Time for a field trip to the farm to see chicks hatch—and discover opposites too! It’s still a little cold and wet outside, but it’s warm and dry inside the barn where the eggs are waiting. You’ll find things that are big and little, short and tall, from beginning to end of this springtime story.

Celebrate summer with a day at the beach! Hooray, it's a beach day! Come along as this family builds sandcastles, plays in the waves, and hunts for seashells. This lively rhyming read-aloud tale will have everyone clamoring for a day at the beach.

Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.

As each animal wakes up and greets the day it wakes up another animal until all the farm animals wake the farmer who feeds them. Curriculum terms: sounds, language. Suggested level: preschool, juniors.

Gives readers an exciting glimpse into animals and their habitats while illuminating curriculum concepts related to food webs and biomes.

"John Trotwood Moore's 'The Bishop of Cottontown: A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills' delves into the social and economic landscape of the Southern cotton mills. Moore's narrative weaves a tale that sheds light on the complexities of the region's history, labor struggles, and the lives of those who worked in the cotton mills. Through vivid characters and a compelling plot, Moore presents readers with a thought-provoking exploration of this important period."