... with simple crafts and recipes, read-aloud stories and poems, and fun-to-do puzzles and activities, it's perfect for sharing with young children. But there's something for everyone to enjoy.

A boy and his pet dragon enjoy winter activities and prepare for a very merry Christmas. The Dear Dragon Developing ReadersLevel A series provides young readers practice reading with simple story lines, familiar topics and vocabulary, and fun illustrations that support the text written at F&P level A. Each book contains educators' resources which include picture glossary, reading reinforcements and activities. Teachers' notes also available on publisher's website.

Ring in the ho-ho-holidays with this book of fascinating facts, entertaining projects, jokes, riddles, and more. Trace the history of Christmas celebrations throughout time and around the world.

In a question and answer format, this book gives a history of this holiday from it’s beginnings all the way up to how it is celebrated around the world today. Interspersed are fun facts and riddles. At the end of the book readers are invited to make a St. Patrick’s Day banquet with a special shamrock cake (enough to feed a classroom) and other green goodies.

This practical day-by-day calendar is a goldmine for planning exciting activities and classroom units based on national and international holidays, multicultural and historic events, famous firsts, inventions, birthdays of important individuals (including authors), and more. The entries are annotated and include contact information and Web site addresses to facilitate further research and learning. In addition, three suggested learning activities are provided for each day of the year. Designed for any year, this one-stop resource can be used over and over again as a ready-reference, daily activity guide, rainy-day resource, or idea generator for bulletin boards. Teachers, librarians, and parents can use the calendar entries and activity suggestions as a springboard to spark interest in a particular topic or event, enhance learning and awareness, or introduce students to a new unit of study. Invaluable to school and public libraries!