Introduces children to English and Spanish words and pictures for colors, numbers, animals, and more.
My Big Book of Spanish Words
Primary (ages 6-9)
Material appropriate for primary age groups
El Cucuy: A Bogeyman Cuento (English And Spanish)
So, you’ve been in trouble. Your -parents tell you they’re calling the bogeyman. You laugh. There’s no such thing!
Then—you hear a sharp knock. Standing at the door is the oldest man you have ever seen. It’s el Cucuy (coo-COO-ee)! With that big red ear, he hears everything!
In this cautionary tale, storyteller Joe Hayes tells about two girls who didn’t believe in el Cucuy until he snatched them up. Of course, the story has a happy ending.
My First Book of Spanish Words
Simple text paired with themed photos invite the reader to learn to speak Spanish.
The Tree Is Older Than You Are
This gathering of poems and stories, told in both the original Spanish and translated English, transcends borders as it invites readers into a shared world of ideas, visions and dreams. Sixty-four great Mexican writers and painters are collected here, including Rosario Castellanos, Alberta Blanco, Octavio Paz, and Julio Galan.
My Messy Body
My Messy Body describes the purpose of the body’s secretions, including tears, sweat, snot, pee, poo, earwax, vomit, pus, and mucus. The Body Works series provides straightforward answers to many of the questions children often wonder about.
My Noisy Body
My Noisy Body describes the digestive system and the meaning of the noises it creates, including burps, hiccups, stomach growls, farts, sneezes, and coughs. This book describes the body’s various systems and why they are important to overall health, along with a helpful Glossary.
My Stretchy Body
My Stretchy Body describes how we grow, including hair, skin, nails, teeth, muscles, and bones, as well as growth spurts and growing pains.
My Achy Body
Young children are full of questions about how their bodies work. With straightforward, easy-to-understand language and a playful attitude, Liza Fromer and Francine Gerstein MD have collaborated to create books packed with solid information about the intricacies of the human body. Their reassuring text describes the body’s various systems and supplies parents and caregivers with answers that will help them provide the accurate, age-appropriate information young children need.
My Achy Body describes the central nervous system. What is happening to us when we feel pain, and how does our body repair itself when we are hurt?
Motion, Magnets and More
Where do the bubbles come from in a piece of cake? Why do triangles make a structure stronger? And how come magnets don’t stick to the wall? This colorful and straightforward introduction to the physical sciences gives young readers an easy-to-understand overview of such concepts as materials, forces, structures, solids, liquids and gases. Explanations are accompanied by simple, fun activities, including building a structure out of dried spaghetti and inflating a balloon with a gas made by combining vinegar and baking soda. Parents and teachers will find more explanations, activity ideas and a helpful glossary in the back.
Look at that Building
Learning about buildings and how they are constructed has never been so much fun. This gem of a book introduces young readers to basic construction concepts through the eyes of five friends keen on building a doghouse for their pet pooch, Max. To find out more about the task, Yulee, Martin, Nick, Sally and Pedro head to the library, where they learn about foundations, beams, frames and other building fundamentals. Fun facts, bright illustrations and comic-book-style discussions among the characters add to the mix. An activity at the end of the book invites readers to make their own mini doghouse out of marshmallows, paper, glue and craft sticks.