Creating confident readers. With our unique step-by-step lessons, children gain confidence in their comprehension skills, so they are eager to read more! Our Reading Workbooks use a combination of phonics and whole-language instruction to make reading feel effortless. By mastering grade-appropriate vocabulary and completing fun, colorful exercises, children discover that they love to read!

A fun book about being open to diverse experiences. 'Do not venture out of the hippo space,' Mummy hippo warns Miss hippo. 'I do not trust these Biryani eating animals.' But Miss hippo wants to travel. She wants to have adventures and make new friends. So, she ventures out and when she spots the tigers feasting on something that she has never eaten before, she wants to have some too. And right there starts her grand culinary adventure. This is a book about accepting, respecting and enjoying diverse cuisines. This is the first book in the Miss Hippo series.

Traces the origins of more than 100 eponymous words--words derived from the names of people or places. For example sandwich is an eponymous word from the eponym, Earl of Sandwich, the man who invented sandwiches.

This is the story of a tiny, isolated village in India. A village that chants MUMBO JUMBO, MUMBO JUMBO, MUMBO JUMBO to solve all their problems. Until a Science teacher comes along and changes the village in no time at all.

Paint first with your eyes. These are words Lavinia Fontana hears again and again as she eavesdrops on her father's lessons with his male apprentices. Though her artist father, Prospero Fontana, uses his eyes with great precision in his painting, he does not see the fire and talent in his own daughter. Feeling nearly invisible, Vini struggles to gain the approval of a father focused on his own desire for a son to carry on his work. And while Vini sneaks paper and paint from a studio she is not allowed to be a part of, a tender romance blossoms where she least expects it and a tarot card portending "death and darkness" threatens to change her life.

On her deathbed, Beaufils's mother leaves him with a quest and a clue: Find your father, a knight of King Arthur's Court. So Beaufils leaves the isolated forest of his youth and quickly discovers that he has much to learn about the world.

Amir has finally landed in a good place. His new foster parents, the Smiths, are loving and kind, and he has been reunited with his youngest brother, whom the Smiths have raised since babyhood. Amir knows he should be happy, but he is uncomfortable around the Smiths, and his little brother doesn't even remember him. If only Amir could find the rest of the siblings he was separated from when his parents died, perhaps he would feel more at ease.
Luckily, he has someone he can open his heart to--his friend Doris, who lives in his old Bronx neighborhood. The two of them share all their feelings and concerns in frequent letters. But when Doris writes Amir that a friend has been experimenting with drugs, unpleasant memories rise to the surface of his mind.
In this long-awaited companion to The Gift-Giver and Yellow Bird and Me, Amir not only must find a way to come to terms with his family's past, but he must also determine where his true home is.

Little Pear is a young boy who lives in a small village in China. Although his story takes place long ago, Little Pear is much like any little boy today--always on the lookout for excitement and adventure!
Wherever Little Pear goes, there is fun to be had. His friends love to join his adventures--especially his best friend, Big Head.
Accompany Little Pear as he goes ice fishing, masquerades as a beggar boy, finds a tiger in his house, and--best of all--gets a brand-new little brother!

How do you prepare for a test? Study the material, of course. But studying for the SAT is different--knowing facts is not enough. On the SAT, basic information is presented in tricky new combinations, and getting the right answers depends less on what you know than on how you think.
Zen in the Art of the SAT, written for those in grades 9-12, can help
you achieve your highest score on the new SAT.
- Learn to let go of worries and fears, calm your mind, and bring your attention
to the present moment.
- Explore the main obstacles actual students have faced and how they overcame them.
- Assess yourself: know what role anxiety plays in your test-taking and learn
how to change reading habits that may be limiting your success.
- Create a study plan that will work for you.
- Find out how your parents can support you best.
- Discover your mind's hidden natural ability to solve problems.
The techniques in Zen in the Art of the SAT were developed through years of work with students in New York City, one of the most competitive test-prep markets in America.

"This well-written . . . fast-paced adventure raises some interesting issues." --School Library Journal
Lisette Beaucaire was angry when her parents sent her away from Paris that September day in 1940. And although she knew that with the Nazis occupying the city she'd be safer at her aunt Josephine's farm in the Dordogne Valley, Lisette resented her "exile." She'd miss her friends and the excitement of being thirteen and starting a new school. Instead, she'd have nothing to do but amuse her little cousin Cecile.
That's what Lisette thought, but she soon found out that she wasn't the only visitor at the farmhouse. And then she encountered Gerard, a visitor from a long time ago, who proved to be a valiant ally at a crucial moment.

A fun day is turned upside down when Peppa’s little brother, George, misplaces a beloved toy. Can they find Mr. Dinosaur?

George loves to play with his favorite stuffed toy. Out in the yard, George tosses Mr. Dinosaur up and down, up and down, until Mummy Pig calls out that it’s time to go shopping. There’s so much to do and see at the market! But when they get home, George can’t find his toy. Peppa and the family search everywhere, and even ask Officer Squirrel and Officer Panda for help. They have lots of lost toy dinosaurs, but they don’t have Mr. Dinosaur. Where could he be?

[shared copy] The Starbuck family is "anything "but ordinary. There are two sets of Starbuck twins: preteens Liberty and July, and their little sisters Charly and Molly. But even more extraordinary is the fact that all four children have the ability to teleflash--they can talk to each other without saying a word! It's a power that comes in handy whenever these adventurous kids are on the trail of a villian. When twins Liberty and July accompany their father on a business trip to London, a mysterious voice starts speaking through their teleflashing channels. Who is trying to contact them, and "why"? Using the detective skills of their hero, Sherlock Holmes, the twins set out to solve a puzzle that takes them on an exciting journey through the streets of London.

Fourteen-year-old Toni has always felt lucky--but her luck begins to change the summer her father suffers a near-fatal heart attack, her best friend moves away, and Toni is sent to New York City stay with her older sister, Martine, who reveals a devastating secret about their family.