Imagination & Play

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Afikotective

A family of bears is getting ready for the Passover seder, preparing all the items for the seder plate. When the time comes in the seder for hiding the afikomen, Grandma breaks the middle… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2024

A Hat Full of Sea

How do you cheer someone up when they're stuck in a boring old hospital bed? Cora is determined to find a way. Grandpa Jim can only see a small square of blue sky from his hospital window, so Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2024

Alan and His Perfectly Pointy Impossibly Perpendicular Pinky

Minnesota Supreme Court Justice and NFL Hall of Famer Alan Page is visiting Market Elementary School. All the students are prepared to use their best manners. But one little boy, who has a… Read More →

  • Lexile: 790
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022
Spring 2025

All by Myself: (But Sometimes I Need a Little Help!)

I can do many things all by myself, but sometimes I need a little help. A young child boasts about all the new things they can do such as stack blocks, connect two puzzle pieces, and put on… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2025
Cover: All the Dear Little Animals
Starred Review & Award Count 3 2

All the Dear Little Animals

"One summer's day we started a business called Funerals Ltd., to help all the poor dead animals in the world. Esther did the digging, I wrote the poems, and Esther's little brother, Puttie,… Read More →

  • Lexile: 550
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2020
Fall 2024

A Lot of Silly: A Book of Rhymes and Nonsense

Joy Cowley knows what makes children laugh. In this book full of absurd poems and very short, silly stories, a man takes his tadpoles for a walk in his hat, a cat is surprised by its… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2024

Amelia's Middle-School Graduation Yearbook

Amelia is excited to graduate from middle school, but she's nervous about starting high school, especially when she finds out she won't have her best friend, Carly, with her. In her… Read More →

  • Lexile: 620
  • ATOS: 4.2
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2015

Andrew the Seeker

From the Series Game for Adventure

When Andrew spots a friendly forest monster outside his window, he knows it's time to play. Get ready to follow along with Andrew as he starts the strangest round of hide-and-seek you've ever Read More →

  • Dewey: 741.5/973
  • Copyright: 2017

A Scarf and a Half

From the Series Early Bird Readers — Orange (Early Bird Stories ™)

Granny Mutton loves to knit, but her grandson Little Lionel is not impressed by his overly long scarf. Luckily Lionel's friends find lots of fun things they can do with a scarf and a half!… Read More →

  • Lexile: 460
  • ATOS: 2.2
  • Dewey: 428.6/2
  • Copyright: 2020

Asteroid Goldberg: Passover in Outer Space

An out-of-this-word Passover fantasy! When Asteroid Goldberg and her parents get stuck in outer space for Passover, Asteroid plans a Passover seder for herself and her family that is truly… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2020

Bam-Boo & I Wish

From the Series Early Bird Readers — Red (Early Bird Stories ™)

Capture the imagination of emergent readers in these fun stories featuring a hide-and-seek panda and a wishing well. Decodable text and colorful illustrations help readers grades K-1 develop… Read More →

  • Lexile: 220
  • ATOS: 0.8
  • Dewey: 428.6/2
  • Copyright: 2019
6 titles

Be a Good Sport (Pull Ahead Readers People Smarts — Fiction) — Hardcover Set

From the Series Be a Good Sport (Pull Ahead Readers People Smarts — Fiction)

Play soccer, take turns on the playground, count for hide-and-seek, and more in this fiction series about good sportsmanship. Each story features carefully leveled text to support emergent… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2022
  • Hardcover
  • List Price: $167.94
  • Your Price: $125.96
  • 6 titles
10 titles

Be a Good Sport (Pull Ahead Readers People Smarts — Paired Fiction and Nonfiction) — Hardcover Set

Find out what it means to be a good sport. Children can learn how to practice good sportsmanship, from trying their best to playing fairly. Each story features carefully leveled text to… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2022
  • Hardcover
  • List Price: $279.90
  • Your Price: $209.93
  • 10 titles

Be a Maker

How many things can you make in a day? A tower, a friend, a change? Rhyme, repetition, and a few seemingly straightforward questions engage young readers in a discussion about the many… Read More →

  • Lexile: 340
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2019
Fall 2024

Bear's Big Idea

Every day that Bear and Fish spend together is a good day. Fish always has the perfect idea for what to do! One day, it's Bear's turn to make a plan. She promises Fish something BIG! But when Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2024

Bears Don't Wear Shoes

A laugh-out-loud book about an inventive, proactive little girl who decides she needs a new friend. When Suzy's family moves, she finds that everybody is too busy to play with her. So, taking Read More →

  • Lexile: 460
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022
Fall 2024

Bear's Lost Glasses

Bear can't find his glasses. He must have left them at Giraffe's house. On the way over, Bear sees all kinds of animals he didn't notice last time: an elephant, a crocodile, a flamingo, a… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2024

Bedtime for Maziks

After a day of roly-poly fun and shenanigans, it’s bedtime for maziks, the Yiddish word for pranksters or little mischief-makers, a name Jewish parents may lovingly call their rambunctious… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2022

Blades of Green: Adventures in Backyard Habitats

From the Series Imagine That!

Different habitats are home to different plants and animals. They all have a role in keeping the habitat healthy. Plants and animals that live together in a habitat form a community. While… Read More →

  • Lexile: 590
  • Dewey: 577
  • Copyright: 2017

Bonkers

A group of animals come up with a plan to save their safari park home. A truly bonkers tale for anyone who likes a laugh! "BONKERS!" said Penguin. "No one will visit a BEETS safari park." Read More →

  • Lexile: 740
  • ATOS: 2.0
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2018
Cover: Bumblebee Grumblebee
Starred Review & Award Count 1 2

Bumblebee Grumblebee

A delightful board book for toddlers and adults to have fun experimenting with words to create funny new ones. Selected as a White Raven 2022 and a Bank Street Best Children's Book of the… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2021

Busy Busy!

Parents may think their toddlers are simply playing or making messes, but really they're building cities, going on exciting adventures, and creating masterpieces. Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2016
Fall 2024

Cake for Everyone

A group of animals chase their stolen picnic in this wordless look-and-find adventure picture book full of intricate detail and comical storytelling. Time for cake! But the eagle swipes up… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2024
Spring 2025

Camilla and the Big Change

From the Series Camilla the Cartographer

Camilla the cartographer and her loyal sidekick Parsley are back to solve a fresh new problem in this companion book to the critically acclaimed Camilla, Cartographer. Spring has sprung in… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2022