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A young girl tries to convince a grumpy cat to try on a variety of hats, as well as shoes and other apparel, in a timeless tale first published twenty years ago and presented here in a new format with new illustrations

A tiny girl and her tiny brother--who live with their tiny family in a lovely garden--embark on a perilous journey into the house of a giant to retrieve their grandfathers umbrella.

Some children paint a big picture using many colors. Colorful illustrations enhance this simple book about counting and colors.

Simple text and colorful cut-paper illustrations combine in a celebration of the beauty and usefulness of water that depicts such objects as a rainy day, steam cooking, and ice cubes.

Follows a caterpillar as it changes into a butterfly, from its pupa stage throught its transformation into a chrysalis to its metamorphosis into a butterfly newly emerged from a sticky cocoon.

Under the sea, along the shore, live hundreds of starfish, on the ocean floor. This Level 1 Hello Reader Science book is told in simple, rhyming text by nonfiction authors Connie and Peter Roop. With basic facts and lush illustrations about these interesting underwater creatures, young readers will learn all about where starfish live, what they eat, how they survive, and much more.

Whales and dolphins swim/ just like you and me. Whales and dolphins leap high above the sea. This Level 1 Hello Reader Science title is filled with basic fun facts in rhyming, kid-friendly text. Young readers will learn all about these aquatic mammals where they live, what they eat, and what they do to survive in the great blue sea. Lush illustrations accompany the text.

Lili is spending a few days with Grandma while Mama is away. She knows Mama will be home soon--but when is soon? Whenever Lili catches a glimpse of yellow, shes certain that Mamas come home at last But the yellow she sees is just a sundress, a balloon, an umbrella...and Lili starts to lose hope. Grandma comforts her with kind words and trips to circus and beach, till, at last, Mama returns with a warm hug a special yellow hat for Lili. First-time author Nancy Minchella crafts a gentle story of separation and reassurance, illustrated in the vivid watercolors of Keiko Narahashi.

Millions of Monarchs is an esy-to-read Hello Readers which follows monarchs as they migrate to Mexico during the cold winter months.

This book describes many different animals that hatch from eggs. Photographs of the eggs and their mothers help tell the story

Describes how various animals use their teeth to chew, bite, and find food, including beavers, snakes, and sharks.

Tells about the structure of trees and how they grow, as well as their uses.

Determined that their daughter Nina realize her musical destiny, her poor but devoted parents send her away as a baby to the Venetian ospedale, knowing she will be raised as an orphan and will never again be allowed to return home.

Its migration time and as a mother gull dives into the water to catch a herring shes caught in an oil slick Thinking of the egg she is about to lay she manages to extract herself and fly to the nearest port. Exhausted, she lands on a balcony where Zorba the cat is sunning himself. Zorba wants to get help, but the gull knows its too late and she extracts three promises from him 1 That he wont eat the egg, 2 that hell take care of the chick until it hatches, and 3 that hell teach it to fly. Well the first two are hard enough, but the third one is surely impossible. Isnt it?

Presents alphabetically arranged categories and relates them to India, including animals, food, history, and yearly festivals.

Presents alphabetically arranged categories and relates them to Brazil, including animals, food, history, and yearly festivals.

Find out about some of the people both passengers and crew who sailed on the Titanics first and only voyage, and learn the tragic story of the doomed shipThis is a simple recounting of the Titanics tragic story. The text describes the chronology of events, and discusses the investigation that followed the disaster. The final pages discuss Robert Ballards discovery and exploration of the wreck of the Titanic. Sidebars introduce real people who were aboard the Titanic, including the captain, who went down with his ship.

William can ride his new BMX bike, but he is still a bit wobbly. When hes riding home from school one day, he starts to go downhill fast Watch out, William

Images and stories about space exploration surround kids, fueling their curiosity about what lies beyond Earths atmosphere. This Q A formatted book provides kid-friendly information on how a rocket works, how a satellite stays in orbit, and more. Full-color illustrations.

From simple questions like Do snakes have bones in their bodies? to complex ones like How can you tell crocodiles from alligators?, this book delivers easy-to-understand info about reptiles. In this introduction to reptiles, kids will learn amazing facts about snakes, lizards, crocodiles, alligators, and turtles. Readers will find out that a Komodo dragon can weigh 365 pounds, that chameleons really do change colors, and a crocodile once lived to be 110 years oldThe Bergers explain key science concepts, like camouflage and reptile behavior, and keep kids turning pages with questions like Are snakes ever born with two heads? and Why do