by Joanne | Mar 31, 2010 | Picture Book
Poor Kangaroo! It’s his birthday but everybody’s too busy to play with him. Emu has to bake one cake (1 x 1), spread two colors of frosting (1 x 2), decorate the cake with three flowers (1 x 3) and add four big candles (1 x 4). That’s 10 Emu things...
by Joanne | Mar 31, 2010 | Picture Book
Oh no! The blue-and-red striped sock can’t find its mate. It’s not in the dirty laundry, or in the washing machine, or even in the clean clothes basket. But maybe with a little help from Pup the mystery can be solved. Matching helps children recognize...
by Joanne | Mar 31, 2010 | Picture Book
When a little girl wakes up one morning feeling “crummy, yucky, very sad,” she cheers herself up by counting all her friends—which include pets, playmates, neighbors and even older sisters. Not only can counting make you feel better, it is an essential...
by Joanne | Mar 31, 2010 | Picture Book
The puppy is worried. Will his Little Girl be ready to go to school on time? First there’s a five-minute snuggle with Teddy. Then another three minutes spent washing up, and eight minutes for breakfast. And there’s still so much more to do! Pup creates a...
by Joanne | Mar 31, 2010 | Picture Book
In order to ride the Dare-Devil roller coaster at the Carnival, there must be two kids in each seat. But what if you’re part of a group of 11 best friends? Ten kids will fit in five seats, but what do you do about the one who’s “left over”?...
by Joanne | Mar 31, 2010 | Picture Book
The family needs a break. Everybody’s always so busy. But where should they go? A very smart and practical little girl asks some key questions and charts the answers. Mom wants to go some place quiet and cool. Grandma and brother Charlie are looking for fun. And...
by Joanne | Mar 31, 2010 | Picture Book
Young rabbit can’t understand why Mom is buying so many bags of peanuts and cans of worms at the grocery store when everybody knows carrots are a whole lot tastier. Horse, he notices, has more carrots in his cart, while Elephant has fewer, though Bird has the...
by Joanne | Mar 31, 2010 | Picture Book
Who knew that riding an elevator could be such an adventure? Ben meets his Mom at her office on the 10th floor, then together they make several stops on their way down. They find cows and chickens at “Farm Bank and Trust” on the 8th floor, and a traffic...
by Joanne | Mar 31, 2010 | Picture Book
At stake: two free tickets to the All-Star Game. And all you have to do is guess the correct number of jelly beans in a jar at the Planet Toys store. One particularly smart boy has an idea: Why guess when you can estimate? He plays a game with his buddy as they head...
by Joanne | Mar 31, 2010 | Picture Book
When members of the Elm Street Kids’ Club decide to sell lemonade to raise money to fix up their clubhouse, they do it in style. Dressed in special “lemon hats,” with Petey the Parrot, the club mascot squawking, “Lemonade for Sale!,”...
