Otto the robot learns how to swing from vines like his monkey friends.

Monkey see, monkey do! Otto learns to swing like his monkey friends in this Pre-level 1 Ready-to-Read by New York Times bestselling author/illustrator, David Milgrim. This is part of the award-winning, star-reviewed The Adventures of Otto series. See Flip swing. See Flop swing. See Otto CRASH. Otto the robot tries, but he just can’t swing through the jungle like his monkey friends do. Then he has an idea, one that will have everyone swinging! This Pre-level 1 Ready-to-Read with bright illustrations and minimal text is perfect for the true emergent reader.

When Otto has trouble learning to swing on vines like his monkey friends, he decides to make his own swing set instead. Otto wants to be able to swing in the jungle like his monkey friends. But he keeps crashing. Then Otto comes up with an idea that will have everyone swinging! Recognizing Word. Word repetition. Familiar words and phrase. Simple sentences. Starting to Read. Simple stories. Increased vocabulary. Longer sentences Reading Independently. More-complex stories. Varied sentence structure. Paragraphs and short chapters Reading Proficiently. Rich vocabulary. More-challenging stories. Longer chapters TO PARENTS AND TEACHERS: Children learn to read in a variety of ways: through formal teaching in school, by being read aloud to at home, and reading on their own, using all the tools they've learned for making sense of letters and words. The process starts with a child's first awareness that letters on the page form words, which make sentences, which make stories. No one method of learning is right for every child, but all children need books they can read successfully. Ready-to-Read books feature classic stories and interesting nonfiction by authors who really know how to write for this age group. They're grouped at four levels: Pre-Level One, with repetitive text and simple sentences for children who can recognize words; Level One, with an increased vocabulary and longer sentences for children who are just starting to read; Level Two, for those who are reading independently and are ready for slightly greater challenges; and Level Three, for children who can read fiction and nonfiction on their own, with fewer illustrations and longer texts. At each level, the books are all written, designed, and illustrated to suit the interests, needs, and abilities of new readers. Children in preschool and the early elementary grades are universally fascinated with reading, and are already saying, "I'm ready to read." When they finish a Ready-to-Read book, we want them to say, "I am reading, and I like it!"

Otto the robot learns how to swing from vines like his monkey friends.

These new beginning readers, starring an adorable set of twins, feature simple, easy text paired with charming art that make these books ideal for reading alone or for reading aloud. Full color.

They included the Ghetto Swingers, a Jewish jazz band that "toured" Auschwitz and Theresienstadt; the Luftwaffe pilot who listened to Glenn Miller while bombing London; the Berlin swing gangs and Zazous (Parisian jazz enthusiasts) who risked persecution and imprisonment for the opportunity to dance openly to prohibited swing records; Django Reinhardt, the brilliant guitarist who refused to flee Nazi-controlled France; and many others." "Swing Under the Nazis also explores Zwerin's confrontation with a past that still has claims on the present as he recalls his own encounters with contemporary oppression - most notably a concert tour through apartheid-controlled South Africa with his multiracial jazz group."--Jacket.

Before Elvis and rock & roll, Benny Goodman--the King of Swing--ruled American popular music. In this intimate biography, Firestone illuminates Goodman's enormous impact on American music and culture, offering a mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes look at this complicated, difficult jazz superstar. Photos.

The Interlink Phase One, Enter the Sonic, is this generations newest, epic sci-fi adventure. Spanning through multiple galaxies and worlds, it crosses normal boundaries to weave a tale like nothing ever conceived before. In one realm, the governing body of the United Frontier Alliance is faced with the indoctrination of a controversial species. When a mission to expose the potential adversary fails, a chain of circumstances unravels. Two Frontier agents discover an alternate dimension when they become displaced from their own. Stuck in exile on an alien planet, they find themselves caught between a similar state of disorder. A colossal invention has divided the culture in civil unrest. With its activation once again set to commence, some fear that it has the capability for more than just harvesting the universe.

Liah is excited about becoming a big sister. Her adopted brother Otto will be arriving today and she can't wait. She spends the day daydreaming about what Otto will look like. Is he a ticklish fire–breathing dragon or a sharp–tooth dinosaur who likes to eat pizza and french fries? To her surprise, Otto is the complete opposite, and she couldn't love him more.