Volume 1 includes activities and lessons to accompany children's books by Michael Bond, Margaret Musgrove, Seymour Chwast, Doug Cushman, Gene Baer, Pam Conrad, Monica Wellington and Andrew Kupfer, Sara Fanelli, Sandra Markle, David Wisniewski, Alexandra Day, Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss, Miela Ford, Joanna Cole and Stephanie Calmenson, Wendy Pfeffer, Kay Dokken, Mordicai Gerstein, Ted Lewin, David A. Adler, Shirley Climo, Michael O. Tunnell, D. Anne Love, Ron Roy, Mary Pope Osborne, Fred Gwynne, Raffi, Alma Flor Ada, Ann Jonas, Stuart J. Murphy, Alan Baron, Amy Ehrlich, Syd Hoff, Sarah Weeks, James Stevenson, Carol Ann Timmel, Carolyn Jackson, Linda Martin, Janet Perlman, Robert Kraus, George Shannon, Laura Joffe Numeroff, Amy Schwartz, Bruce Lansky, David Kirk, Chris Van Allsburg, Deborah Blumenthal, Nina Laden, Jon Scieszka, Judy Blume, Elaine Greenstein, Colin Thompson, June Crebbin, Vivian French, Charlotte Dematons, Timothy Bush, Miriam Moss, Emily Arnold McCully, Phillis Gershator, Jan Romero Stevens, Rachel Isadora, Carmen Agra Deedy, Peter Mandel, Anita Jeram, Nancy Van Laan, Jack Prelutsky, Sue Tarsky, Gail Gibbons, Paul Giganti, Byron Barton, Scott Gustafson, Teri Sloat, Eve Merriam, Tana Hoban, Zita Newcome, Sarah Perry, Pat Hutchins, Margaret Read MacDonald, Shirley Neitzel, Ann Morris, Margaret Wise Brown, Rick Brown, Andrew Clements, Sylvia Andrews, Larry LaPrise, Charlotte Zolotow, Luis Garay, Ann Whitford Paul, Betsy Byars, Harriet Lerner, Marjorie Priceman, Rod Clement, Diana Appelbaum, Melvin Berger, Katherine K. Winkleman, Amy Axelrod, Eve Bunting, Henry Cole, B.G. Hennessy, Arthur Dorros, Bernard Most, Colin West, Franklyn M. Branley, Susi Greg Fowler, Deborah Heiligman, Patricia Lauber, Pamela Duncan Edwards, Jama Kim Rattigan, Allan Fowler, Carole Lexa Schaefer, Max Grover, Louis Phillips, Betsy and Giulio Maestro, Richard Egielski, Kevin Henkes, Nurit Karlin, Leo Lionni, Aliki, Joy N. Hulme, Eloise Greenfield, Liz Rosenberg, Jill Murphy, Karla Kuskin, Jack Gantos, Jean Marzollo, Katrin Hyman Tchana, Eric Carle, Eugene Trivizas, John Updike, Chris Raschka, Judith Gorog, Jonathan London, Jane Manning, Joan L. Nodset, Rose Robart, Laura Rader, Bob Barner, Marcia Vaughan, Margot Zemach, David Martin, and Ellen Stoll Walsh. Volume 2 includes activities and lessons to accompany children's books by Jane Bayer, Gayle Corbett Shirley, Kevin Henkes, Scott Gustafson, Jeff Moss, Jack Prelutsky, Aliki, Seymour Simon, Lynn Reiser, Sid Fleischman, Kathleen Karr, Sharon Creech, Delia Ray, Margaret Read MacDonald, Bo Flood, Betty Fraser, Charles Keller, Pam Conrad, Elizabeth Levy, Avi, Roger Ressmeyer, John Christopher Fine, Robert D. Ballard, George Shannon, Judy Sierra, Andrew Santella, Jean Fritz, Martin Hallet, Jane Yolen, Brian Selznick, Elizabeth Winthrop, Gloria Whelan, Arlene Erlbach, Sylvia Whitman, Gary Bowen, Zlata Filipovic, Chris Van Allsburg, E.L. Konigsburg, Charlotte F. Otten, A. Mifflin Lowe, Susi Gregg Fowler, Bruce Coville, Karen Hesse, Audrey Wood, Mary Pope Osborne, Marvin Terban, Darleen Bailey Beard, Janet and Allan Ahlberg, Barbara Ware Holmes, Demi, Vicki Cobb, Alan Arkin, Eth Clifford, Marvin Miller, Sylvia Cassedy, Tara and Kathy Darling, James Gurney, Barbara Cohen, Anne Mazer, Gerald Hausman, Laura Numeroff, Bruce Lansky, Paul Fleischman, Margaret Mahy, Tor Seidler, Jessie Haas, Gail Carson Levine, Johanna Hurwitz, Toby Forward, Sylvia Waugh, Arnold Lobel, Jon Scieszka, Michael J. Rosen, Barbara Robinson, Betty Levin, Joy Cowley, Thomas J. Dygard, Barbara Park, Norton Juster, Ashley Bryan, Donald M. Silver, Ruth Heller, Naomi Shihab Nye, Virginia Grossman, Karla Kuskin, Barbara Juster Esbensen, Taro Gomi, Patricia Mullins, Jerry Spinelli, Natalie Babbitt, John Walker, Loretta Krupinski, Lois Lowry, Kathleen Leverich, Ilene Cooper, Janice Lee Smith, Martin W. Sandler, Veronica Lawlor, Lucille Recht Penner, Mary D. Lankford, Steve Tomecek, Jamie Gilson, Jacqueline Morley, James Klein, Tana Hoban, Beverly K. Duncan, Monalisa DeGross, Lawrence Yep, Carlos Cumpian, Russell Freedman, Jeanne Steig, Fred Gwynne, Linda Bourke, Artie Bennett, J. Patrick Lewis, Bobbye S. Goldstein, Eve Merriam, Phillis Gershator, Layne Longfellow, Mary Beth Miller, George Ancona, David F. Birchman, Judith Viorst, and Tiphaine Samoyault.

Ruby Bridges was born during the time of segregation in the South. In 1960, she made history when she attended an all-white school. Follow her story and learn why we still celebrate her courage today.

Designed specifically for preparing Canadian kindergarten students for the new year ahead. Reviewed by Canadian teachers and students, this workbook features daily activities in reading, writing, math, and language arts plus a bonus section focusing on character development and healthy lifestyles. The exercises are easy to understand and are presented in a way that allows your child to review familiar skills and then be progressively challenged on more difficult subjects. Give your children the head start they deserve with this fun, easy-to-use, award-winning series, and make learning a yearlong adventure! 160 full-colour perforated pages and an answer key.

The extraordinary true story of Ruby Bridges, the first Black child to integrate a New Orleans school -- now with simple text for young readers! In 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges walked through an angry crowd and into a school, changing history. This is the true story of an extraordinary little girl who became the first Black person to attend an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. With simple text and historical photographs, this easy reader explores an amazing moment in history and celebrates the courage of a young girl who stayed strong in the face of racism.

Improve reading, especially during the summer months, to connect students from one grade to the next. An assessment test and an incentive contract are included. Topics covered include sequencing, following directions, classification, long and short vowels, synonyms, antonyms, digraphs, main ideas, characters, and much more!