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This book introduces basic colors and develops early language skills using images of things that every kid should know. Vibrant colors and images are designed to attract the attention of babies and toddlers. This book will help children identify all of their colors before preschool.

This book introduces basic emotions and expressions, and develops early language skills. Vibrant colors and images are designed to attract the attention of babies and toddlers. This book will help children identify different emotions and expressions before preschool.

This book introduces the ABCs and develops early language skills using images of animals that every kid should know. Vibrant colors and images are designed to attract the attention of babies and toddlers. This book will help children identify all of their ABCs before preschool.

This book introduces basic sounds and develops early language skills using images of things that every kid should know. Vibrant colors and images are designed to attract the attention of babies and toddlers. This book will help children identify many important sounds before preschool.

The Kindergartener’s Handbook introduces 19 basic concepts. Included are ABCs, vowels, numbers, less and more, patterns, shapes, colors, time, seasons, the calendar, senses, rhymes, habitat, weather, chores, and school. This book develops language and reading skills using more than 300 words that every kid should know. Simple words are used to help children read on their own, and more complicated words are presented to help them expand their vocabulary. Vibrant colors and images are designed to keep the attention of children.

In perhaps the most satirical children’s book of all time, Mark Twain dishes out outrageous, witty, and practical advice for girls with ease. Twain advises restraint for small offences, explains how to use coercion instead of brute force, and recommends that young girls learn from their past mistakes. Written at a time when girls were expected to conform to society, Twain breaks down barriers and encourages young girls to explore the limits of their potential. Mark Twain originally wrote Advice to Little Girls as a tongue-in-cheek parody of commonplace etiquette books.

It started as an assignment. Everyone in Caitlin's class wrote to an unknown foreign student. In Zimbabwe Martin received a letter than started a six year friendship. In this compelling memoir, Caitlin and Martin recount how they became best friends--and better people--through letters.

Like many kids, Kareem, known then as Lew Alcindor, struggled to fit in, please a strict father, and deal with severe shyness. Unlike most, he had to grapple with a growth spurt that shot him up taller than everyone else. Also, the country's social unrest and the civil-rights movement tugged at his conscience. Here he tells of his life and career.

En voiture! C’est l’expression utilisée par les conducteurs de train pour dire « Tous à bord, le train se met en route ». Ce livre vous emmènera de Montréal à Los Angeles en vous faisant découvrir les villes et paysages des grands moments de l’histoire du train de passagers en Amérique du Nord. Préparez vos bagages, nous partons sous peu!

Feelings are a normal part of life for children as well as adults, believes author Janan Cain, who wanted kids both to understand the concept of emotions and be able to express their feelings with words. Her delightful The Way I Feel has drawn praise from parents, educators and medical professionals across the country. It's used at bedtime, when parents want to talk about what happened that day; in classrooms, when teachers want to talk about pride and disappointment; and with sick children who are suffering from fear and confusion as well as pain.