This is a delightful, rhyming tale of a tiny spider lost in a family home. A charming way to encourage children to be kind and curious towards nature, this colourful and educational children's picture book can be enjoyed by all ages. Lovingly illustrated. Includes eight fascinating 'Spider Facts'.

A delightful variation of the traditional farytale of Jack and the Beanstalk...Was that Giant really so terrible?! Includes charming illustrations and instructions on how to grow your very own apple tree!

This is a charming picture book about a bathtime sailing adventure. Brightly illustrated, educational and imaginative fun for children.

A harrowing, remarkable poetry memoir about one girl's struggle with anxiety disorder. This is a true story of growing up, breaking down, and coming to grips with a psychological disorder. When Samantha Schutz first left home for college, she was excited by the possibilities -- freedom from parents, freedom from a boyfriend who was reckless with her affections, freedom from the person she was supposed to be. At first, she revelled in the independence. . . but as pressures increased, she be...

Fefa struggles with words.She has word blindness, or dyslexia, and the doctor says she will never read or write. Every time she tries, the letters jumble and spill off the page, leaping and hopping away like bullfrogs.How will she ever understand them?But her mother has an idea. She gives Fefa a blank book filled with clean white pages. "Think of it as a garden," she says. Soon Fefa starts to sprinkle words across the pages of her wild book.She lets...

A one page short story for children to read at bedtime or anytime.

An enchanting--and twisted--tale of two sisters' quest to find their parentsWhen their parents disappear in the middle of the night, young sisters Summer and Bird set off on a quest to find them. A cryptic picture message from their mother leads them to a familiar gate in the woods, but comfortable sights quickly give way to a new world entirely--Down--one inhabited by talking birds and the evil Puppeteer queen. Summer and Bird are quickly separated, and their divided hearts lead t...

The powerful poems in this poignant collection weave together multiple voices to tell the story of the March on Washington, DC, in 1963.From the woman singing through a terrifying bus ride to DC, to the teenager who came partly because his father told him, "Don't you dare go to that march," to the young child riding above the crowd on her father's shoulders, each voice brings a unique perspective to this tale. As the characters tell their personal stories of this h...

Princess Harriet is nobody’s hamster damsel in distress! Book two of this series for Babymouse and Princess in Black fans is filled with even more action and twisted fairy tale funPrincess Harriet has absolutely no interest in brushing her hair, singing duets with woodland animals, or any other typical princess activities. So when a fairy tells a very bored Harriet about twelve mice princesses who are cursed to dance all night long, she happily accepts the...

All aboard for a train ride through the alphabet! Whether chug-chug-chugging up a mountainside in an Incline train or zipping at super speed in a Bullet train, trains will get you where you need to be—A to Z!There is a train—some familiar and some unusual—for every letter of the alphabet. Trains are used all over the world for carrying people and cargo from place to place. With a bouncy rhyming text, and clever illustrations full of visual cues, young readers will love learning all...

This book is a shortened version of our popular "Sea Horses: Tiny Horses of the Sea" and is intended for beginning readers. With only 609 easy to read words, young children can experience for themselves the joy of learning about the sea horse. They will find out the answers to these questions:What colors can a sea horse be?How fast does a sea horse swim?Where are a sea horse's bones?Do sea horses have teeth?And many more!LearningIsland.com believe...

Wally the Whale shares the magic of his tail with a little boy who discovers that things don't necessarily make us happy. What he learns through this tale of a whale with a magical tail is that sometimes it is the love we share that is the sweetest thing.This book teaches children the importance of understanding the difference between getting things or acquiring stuff and experiencing love. This book hopes to share with youngsters the true essence of what creates joy in one's life ...