what it might be like in the future.

The collection Croatian Tales of Long Ago is considered to be a masterpiece and features a series of newly written fairy tales heavily inspired by motifs taken from ancient Slavic mythology of pre-Christian Croatia. Croatian Tales of Long Ago are seen as one of the most typical examples of the writing style of Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić. The book has been compared by literary critics to Hans Christian Andersen and J. R. R. Tolkien due to the way it combines original fantasy plots with folk mythology.

A collection of folk tales, legends, fables, and religious stories from around the world.

Worried about their son's healthy eating habits, Gregory's parents take him to the doctor to teach him how to eat old shoes and boxes like the rest of the goats, but things don't go as planned and soon hungry Gregory is munching on more than anyone could have ever imagined, including violins and flat tires!