The first four adventures of the magical Henry Heckelbeck chapter book series are now available all together in one incredible bind-up! Henry Heckelbeck is just like any other normal kid. He plays soccer. He isn’t a huge fan of homework. He even has an older sister, Heidi. What’s not so normal about Henry is his family. His sister and mom are magic. Not Henry, though…he’s just a normal kid. Or is he? When Henry starts school, he discovers he has magic and his own Book of Spells, just like his sister. But magic doesn’t always make life easier, as he soon discovers. In these four books, Henry brings his toy dragon to life, uses magic on the soccer field, accidentally creates a haunted hideout, and spells some serious T-R-O-U-B-L-E at the school spelling bee! With easy-to-read language and graphic novel art on almost every page, the Henry Heckelbeck chapter books are perfect for emerging readers. This spellbinding paper-over-board bind-up includes: Henry Heckelbeck Gets a Dragon Henry Heckelbeck Never Cheats Henry Heckelbeck and the Haunted Hideout Henry Heckelbeck Spells Trouble

Heidi Heckelbeck is just like any other eight-year old girl, except for one thing: She's a witch in disguise! Join Heidi and her friends as they experience new glasses, secret admirers, talent show mishaps, campfire stories, and more in this magical four-book collection.

This book connects to the new AASL standards, ISTE Standards for Students, and provides simple directions for using a variety of books to create maker activities that deepen the reading experience. Books and maker activities help children to associate reading with hands-on learning. For educators looking for additional ways to engage youngsters in reading and maker activities, this book provides the perfect hands-on connection. Providing connections to the new AASL standards and the ISTE Standards for Students with simple directions for using a variety of books to create maker activities, this book can help elementary teachers and librarians to enhance and deepen the reading experience. Featured books represent a variety of genres for kindergarten through sixth-grade students and highlights very current titles as well as classics. The book is based on actual experiences with students and staff who have enjoyed and benefited from these activities in their elementary school library. The author's forty years of educational experience ensure the reliability and practicality of this resource that readers can trust and use every day.

Heidi Heckelbeck is just like any other eight-year old girl, except for one thing: She's a witch in disguise! Join Heidi and her friends as they experience new glasses, secret admirers, talent show mishaps, and more in this magical three-book collection.

Heidi has an overdue adventure when she loses a library book in this thirty-second Heidi Heckelbeck adventure! The Brewster Library has always been a magical place for kids in town. It has a story waiting for everyone. But imagine Heidi’s surprise when Aunt Trudy lets her in on a well-kept secret: the Brewster Library has a real magic section! When Heidi checks out a title for a special project, she learns that you can’t always judge a book by its cover. Especially when it’s a bewitched book that loves to play pranks. With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Heidi Heckelbeck chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.

In this thirteenth Henry Heckelbeck adventure, a leg sprain may cause Henry to lose his role in the school play! Henry has landed the lead role in the school play. Even better, the play is written by one of his best friends, Max. Oh, and even Dudley has a role! But a small leg injury threatens to lose Henry his part. Will “breaking a leg” ruin everything his acting debut? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Henry Heckelbeck chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.

This is the first volume to consider the popular literary category of Early Readers – books written and designed for children who are just beginning to read independently. It argues that Early Readers deserve more scholarly attention and careful thought because they are, for many younger readers, their first opportunity to engage with a work of literature on their own, to feel a sense of mastery over a text, and to experience pleasure from the act of reading independently. Using interdisciplinary approaches that draw upon and synthesize research being done in education, child psychology, sociology, cultural studies, and children’s literature, the volume visits Early Readers from a variety of angles: as teaching tools; as cultural artifacts that shape cultural and individual subjectivity; as mass produced products sold to a niche market of parents, educators, and young children; and as aesthetic objects, works of literature and art with specific conventions. Examining the reasons such books are so popular with young readers, as well as the reasons that some adults challenge and censor them, the volume considers the ways Early Readers contribute to the construction of younger children as readers, thinkers, consumers, and as gendered, raced, classed subjects. It also addresses children’s texts that have been translated and sold around the globe, examining them as part of an increasingly transnational children’s media culture that may add to or supplant regional, ethnic, and national children’s literatures and cultures. While this collection focuses mostly on books written in English and often aimed at children living in the US, it is important to acknowledge that these Early Readers are a major US cultural export, influencing the reading habits and development of children across the globe.