Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, and a teacher looking at them. Includes note to parents and teachers, and related activities.

"Follow a magnificent polar bear through a fantastic world of snow and shockingly blue sea. Over the ice, through the water, past Arctic animals and even a human...where is he going? What does he want? Acclaimed author Mac Barnett's narration deftly balances suspense and emotion, as well as poignant, subtle themes, compelling us to follow the bear with each page turn. Artist Shawn Harris's striking torn-paper illustrations layer white-on-white hues,...

Emma is trying to sleep, but the animals in her wallpaper are making too much noise! The gorilla bellows, the hippo stomps, the elephant trumpets, and tiger growls. "Go to sleep!" Emma tells them. "We've tried and tried, but we can't!" replies the tiger. Then Emma gets an idea. Can she help the noisy animals settle down so that everyone can get to sleep?

Simple text and color photographs introduce children to different kinds of bugs.

Gladys the chicken must be magic. After all, for everyone who encounters her, a wish is granted. The Shepherd Boy wishes to be beautiful, the Brave Swordsman wishes to join the Royal Guard, the Purple Pooh-bah wishes for his only daughter to be happy, and the Learned Princess wishes to escape the palace. And one by one, each of these wishes comes true. But . . . is Gladys really magic? Or is everyone making their own fortune? Either way, it adds up...

Learn about polar bear bodies, habits, and habitats. Polar bears are enormous, wild, beautiful creatures. Inhabitants of the Arctic, they live in an alien world of freezing temperatures, snow, and ice. Yet they have the same body temperature as our own. They are able to keep warm because of their enormous size and their abundant fat and fur, which insulate and protect them. A gorgeously illustrated nonfiction book about polar bears, this is both...

"Jack's gold is safely in the hold of his ship--or so he thinks. From the fish that flew with a swish to the whale that splashed with its tail, a band of mischievous animals will stop at nothing to steal Jack's precious treasure. Join Jack on a joyful rhyming journey, as he attempts to shake off these animal bandits and set sail--at last!--on his magnificent ship"--Back cover.

"Laugh out loud to this hilarious Easter story as an unlikely hero steps in for the Easter Bunny!"--Back cover.

When all his efforts to find a sweetheart fail, Mortimer the zombie decides to place an ad in the newspaper.

"It's time for the Christmas pageant again, which means it's time for kids to hide behind a chair and hope the Sunday school teacher doesn't pick them to be Joseph. Readers will laugh their way through all of the wackiness of the X-Mess Pageant in this tale by Mike Thaler and Jared Lee, the creative duo behind the Black Lagoon series!" --Scholastic.