Little ones will love exploring classic Eric Carle illustrations and vehicles on the move

Originally published: Natick, MA: Picture Book Studio, c1987.

At last — Canada's favourite storyteller takes on Canada's most beloved pastime! Ciara is tired of hauling her hockey gear across town to play on the rink. It makes no sense—there is a perfectly good frozen river in her own backyard! But her dad says it's too jagged, and her mom says it's too bumpy, and her older sisters don't see why she can't keep going all the way across town, just like they did. But Ciara won't let anybody stop her. And with a little help from the neighbourhood, she knows that her team, the River Rink Rats, will finally win a game on their own brand new rink. In classic Robert Munsch style, this warm fun story of community and hockey takes a hilarious turn. With the excitement and pace of a real hockey match, the River Rink Rats play their final game on their new rink. The pressure is on; the crowd is watching; Ciara has the puck; the crowd keeps watching; the ice starts to...CRACK!; Ciara keeps playing; the ice starts to drift; the crowd starts running; Ciara shoots to SCORE and— You can be sure that no matter how the game ends, there will be hot chocolate! This ebook features read-along narration by the author.

Press the squishy button and sing along to "If You're Happy and You Know It" while you explore the forest with the everyone's favorite caterpillar! Eric Carle's classic, collage-style artwork engages and delights little readers. If you're happy and you know it...read this book!!

Young readers can learn all about how gears connect and help machines move in this innovative novelty book with adorable rhyming text. With seven spinning wheels that connect to and spin one another, this unique book is an interactive introduction to engineering. Full color.

Press the buttons to hear 30 animal words and sounds

Spin the gears and go! Go! Go! Little ones will love exploring with Thomas & Friends in this new sound book perfect for little ones constantly on the move. To trigger the audio, little learners follow directions to turn one of the 4 connected gears on the module. Each different turn triggers one of five sounds at random! Caregivers will love that the hands-on gears promote STEM learning and critical-thinking skills through play, and little ones will love zipping and zooming through reading (and learning!) the fun story.

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An inspiring book to help teachers shift their beliefs and “stretch” their thinking around reading comprehension, literacy instruction, and content-area learning. Using the key concepts and strategies introduced in her ground-breaking book, Reading Power, Adrienne Gear shows teachers practical ways to create a “culture of thinking” that can be integrated into all areas of learning. Using knowledge-rich texts as tools, Adrienne shares how read-alouds can be used in content areas to support literacy skills and build knowledge. This timely book offers classroom-tested lessons and anchor books to create a content-rich learning environment that helps strengthen student learning and knowledge-building.

Spin the gears and go, go, go! Little ones will love exploring classic Eric Carle illustrations of vehicles on the move, and hearing the sounds the gears make. Hands-on gears promote STEAM learning through play!