"Favorite stories from Robert Munsch in an early reader format kids will love! Adapted from the originals so beginner readers can proudly say "I read this myself!" Mortimer will not be quiet and go to sleep. Not for his mother, or his father, or his seventeen sisters and brothers, not even for the police. Colorful and fun, Robert Munsch's zany stories and Michael Martchenko's illustrations will grab kids' attention and keep them interested as they...

Missy Turner thinks of herself as the most ordinary woman in the world. She has a lot to be thankful for: a great kid, a loving husband, a job she enjoys and the security of living in the small town where she was born. Then one day everything gets turned upside down. She loses her job, catches her husband making out with the neighbor and is briefly taken hostage by a young man who robs the local café. With her world rapidly falling apart, Missy finds...

"Ty and Corey love to visit the museum. When they step through the doors, they become scientists. They study bugs and hunt for fossils. They catch the wind. When Ty can't participate in a lab activity because of his age, he uses his big imagination at home. Discovering new things is so much fun!"--

"Fox has a not-so-new problem, and every possible solution leads to more problems for the other animals, until they all come together with the ultimate fix."--

"Classic stories from Robert Munsch in an early reader format kids will love! Text has been adapted from the originals so beginner readers can proudly say "I read this myself!" Colorful and fun, Robert Munsch's zany stories and Michael Martchenko's illustrations will grab kids' attention and keep them interested as they practice their reading skills. Munsch Early Readers are packed with extras, including phonics introduction and activity, getting...

"In this short novel, a woman mourning the loss of her mother gets a mysterious package in the mail."--

Provides information on people who have risked their lives to save people, discovered life saving medicine, and explored new places.

"A woman travels to Italy to cure her broken heart in this short novel" -- Provided by publisher.

The ability to select just-right books is a key element in developing confident, successful, independent readers. Gail starts this mini-lesson with Joan's K-2 multiage students by modeling how she picks a pair of shoes that are a good fit for her. Having engaged the class, Boushey and Moser show how to use a similar five-step process to select appropriate books: look at the book, consider the purpose and decide, am I interested in it? Do I comprehend...