Tag Archives: Words

Big Words for Little People

Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Jamie Lee Curtis
Publisher: Joanna Cotler

Product Description
I know some Big Words. I’ll teach them to you. Although you are small, you can use Big Words too.
Big Words aren’t scary. They’re big fun to learn. I was taught once and now it’s your turn.
The [...]

The Pet Dragon: A Story about Adventure, Friendship, and Chinese Characters

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Publisher: Greenwillow

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Meet Lin and her pet dragon!
When the dragon mysteriously disappears, Lin sets off on a journey to find her best friend . . . and readers set off on a journey of learning and discovery.
By ingeniously integrating written Chinese characters into the illustrations as the [...]

How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear?: What Are Homonyms and Homophones? (Words Are Categorical)

Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Brian P. Cleary
Publisher: First Avenue Editions

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This accessible, lighthearted look at language introduces homonyms and homophones. Playful rhymes and comical cartoons make both concepts memorable. Each corresponding pair of homonyms and homophones is printed in color for easy identification. At the end, readers are challenged to apply what [...]

Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills, Preschool (Comprehensive Curriculumà)

Rating: (17 reviews)
Author: School Specialty Publishing
Publisher: American Education Publishing

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Offering an entire Preschool curriculum, this best-selling Comprehensive Curriculum workbook features educational activities and instruction. Containing 544 pages organized by [...]

First 100 Words (First 100)

Rating: (20 reviews)
Author: Roger Priddy
Publisher: Priddy Books

Product Description
Ideal for ages 2 and up.
Features 100 everyday words for children to learn and help build their vocabulary.
Beautiful color photographs.
Simple design in a sturdy format.

Wee Sing Bible Songs (Wee Sing) CD and Book Edition (Wee Sing)

Rating: (16 reviews)
Author: Pamela Conn Beall, Susan Hagen Nipp
Publisher: Price Stern Sloan

Book Description
The bestselling Wee Sing line is now tailored for the most modern Wee Sing fans! These eight classic Wee Sing titles are now in a great new package—a book and CD in a reusable blister!

First Words Flash Cards (Brighter Child Flash Cards)

Author: School Specialty Publishing
Publisher: Brighter Child

Product Description
Brighter Child First Words Flash Cards offer children a fun and easy way to practice those first words to prepare for school. Featuring 54 cards [...]

Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills, Grade 3 (Comprehensive Curriculumà)

Rating: (7 reviews)
Author: School Specialty Publishing
Publisher: American Education Publishing

Product Description
Offering an entire grade 3 curriculum, this best-selling Comprehensive Curriculum workbook features educational activities and instruction. Containing 544 pages organized [...]

The Wheels on the Bus

Rating: (70 reviews)
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Publisher: Dutton Juvenile

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“The wheels on the bus go round and round…. All over town.” This traditional song, a favorite of children everywhere, is adapted and illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky, winner of the Caldecott Medal for his lush version of Rapunzel, and Caldecott honors for [...]

The Giving Tree (Slipcased Mini Edition)

Rating: (581 reviews)
Author: Shel Silverstein
Publisher: HarperCollins

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To say that this particular apple tree is a “giving tree” is an understatement. In Shel Silverstein’s popular tale of few words and simple line drawings, a tree starts out as a leafy playground, shade provider, and apple bearer for a rambunctious little boy. Making the [...]

Ready, Set, Go!

Rating: (11 reviews)
Author: Nina Laden
Publisher: Chronicle Books

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With its simple rhyming text, vibrant pictures, “peekaboo” windows, and small board-book format, Ready, Set, Go! is ideal for curious young minds and hands. On alternating two-page spreads, the words “ready/set” are repeated, opposite an illustrated page with a die-cut hole. Readers guess what’s behind [...]

Richard Scarry’s Best First Book Ever!

Rating: (19 reviews)
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Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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Illus. in full color. Favorite Scarry animal characters introduce simple learning concepts and over 700 words.

Grow Up!

Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: Nina Laden
Publisher: Chronicle Books

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From the author and illustrator of the best-selling Peek-a-Who? comes another irresistible board book that’s sure to entertain curious babies and toddlers. With peek-a-boo windows featuring adorable baby animals, bright colors and a simple, playful text, Grow Up! takes guessing games for toddlers to [...]

Skippyjon Jones 1-2-3 (Skippyjon Jones)

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Judy Schachner
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile

Book Description
Skippyjon Jones, the Siamese kitty boy who thinks he is a Chihuahua, can count! He is one naughty kitty, with two big ears, and three little sisters. Little ones will love to count along with him as he bounces his way from one to [...]

How Big Is a Foot?

Rating: (22 reviews)
Author: Rolf Myller
Publisher: Yearling

Book Description
The King wants to give the Queen something special for her birthday. The Queen has everything, everything except a bed. The trouble is that no one in the Kingdom knows the answer to a very important question: How Big is a Bed? because beds at [...]

Skippyjon Jones Shape Up (Skippyjon Jones)

Author: Judy Schachner
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile

Book Description
Skippyjon has an overactive imagination. And he is pretty active himself. Here he shapes up with shapes: he runs in a circle, tap-dances on a square, orbits an oval. And then the great sword fighter shows his muscles.

The Important Book

Rating: (33 reviews)
Author: Margaret Wise Brown
Publisher: HarperTrophy

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“The important thing about rain is/ that it is wet./ It falls out of the sky,/ and it sounds like rain,/ and makes things shiny,/ and it does not taste like anything,/ and is the color of air./ But the important thing about rain [...]

How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms?

Rating: (18 reviews)
Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: Blue Sky Press

Book Description
Come along for some BIG fun as your favorite dinosaurs learn to pick up and put away their toys. How do dinosaurs clean their rooms? With trash cans and dusters and brooms!Now Jane Yolen’s playful, read-aloud text and Mark Teague’s hilarious illustrations show [...]

Max and Ruby Play School: A Picture Reader with 24 Flash Cards (All Aboard Reading)

Rating: (2 reviews)
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Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap

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Ruby wants to teach Max all the things a wise big sister knows, such as the alphabet, numbers, and colors. But first she has to teach him to pay attention!

Oops!

Rating: (22 reviews)
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Publisher: Blue Sky Press

Book Description
Oops! Did somebody make a mess?! Join David as he finds himself in a few sticky situations, and learn his five favorite words along the way. From throwing a ball to riding a tricycle to taking a bath, David sometimes has a little too [...]

Perro grande… Perro pequeño / Big Dog… Little Dog

Rating: (15 reviews)
Author: P.D. Eastman
Publisher: Random House

Book Description
Illus. in full color. Trans. by Pilar de Cuenca & Inés Alvares. “The presence of the English text beneath the Spanish makes it especially helpful in the primary-grade bilingual classroom.”–Booklist.  

My Mommy’s Tote

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: P. H. Hanson
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company

Book Description
Now it’s mommy’s turn!
Cuter than a button, My Mommy’s Tote is a delicious interactive gift for mothers and their kids. Created by P. H. Hanson, whose previous books—My Granny’s Purse and My Grandpa’s Briefcase—this is a die-cut cornucopia stuffed with marvelous [...]