Showing results by publisher "-emdashery books-" in Chapter Books & Readers

Amir and Sidra make an apple pie with their mom. Using simple text, emergent listeners will follow along as they add their food scraps to the compost bin. Pairs with the nonfiction title Composting Fun.

Turn old plants and food scraps into nutrient-rich soil for your garden! This engaging text introduces emergent listeners to composting. Pairs with the fiction title Composting Pie.

Grandpa's trees can grow all sorts of fun things! With easy-to-understand text, emergent listeners will learn about different kinds of trees. Pairs with nonfiction title Parts of a Tree.

Bo's excited to help Pop-Pop bake a cake for the annual Juneteenth celebration. But what happens when his baking skills lead to disaster? Can Bo cook up a new idea in time for the picnic?

It’s talent show time! But Bo’s friends have different ideas of what they should do, and Bo isn't sure he even wants to participate. Will Bo find a way to bring his friends together on stage?

This comforting story follows an overwhelmed child as she learns how to create calmness anywhere, and shows that anyone is capable of finding their own sense of peace.

Bo and his friends are having a hard time finding the perfect place for a tree house. What happens when they think outside the box to find a new hangout?

Blossom the bee needs to gather pollen for her hive. This engaging leveled text will take readers on a wonderful journey. Pairs with the nonfiction title Bees Help Gardens Grow.

The Vanderbeekers have always lived in the brownstone on 141st Street. It's practically a member of the family. So when their reclusive, curmudgeonly landlord decides not to renew their lease, the five siblings have 11 days to do whatever it takes to stay in their beloved home and convince the dreaded landlord just how wonderful they are...and all is fair in love and war when it comes to keeping their home.

It’s Nikki Maxwell’s birthday! Will it be a blast or a bust? Find out in Nikki’s newest diary, the 13th instalment in the number one New York Times blockbuster best-selling Dork Diaries series!

The stories of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie have been read and loved by Australian families from one generation to the next and many Australian adults fondly recall reading the famous Gumnut Classics during their own childhood. In this ABC dramatisation, all the delightful characters are brought to life in the stories of the intrepid Gumnuts and their good friends, charming Mr Lizard and Little Ragged Blossom, who encounter the terrifying Bad Banksia Men and the wicked Mrs Snake.

This is the story of how your life shapes your brain and how your brain shapes your life. Locked in the silence and darkness of your skull, the brain fashions the rich narratives of your reality and your identity. Join renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman for a journey into the questions at the heart of our existence. What is reality? Who are 'you'? How do you make decisions? Why does your brain need other people? How is technology poised to change what it means to be human?

It's Poetry Month and Ms. Coco, who runs the gifted and talented program, is poetry crazy! She cries when she sees a sunset! She thinks boys should have feelings! She talks in rhyme! All the time! Will A.J.'s life ever be normal again?

Teaching kids about money isn't easy. So let Scott Pape, the Barefoot Investor, do it for you! Scott takes them on an epic, thrilling money ADVENTURE - with fun projects, inspiring stories from 45 kids, rewards and real-life stickers. It's easily the most unique finance book ever written. Kids will roll up their sleeves, get their hands dirty, and learn the value of a buck the old-fashioned way.

My naughty little sister is the naughtiest little girl in the world, and there's double trouble with her best friend, Bad Harry! There's a peculiar pile of green mouldy crusts on the floor - where has it come from? Bad Harry gets covered in polish and sawdust, but he doesn't think that's naughty at all. And why on earth are those children taking pieces of cheese and bacon rind to the library?

A young girl delights in her grandmother's stories of days gone by. Sparked by keepsakes and simple questions, Grandma shares marvelous stories of mischief, discovery, and laughter, such as a beautiful heart-shaped locket and a curl that cost Grandma more than a lock of hair.

Fred awoke to find that a snake was watching him and that there was an aeroplane in the trees. It was on fire. Being on fire was a quality it shared with much of the surrounding jungle. After crashing hundreds of miles from civilisation in the Amazon rainforest, Fred, Con, Lila and Max are utterly alone and in grave danger. They have no food, no water and no chance of being rescued. But they are alive, and they have hope. As they negotiate the wild jungle, they begin to find signs that something - someone - has been there before them.

Moumoute est en vacances à la montagne, chez mamie. Elle lui a donné une boîte à biscuits, une boîte vide. Pour la remplir, le petit ourson part dans la forêt. Mais les trésors, ce n'est pas si facile à trouver.

What could be weirder than a mad science teacher who invents a car that runs on potatoes and wants to take over the world? How about a bus driver who can't even "find" the weirdest school on the planet?

Is your school just a little too…NORMAL? Maybe you should go to Wayside School. You'll meet Bebe, the fastest draw in art class; John, who only reads upside down; and Sammy, the new kid—he's a real rat. Come on! Hurry up! If you're late for class, Mrs. Gorf will turn you into an app…Oops. Sorry about that. More than 6 million kids have laughed at the wacky stories of Wayside School.