After moving with her parents to Iowa, twelve-year-old Lucy discovers a mysterious notebook that can bring stories to life and which has a link to the 1914 disappearance of her great uncle.

Help kids ages 3 to 5 start reading with simple stories and sight words. Encourage your little one to read with 50 essential sight words. From "up" and "down" to "could" and "it," these simple illustrated stories are the perfect summer activities to help early readers recognize words in sentences and understand their meaning. There's even a pair of fun activities after every story to further reinforce what they've learned! It's the perfect summer workbook to keep kids engaged in learning. Get your young reader learning sight words with the science of reading: 25 stories—Sight words are introduced gradually, with each story increasing slightly in difficulty. As a summer learning workbook, it reinforces what children learn and keeps them interested as they prepare for preschool and kindergarten. Common sight words—Give your child a solid foundation for reading with top sight words like "many," "time," "go," "out," "do," and "know." Educational activities—At the end of each story you'll find two fun reading games where your child can practice identifying the words they've just read, reinforcing the learning. Discover fun preschool and kindergarten learning activities with this top choice in learn-to-read books for kids 3-5.

A retelling of Genesis, Chapter 1, in which God creates the world and everything in it.

Draw your child into the world of reading with this endearing collection of thirty-one original and imaginative stories. A Story Book For Beginning Readers will engage, entertain, and encourage both new and struggling readers. Offering timeless lessons about friendship, kindness, home, and family, Connie Silver's fanciful tales include: how twin piglets Twiddle and Twaddle got their names; a little striped pony who realized he wasn't a horse after all; Peyton the alligator with a too-big mouth; the day it rained chocolate in candy-covered Fudgeville; the mystery of the bottomless pond; and much more. Silver's tales start simple and get progressively more challenging to reflect and enhance your child's budding reading skills, vocabulary, and comprehension. Parents and teachers will appreciate the helpful word-review list preceding each story. With popsicles that talk, cats with secrets, and children who want to be all grown up, this storybook serves as both read-aloud fun and an invaluable learning tool, and it's sure to become a favorite on your child's shelf.

Ariel is fascinated with life on land. On one of her visits above the surface, she meets a human prince and falls in love. Determined to be with her true love, she makes a risky deal with an evil sea witch and trades her voice for legs. Ariel embarks on the adventure of a lifetime, but soon finds that the fate of her father's kingdom is in her hands. This storybook includes beautiful, full-color art in the style of the beloved film, The Little Mermaid.

Once upon a time... a beautiful baby was born This storybook themed guest book is perfect for your book theme baby shower. It consists of 110 pages, each spread has one page on the left for attaching, gluing, or pasting in photos (or drawings!) and to the right its sister page is lined for your guests to write their well wishes messages. It also includes a BONUS ten pages of gift log pages to help you keep oragnized. Guest Book Details: * Soft cover for easy glueing/taping of polaroids or photos * 110 pages for your guests to commemorate the day* 10 BONUS pages of gift log tracking to make thank you cards just that much easier * Book illustrations throughout Enjoy the party!

It is not the destination, but the journey. Inspired by this timeless adage, You Are a Beautiful Beginning combines lyrical storytelling and lovely art, blossoming into a celebration of self-love, friendship, and community. With beautiful simplicity and hidden depth, this meditative and magical picture book encourages readers old and young to discover their own endless potential. Kelsey Garrity-Riley's inviting, gently magical art pairs beautifully with a lyrical, deceptively simple text by Nina Laden to create a picture book that is equal parts inspirational story and peaceful lullaby. It is not wishing to be different. It is learning to love being you. It is not the end of your story. It is a beautiful beginning, too. This is another uplifting and magical book from bestseller Nina Laden, the creator of Peek-A-Who and the author of If I Had a Little Dream and Yellow Kayak. It's the perfect gift for graduation, new babies and baby showers, or anyone in need of an inspirational story.

From first day nerves to finding your peg, this reassuring read is full of humour and fun for children and parents alike. A classic picture book which offers advice and enjoyment for the whole family before school starts.

Chinestory: Learning Chinese through Pictures and Stories is a groundbreaking pedagogical innovation, designed for overseas Chinese learners and non-native Chinese speakers. Students will learn 2000 simplified Chinese characters with Chinese pinyin (pronunciation and tone) to achieve a 98% proficiency level, will master the skill to decode characters and construct phrases, and be on their way to read, speak and write like a native. Through the meticulously designed sequencing of Chinese characters based on etymological research; through historically and culturally rich stories; through the artfully designed images of the ancient Oracle bone script dated to 1500 B.C.; through interactive games; through iterative cycles of the Leaner-Centered Design process, the Chinesetory series delivers a brand new language learning experience that promises to be meaningful, long-lasting and fun! Chinestory is designed for learners of all ages. As long as you have an appetite for stories, a heart appreciative of beauty and art, or an inquisitive mind, then the book is right for you. Independent readers from 2nd grade and up should be able to read the English text without many difficulties. Learners in first grade and below should also be able to enjoy the storylines and the images, as well as to identify the symbols of the Chinese characters by having the stories read to them.

Phyllis Spira was dancing by the age of four. That was just the beginning of her journey towards becoming one of South Africa’s Prima Ballerinas.