reading materials

Max stands up to the bully, Rod, and he and his friends get to finish their basketball game.

Explores the holiday, Day of the Dead, including where it originated, how people celebrate it, and more.

"Meet the Grinch, Cindy-Lou, Groopert, and all the Whos in Who-ville"--Back cover.

Describes the different members of a family.

Both photos and illustrations present readers with common questions and various common answers and their corresponding ASL signs.

Young readers will be absolutely thrilled when they learn a variety of signs to help them express how they feel. Happiness, excitement, and amazement are simply a few of the emotions that kids experience--and will know how to sign--when they finish reading this book.

Text in Spanish.;Translation of: Praying mantises. Text and photographs look at praying mantises.

Simple text and photographs introduce young readers to baby animals.

Eww, that feels gross! Young learners love learning about texture up close. This accessible book enables readers to imagine how objects would feel that might not be available in the classroom, such as an alligator! Smooth, bumpy, dry, sticky, hard, and soft are just some of the adjectives introduced in this valuable volume.

Young Donyell Mason, who has always looked up to his big brother, Ricky, worries that Ricky may have been involved in a young man's death.