Letta, charged with collecting and saving words, uncovers a sinister plan to suppress language, robbing the people of Ark of the power of speech, and realizes she must also save the culture, itself.

Introduces young children to words and reading through familiar objects, such as toys, clothing, food, and parts of the body, as well as match-the-word and find-the-object activities.

Labeled illustrations accompany the story of the Cats and their activities at home and on the way through town, past the beach, to the airport to pick up Grandma.

What is a bumbershoot? Or a moonbow? And what does it mean when someone absquatulates...? Find out all this and more in the Dictionary of Difficult Words. Test your knowledge with more than 400 words to?amaze, confuse, and inspire budding wordsmiths (and adults). All of the words featured in this book are difficult to spell, hard to say, and their meanings are obscure to most children (and most adults)! Written with simple, easy-to-understand definitions...

"A rhyming twist on a classic fairy tale in which a queen places a pea under a young lady's mattress to see if she is truly a princess. Incorporates Spanish words and Includes a glossary"--

"A rhyming, ABC adventure picture book that introduces readers to the most unique animals from around the world"--

Clifford, a very big dog who always overdoes his good deeds, finds something to do that is his size.

This is the third in our series of unique, non-fiction bilingual alphabet books. This culturally relevant book features the life and the history of the vaquero (cowboy). It includes many concepts like rodeo and lasso that emerged with the arrival of the Spaniards in the New World. Consequently, the cattle industry began and thus, the vaquero terminology was adopted and adapted by the English language. Exposing children to the origin and use of the...

A household of unusual creatures help beginning readers recognize common "household" words.

Learn new words related to the color yellow.