Scholastic big books

Challenged by the other jungle animals for its seemingly lazy ways, a sloth living in a tree explains the many advantages of his slow and peaceful existence.

Presents thirteen color photo spreads and asks readers to find objects within them, playing I Spy.

A little chameleon is distressed that he doesn't have his own color like other animals.

Presents the names of animal babies, parents, and groups, for example, a baby kangaroo is a joey, its mother is a flyer, its father is a boomer, and a group of kangaroos is a troop, mob, or herd.

Pollita Chiquita and her friends are on their way to tell the king that the sky is falling when they meet a hungry fox.

On another special field trip on the magic school bus, Ms. Frizzle's class learns about the ocean and the different creatures that live there.

Mama's zooming machine can be a train, a spaceship or a racing car.

Text and illustrations depict the different types of houses lived in by children all over the world. On each page "This is my house" will appear in the appropriate native language.

A child takes a close-up look at such aspects of nature as an acorn, the golden eye of a frog, and an empty hornet's nest.

The little red hen finds none of her lazy friends willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the bread she makes from it.