Amelia Bedelia has a wonderful time at her first slumber party.

Beginning to recognize emotions in ourselves and others--developing emotional intelligence--is a part of growing up. Being able to name those emotions is essential for young people's well-being. This sweet book, full of colorful animal characters, aids young readers in acquiring reading fluency with rhythmic sentences and at-level vocabulary. They'll identify with familiar situations in the illustrations and use them to decode positive emotional vocabulary,...

After trying to help too many people at once, it is Sheriff Callie and Sparky who wind up needing help when they find themselves stuck at the bottom of a canyon.

"Becoming self-sufficient with certain tasks is a part of growing up. Learning to dress oneself, to keep clean, and to be polite, for some examples, are key elements of early elementary education. This bright and colorful volume gives beginning readers the vocabulary that accompanies these responsibilities to add to their growing list of sight words. They'll find decoding these new words achievable with the supporting illustrations. They'll love to...

"Physical activity is essential for the health and well-being of, well, everyone! Young people especially need to make exercise a permanent part of their everyday life. This entertaining book mirrors the different fun ways that readers can move--with the actions of cute and colorful animal characters. Readers are reminded they can hop and skip like frogs and kangaroos, climb and balance like monkeys, and more! The achievable rhythmic text and cheerful...

Learn about the cat who was the mayor of his town.

Tristan makes a snowman with his friend. This B-level story uses decodable text to raise confidence in early readers. The book uses a combination of sight words and short-vowel words in repetition to build recognition. Original illustrations help guide readers through the text. Author Cecilia Minden, PhD, a literacy consultant and former director of the Language and Literacy program at Harvard Graduate School of Education developed a specific format...

Peg and Meg in the Little Blossom Stories series uses curriculum based fiction to get children comfortable with reading--while telling a story of friendship and helping others. Each book in this series uses a combination of sight words and short-vowel words in repetition to build recognition and confidence. Original illustrations help guide readers through the text. Text and format is created by Cecilia Minden, PhD, a literacy consultant and former...

Read about Emma and Piper, her fluffy dog. Emma and Piper visit the park and try many activities together before they discover the one they both can play. This story uses an engaging text to encourage confidence in early readers. The book uses a combination of sight words and short-vowel words in repetition to build recognition. Original illustrations help guide readers through the text. Author Cecilia Minden, PhD, a literacy consultant and former...

Let's read comics! I Can Read Comics is an early reader line that familiarizes children with the world of graphic novel storytelling and encourages visual literacy in emerging readers. Blink and Block are back in another STEM-inspired I Can Read Comic by author-illustrator Vicky Fang! This time, Block is drawing in the park, but Blink wants to play. So much, in fact, that Blink can't stop pressing Block's buttons . . . literally. Blink is silly and...