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Dino-Holidays
Dinosaurs big and small gather to decorate, eat, and even compete in party festivities like only prehistoric carnivores and herbivores would. Lisa Wheeler and Barry Gott—creators of the enormously popular Dino-Sports picture books—team up to create celebrations of epic… View →
Disaster Zone
Earth—it’s a disaster zone! For thousands of years, Earth has been ravaged by enormous natural disasters with unthinkable destructive forces. From epic earthquakes and fearsome floods to hurricane horrors, mega tsunamis, raging wildfires, and super volcanoes, our planet and the people… View →
Diversión en otoño (Fall Fun) (Early Bird Stories ™ en español)
Fun narratives feature diverse characters in stories about fall, from a trip to the apple orchard to a walk through the woods. Critical thinking, recall, and text feature questions encourage reader engagement. Now in Spanish! View →
Doña Gracia Saved Worlds
In 16th-century Portugal, even Doña Gracia’s Jewish name was a secret. But she and her merchant husband helped other secret Jews, by persuading the king to protect them during the Inquisition. When her husband died, many said no woman would be able to run their international… View →
Don't Cross the Line!
The guard always follows the general’s orders without question. This time, the order is that no one must cross the line! The right-hand page of this book must be kept blank for the general. As the crowd builds up on the border, the guard is under pressure. If no one is allowed onto View →
Don't Sit On the Baby!
Babysitting is one of the most popular part-time jobs for teens, but caring for kids is no easy feat. Offering a ton of useful tips, this funny, modern no-nonsense guide covers all the basics any babysitting hopeful needs to know, and much more. Includes: -What to expect from View →
Don't Sneeze at the Wedding
Anna is excited to be the flower girl at her aunt’s wedding, but that morning she wakes up and … achoo! “Don’t sneeze at the wedding!” everyone warns her, but will their remedies work? View →
Don't Turn the Page
Like most children, Sami puts off going to bed for as long as possible. But reading a story about Little Bear’s bedtime ritual inspires Sammy, just as the young reader will be inspired by this soothing story and clever book-within-a-book concept. A bedtime book that both parent and View →
Dream by Dream
As a child, Isaac Mayer Wise loved to study. Words were like magic keys that could unlock new worlds. He had big ideas and big dreams. Becoming a rabbi, he thought some long-held traditions needed changing, but some of his ideas were unpopular with European Jews. He decided to go to… View →
Dressing a Nation: The History of U.S. Fashion
What was it like to wear pumpkin breeches in colonial times? Or hoopskirts during the Civil War era? Find out in this fascinating series that covers American fashions through many historical time periods. Each volume shows the trends and influences on clothing designs, hairstyles, and… View →
Duck, Death and the Tulip
From award-winning author and illustrator, Wolf Erlbruch, comes one of the world’s best children’s books about grief and loss. Voted one of the 100 greatest children’s books of all time by the BBC. In a curiously… View →
Duck's Backyard
A funny and philosophical story in which a duck with a limp and a blind chicken search for adventure and answers to some of life’s big questions. By a bestselling author/illustrator pair. With themes of friendship, difference, leadership and courage, this chapter… View →
Dulcinea in the Forbidden Forest
A funny and contemporary illustrated fairy tale about a strong heroine who saves the day, perfect for early readers. Brave Dulcinea has known since she was small not to enter the dangerous magic forest where the witch has her castle. But her father hasn’t… View →
Early Bird Astronomy
Newly fluent readers will explore the solar system in this colorful and interesting series. Accessible text describes the unique features of each planet, its place in the solar system, its makeup, its satellites and rings, and how scientists have learned about the planet through space… View →
Early Bird Earth Science
Dig into key geology concepts with these highly supportive titles. Clear, simple language supports early readers in understanding essential information. As in other Early Bird series, each book introduces important vocabulary terms upfront with a “Be a Word Detective”… View →
Early Bird Energy
Introduce students to basic concepts of energy and matter. Readers learn about topics such as sound and light through vivid photography, simple experiments, and short, easy-to-understand sentences. Each title in this core curriculum series helps students develop vocabulary and language… View →
Early Bird Nature Books
Vivid photographs and clear, concise sentences describe the life cycles of animals and plants. Each title meets the life science standards for lower middle graders and develops vocabulary and language skills. Especially useful for reading hours, Chapter One programs, primary… View →
Early Bird Nonfiction Readers — Silver (Early Bird Stories ™)
Imagine you are an alien exploring earth and discover nonfiction topics that capture the attention of young readers—food, animals, weather, and more. A quiz to test reading comprehension is included at the end of each book. View →
Early Bird Physics
This series highlights six simple machines to make difficult physics concepts such as work, force, gravity, and friction easy to understand. With full-color photographs featuring kids doing simple experiments, these introductions to physics for middle grade readers also help develop… View →
Early Bird Readers — Blue (Early Bird Stories ™)
Fuel the imaginations and reading skills of emergent readers! These fun stories combine age-appropriate text and kid-friendly illustrations perfect for reading levels E-G. View →
Early Bird Readers — Gold (Early Bird Stories ™)
Meet a knitting werewolf, a lonely ghost, and a baby Freezosaurus! Early fluent readers will improve on their reading independence with these quirky stories featuring charming characters, all within guided reading levels K-L. View →
Early Bird Readers — Green (Early Bird Stories ™)
Emergent readers will delight in practicing their decoding skills with these books that blend charming, engaging text and illustrations. Silly characters will make children grin, and a reading quiz helps readers with text comprehension. View →
Early Bird Readers — Orange (Early Bird Stories ™)
Engaging, leveled text at guided reading levels H-J help build literacy skills. From animals who learn about playing well with others to pirates who just want to drive diggers, these whimsical stories are sure to entertain. View →
Early Bird Readers — Pink (Early Bird Stories ™)
Each book in this series features two fun stories. Decodable text and colorful illustrations help emergent readers in grades K-1 (GRLs A-C) develop reading skills. View →