Learn high-frequency words while reading about creating things with building blocks! Perfect for 1st grade students, this book teaches these 6 words from Fry's First 100 words list: she, would, like, to, make, and a. The short sentences and clear images support the text to help with memorization. The rebus pictures and simple text build grade 1 reading comprehension in a format that is appealing to children. Beginning readers will learn the essential...

Johnny Gruelle's "Raggedy Ann Stories" introduced the world to one of the most beloved of all children's characters, Raggedy Ann. Gruelle, born in Illinois in 1880, and was a children's author, political cartoonist, and illustrator. He had an artistic upbringing and was taught to draw by his father, the famed Hoosier painter Richard Gruelle. As an adult, Gruelle was inspired to create his most famous character, Raggedy Ann, by his daughter Marcella...

Have you seen a Puppet Show? It is good fun to have your own puppet show. The children in this story tell how they used old socks to make puppets. Then they were ready to have their Puppet Show.

Playing is serious business. Welcome to Toy Academy: where toys learn to play. This is where action figures train to battle, stuffed animals study the art of the hug, and collectibles practice standing very, very still. Though Grumbolt isn't really any of those things, he's determined to fit in. But when the Evil Toy Academy threatens to bring down his school, it's up to Grumbolt to go where no good toy has gone before and prove he's truly a great...

What did children do for fun and entertainment long ago? Readers can find out in this book filled with exciting photographs to show what toys and games were like in the past.

Love From Posy is a fun and joyful story for young children about the adventures of Posy the doll and her best friend, Sam. Through rhyme and colourful illustrations, Posy's story is about learning new things, growing to love the unexpected and diving into new adventures. It touches upon the challenges of moving to a new country and will help encourage children to adapt to new situations and circumstances.

Most parents will relate to the fact that the garden shed eventually evolves into a toy store, hiding the gardening tools and lawn mower! In this book, you will meet beautiful characters who live in the garden shed and find out what happens when you're not there! The toys teach us how useful they can be and encourage childhood imagination. This was written for the author's own children who now hopes that these simple, heart-lifting stories are enjoyed...

Meet Harry the bear. Harry's fur is very scruffy, and he has a sad, sewn-on smile. He lives in a toy shop surrounded by many other toys. Will Harry have to stay in the toy shop forever, or will he find a loving home? Continue the adventure in this charmingly illustrated story to see what happens to Harry.

Barefoot Buddies is a story about kindness, trust, loyalty, and the commitment of friendship. In the bottom, center, and above, the words and random characters splashed across the back cover.

Poor Cecco longs to explore the world beyond the toy box, so the spunky wooden dog determines to conduct a treasure hunt. Join Bulka, the woeful rag puppy, cheerful Harlequin, Easter Chicken, greedy Money-Pig, and other spirited toys for a host of adventures, from a run-in with some ducks and a battle with a tribe of feisty rats to a dance to a country fiddle and a party with a friendly family of woodchucks. But beware of wicked Murrum, the black...