From the creator of OPEN THE GARAGE DOOR comes the hit lift-the-flap board book all about your favorite farm animals! Spend a day on the farm and explore all the animal sights and sounds! Featuring 10 lift-the-flaps and a variety of barnyard favorites, including horses, chickens, cows, and pigs, this board book is a fun-filled introduction to life on the farm.

From the creator of OPEN THE GARAGE DOOR comes the hit lift-the-flap board book all about your favorite farm animals! Spend a day on the farm and explore all the animal sights and sounds! Featuring 10 lift the flaps and a variety of barnyard favorites, including horses, chickens, cows, and pigs, this board book is a fun-filled introduction to life on the farm.

A cow that oinks and a pig that moos are ridiculed by the other barnyard animals until each teaches the other a new sound.

The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 swallowed up more than three square miles in two days, leaving thousands homeless and 300 dead. Throughout history, the fire has been attributed to Mrs. O'Leary, an immigrant Irish milkmaid, and her cow. On one level, the tale of Mrs. O'Leary's cow is merely the quintessential urban legend. But the story also represents a means by which the upper classes of Chicago could blame the fire's chaos on a member of the working poor. Although that fire destroyed the official county documents, some land tract records were saved. Using this and other primary source information, Richard F. Bales created a scale drawing that reconstructed the O'Leary neighborhood. Next he turned to the transcripts--more than 1,100 handwritten pages--from an investigation conducted by the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners, which interviewed 50 people over the course of 12 days. The board's final report, published in the Chicago newspapers on December 12, 1871, indicates that commissioners were unable to determine the cause of the fire. And yet, by analyzing the 50 witnesses' testimonies, the author concludes that the commissioners could have determined the cause of the fire had they desired to do so. Being more concerned with saving their own reputation from post-fire reports of incompetence, drunkenness and bribery, the commissioners failed to press forward for an answer. The author has uncovered solid evidence as to what really caused the Great Chicago Fire.

A lift-the-flap board book all about vehicles from the creator of OPEN THE BARN DOOR! It's time to climb behind the wheel in this new lift-the-flap board book all about vehicles! Featuring simple words and colorful illustrations, the littlest of vehicle fans will love lifting 11 flaps to find a car, a truck, a fire engine, a motorcyle, and more in this fun and engaging board book. Look for more lift-the-flap fun: Open the Barn Door

This book, tells a story about Judith Lynn (Ford) Sanson's life. She was born in 1958 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. For many years, the family lived in town. Until 1968 they moved to a small farm. Farming became a new way of life. The illustrations are drawn from the author. Moving from town to out in the country was the families dream. The move was 300 miles up to northern Wisconsin. Starting from scratch was an interesting struggle. The family started with a small farm and gradually worked up to a larger farm. Farming had its ups and downs. Strange and unusual things happened.

When you lift a flap and find a pig you should say oink. Find a sheep and say baa. But what do you say if you see the farmer? How do you do!

When a cavalry officer returns home at the end of the Civil War and discovers his fiance is dead, he finds comfort and true love in the arms of her loyal sister. Original.

Through every day, in all you do, You'll always know - Grandma loves you! A wonderful celebration of the precious bond between a grandmother and her grandchild. With sturdy pages, a soft rhyming text and gorgeous illustrations from the talented Alison Edgson (Me and My Mum, Me and My Dad, Me and My Grandma), this is the perfect book for sharing with the special little person in your life!

This wonderful resource from two authors with an infectious enthusiasm for children's literature will help readers select and share quality books for and with young children. Specifically focused on infants through the third grade, Sharing the Journey contains descriptive book annotations, instructive commentary, and creative teaching activities tailored for those important years. Extensive book lists throughout will help readers build a library of quality children's literature. Books representing other cultures are included to help celebrate diversity as well as cultural connection. Genre chapters include poetry, fantasy, and realistic and historical fiction. A chapter on informational books demonstrates how young children can be introduced to, and learn to enjoy, nonfiction.