Howard McWilliam

With a familiar Spanish-translated song as its root, this shared-reading book will encourage new readers to share the story--either as they read or as they are read to. Lively, colorful illustrations and a melodic rhyme assist children in gathering information about this young boy's journey down the bay.

When Ethan checks under the bed for his monster, he finds this note instead: "So long, kid. Gotta go. Someone needs me more than you do. —Gabe" Ethan knows that the 'someone' must be his little sister Emma, who keeps climbing out of bed to play. She obviously needs a monster to help her get to sleep, but not HIS monster! Will Ethan lose Gabe forever? Hey, That's MY Monster!, companion to the best-selling I Need My Monster, is an irresistible monster-under-the-bed...

If you build a perfect sandcastle, a dragon will move in. And that's exactly what happens to one very lucky boy at the beach. Dad is busy sunbathing and Mom is busy with her book, so the boy and dragon roam the beach together, flying a kite, braving the waves, and roasting marshmallows. But no one believes him when he shares the news of his magnificent dragon: Mom only hears the roar of the ocean, Dad thinks the dragon feather is a seagull feather,...

Nothing is as fun as snow, except maybe all the craziness happening right outside this little boy's window! Will he even notice? When the forecast calls for snow, one little boy is thrilled. He keeps peeking outside to see if it's snowing - but he only looks up! His single-minded focus on the sky makes him completely miss the increasingly comical chaos occurring outside his door, which includes a monster truck, a firetruck, escaped monkeys, and carousing...

Five quirky little creatures vie to become Ethan's monster, charged with getting him into bed and keeping him there so that he falls asleep.

"If you could have any animal's tongue, whose would you choose?"--

"What if you woke up one morning and discovered you were living inside a wild animal's home instead of your own? How would that change your daily life? What If You Had an Animal Home!? is the next imaginative book in Sandra Markle's popular What If You Had...? series. If you had a honeybee's home, you'd always have room service. If you had a meerkat's home, you'd play hide-and-seek for hours. And a hermit crab's home would follow you wherever you...

"If you could have any animal's superpower, whose would you choose?"--

Join Elbow Grease, the little truck who never gives up, as he plays with his monster truck brothers in the rain and sun in this Step 1 Step Into Reading leveled reader from superstar entertainer and #1 New York Times bestselling author John Cena! A fun-filled leveled reader from multi-talented mega celebrity John Cena! Elbow Grease loves to race, splash and play with his four monster truck brothers: Tank, Flash, Pinball and Crash! The brothers enjoy...