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Books, Plays, Poems, Articles Celebrations, A Sesame Street Parents Book Celebrations, A Sesame Street Parents Book Hundreds of Ideas and Activities for Family Fun Pirates Pirates Pirates, pirate ships, buried treasure, and a dip into history. For Beginning Readers. Published by Grosset and Dunlap. Activity Books, published by Scholastic Professional Books Follow the Directions... and Learn! Grades 2-3, and Grades 4-6. All kinds of activities to help you learn to follow directions. Clifford Activity Books Clifford Activity Books For grades PreK-1 High Interest/Low Level Reading High Interest/Low Reading Level Books Battle of the Bands, Grey Wolf, The Band, The Torch Runner. Excerpts from Reading Series It's About Time It's About Time Kids can turn the hands of this realistic watch as they learn about time. Published by Grosset and Dunlap. JOY TO THE WORLD JOY TO THE WORLD THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS Jr. Novelizations Apollo 13, Flipper, Wild Wild West, and other Jr. Novelizations Jumpstart Activity Books Jumpstart Activity Books For grades K-2. Mini-Mysteries for 8 to 12 year olds Mini-Mysteries Published by Scholastic UK Pass the Peas, Please Pass the Peas, Please Poems about manners. Published by Little, Brown Co. The Pinky Ball Book and Ball The Pinky Ball Book and Ball Remember the Spaldeen? Remember stickball and stoopball? This is the book for you. With this hollow rubber ball and the hundreds of games that come with it, you'll never want to watch TV again. Published by Workman Publishing

High/low book excerpts Excerpt from "The Torch Runner" Scholastic Danny went back to the track the next afternoon. He didn't want to, but he went anyway. He felt like he had to. The coach was waiting. "I've been thinking about you and your dad," the coach said. "I want to talk with you. But first let's see you run." It was hot. Danny hated running when it was hot. And he hated running on a track. He liked running because of all the interesting things you got to see. He liked seeing people and store windows. He liked catching the lights before they changed to red. He liked skidding around corners and leaping over the same cracks every day, He started to run. At first he ran very fast, because he knew that was what the coach wanted to see, But then he slowed down. He didn't care about the coach. He didn't care about being fast. ________________________________________ Grey Wolf

Excerpt from "Fly Trap" Published by Grosset and Dunlap That night we had a barbecue. My dad was cooking burgers. They were thick and round. Yum! I looked over at the plant. Its little jaws opened and closed, Was the plant hungry too? Dad and I went in to get plates. We came back a minute later. Something was wrong. "That's funny," my dad said. "I know I put six burgers on the grill. And now there are five." ________________ From "Grey Wolf" Pearson Pub. Grey Wolf remembered that the tree trunk was long and narrow and lying on its side on the ground. Now it was nearly covered with snow. She almost passed it before she smelled her pups inside. The pups whimpered in their shelter. It was a soft whimper. They were too young to bark or howl. Grey Wolf heard the pups and went toward them, making noises so that they would know she was there. When she had quieted them, she pushed her nose as far into the end of the tree trunk as she could. The pups came to her, one at a time. She licked them until they were warm again and they stopped whimpering. The storm was now a blizzard. The wind was howling. It shook the trees so hard that branches jerked and snapped. The cracking noise startled the wolf. The pups would have to be moved quickly to a warmer place or they would freeze. Grey Wolf looked around. She remembered there was a small cave nearby. She had not gone to it before because humans were often there. But now she would have to use it. Quick Links EMAIL ME PENGUIN GROUP USA SCHOLASTIC BOOKS READING A-Z AUTHORS GUILD MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA MOSAICS BY DINA ANASTASIO CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL AMERICA WRITES FOR KIDS

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