Known for her popular blog, "The Book Whisperer," Donalyn Miller says she has yet to meet a child she couldn't turn into a reader. No matter how far behind Miller's students might be when they reach her 6th grade classroom, they end up reading an average of 40 to 50 books a year. She shares her teaching methods and includes a dynamite list of recommended "kid lit" that helps parents and teachers find the books that students really like to read.

This is a brand new spin on an old classic. Readers will first enjoy Aesop's version of events with the time-honored lesson of "slow and steady wins the race." However, the story doesn't stop there. The jilted Hare then shares his version of the events that transpired that day. He suggests that there may have been some foul play in the organization of the race. Young readers will love this new twist on an old favorite as they follow the colorful illustrations...

Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her. Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her. This beloved novel about an 11-year-old...

Animals from the forest try to help a squirrell reach an acorn by bringing various objects for him to stand on.

A rabbit asks if anyone can see various body parts and then performs a trick for a squirrel.

A little girl named Goldilocks finds a house and enters it, not knowing that it belongs to three bears.

What better way to focus on sight-words than with skill-building stories students can read on their own! Our easy-to-follow books are filled with predictable sentence patterns that reinforce common sight-words…with helpful illustrations that closely support the text. Best of all, each book is entirely made up of just sight-words and simple rebus pictures, giving kids all the focused reinforcement they need to master high-frequency words. In Level...

A little boy uses various shapes to draw a house.

Introduces various bugs, including praying mantis, lady bugs, and dragonflies.