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At bedtime, a toddler hunts for his teddy bear. He describes his bear and looks in the kitchen, on the stairs and in the living room. But he can't find Bear. His big sister knows where to look. Bear is waiting on the boy's bed!

Gail Gibbons combines clear, simple wording with her signature illustrations to present all the steps involved in building a house. From the architect who draws the plans, through the various types of workers who construct it, to the family who will make the house their home, each aspect is explained with bright colors and diagrams. Children can easily follow along as construction begins at the ground level with surveyors, describing the jobs of carpenters and plumbers.

In 1858, New York City was growing so fast that new roads and tall buildings threatened to swallow up the remaining open space. The people needed a green place to be-a park with ponds to row on and paths for wandering through trees and over bridges. When a citywide contest solicited plans for creating a park out of barren swampland, Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted put their heads together to create the winning design, and the hard work of making their plans a reality began. By winter, the lake opened for skating.

What keeps objects from floating out of your hand? What if your feet drifted away from the ground? What stops everything from floating into space? Gravity. Author Jason Chin takes this complex subject and makes it brilliantly accessible to young listeners in this innovative book. His expansive but simple narrative does justice to the subject at hand, looking at the concept of gravity in a whole new way. From the redwoods to the oceans to a small island, he now takes us to outer space in this thoroughly researched, exceptional addition to his body of children's nonfiction.

Berries, apples, melons and grapes; oranges, grapefruits, bananas-yum! This scrumptious collection of facts, a companion to The Vegetables We Eat, offers youngsters an inviting, information-packed cornucopia of favorite fruits. Gail Gibbons combines clear, simple wording with her signature illustrations to present fruit facts galore: the parts of fruits, where and how they grow, harvesting, processing, where to buy them, and how to enjoy them as part of a healthy diet.

Camilla Cream loves lima beans, but she never eats them. Why? Because the other kids in her school don't like them. And Camilla Cream is very, very worried about what other people might think of her. In fact, she's so worried that she's about to break out in...a bad case of stripes! This title is in French.

Joy Cowley, the award-winning author of the Agapanthus Hum series, delights beginning readers with her Mrs. Wishy-Washy tales. Filled with frisky animals, this story glows with lively fun. Mrs. Wish-Washy's cow, horse, and pig run away from her farm because they don't like her baths. But once they reach the big city, they wish were back on her safe farm again. They even miss her baths!

When a tornado leaves a farmer with a heap of scrap metal and no animals, his neighbors are sure it's all over for him. But the determined farmer refuses to admit defeat. His plans are big, and when his neighbors dismiss them with the words, "When pigs fly," they grow bigger still. The farmer sets to work to turn that scrap metal into some rather surprising creatures. Mechanimals will help all of us believe in our dreams, despite what the neighbors may say.

Black bears, grizzly bears, and spirit bears all make their home in the Great Bear Rainforest. A Bear's Life uses Ian McAllister's stunning photographs to follow these beautiful animals through a year in the British Columbia wilderness-catching fish, eating berries, climbing trees and taking long naps. A Bear's Life is the second in the My Great Bear Rainforest series.

All songs from the album inspired by an award-winning critically-acclaimed storybook Chanson pour tout le monde Fou de vous, les dinosaures ! L'affreux petit frère Monsieur Snobinus Les petits poissons de Madame Grumelette Quel malheur! Les chats, les chiens, les serpents et les crapauds Un coup de baguette Un bouton sur le joli nez de Sara La cuillère enchantée Joyeux anniversaire, Frédéric (Gens du pays) Ma plus belle chanson.