by Barb Langridge | Oct 8, 2009 | Picture Book
If you are looking for a truly wonderful way to teach children about values and character, this is the magical book for you. Using cookies as the tool and Jane Dyer’s warm, nourishing illustrations as the light, you can explain “cooperate” and...
by Katy Manck | Oct 8, 2009 | Mystery
Going to school in Japan instead of starting high school in Australia with her friends worries Hannah; her height and auburn hair will really make her stand out. But a mysterious message from the past sends her exploring her new city quickly. Her host-father...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Picture Book
THis is a great story time book. Meeow is a little cat who loves to make things. He has a big brown box and some red paint. Step by step we watch as he happily creates a wonderful thing. Watch him work and see if you can figure out what he’s doing. Big bright...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Picture Book
This is a delightfully short and simple story of Max and Ruby, the two bunny siblings, who are getting their stockings ready for Christmas. Ruby is writing her name on her stocking so Santa won’t get confused. Little brother bunny, Max, is “writing”...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Fiction
The wonderful Winnie the Pooh has found Christopher Robin planting seeds. Pooh wants to plant seeds too. He wants to grow his own pumpkin.
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Fiction
What do pumpkins look like? Take a look at all of these fun pumpkins and you’ll find out they can look like toys and marshmallows and even cats. They come in all sizes and shapes and the most fun is they end up as Jack o’ Lanterns on Halloween.
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Fiction
This Rookie Reader has 59 words in it and they’re all talking about the fun of picking a pumpkin and turn it into a Jack o’Lantern for Halloween. There is an emphasis on shapes in this story. We notice the square field, the round pumpkins and the triangle...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
It’s that wonderful time of year when Grandma and Grandpa come and take everyone for pumpkin picking. It’s a tradition filled with traditions. Pinky and his best friend, Rex, his sister Amanda and cousin, Abby, are all excited to get in the car and start...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Fiction
Halloween is long past and the Berenstain Bear family is looking forward to Thanksgiving and the Big Pumpkin Contest. Papa Bear has a great big pumpkin out in his patch and he’s determined to beat Farmer Ben. But, is that what Thanksgiving is all about?
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Picture Book
Sam takes her wagon out into the field to pick pumpkins. How many pumpkins does she find? Then, uh oh, those pumpkins are getting away. Will we get them back?
