Introduction to the World: Cultures
Bonding through books...
Slow down, get a cup of tea, and nestle together with your kids. That's right. It's read-aloud time. Throughout the year, you will read 22 enriching and beloved books to your children. Some will broaden your understanding of the world, and others are just for fun. All are sure to be read over and over again through the years.
Just imagine bonding with your children as you...
- Discover four lively orphan children who live on berries, bread and a little meat in an abandoned boxcar.
- Marvel at the cleverness of a dolphin family that is attacked by sharks.
- Learn lifetime lessons with peasant Pong Lo as he wins a kingdom with a grain of rice.
These and many more tantalizing tales promise to build family bonds and a love for learning in your children.
Regular Price: $186.36Core Price: $167.72
Item #AA5
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Item #AA4
The joyful adventures of Winnie the Pooh continue.
Dr. Dolittle sails off to save African monkeys from an epidemic and encounters amazing animals.
The adventure of a duck in pre-Revolutionary China teaches the importance of listening when mother calls.
Zany pictures and stories help reinforce manners lessons.
Regular Price: $14.25Core Price: $12.82
Item #AA07
Simple, factually-based biography of one of America's best-loved real-life legends.
Hilarious, true-life adventures of the Peet family when their eldest son agrees to get a capybara as a pet.
A delightful story about a boy who rescues a sweet young dragon from her enemies through the judicious use of the unlikely items he has stored in his knapsack.
Eighty feet below the ocean's surface, Wayne Grover encounters three dolphins, one with a large fish hook stuck in his back.
Ronnie loves living in the lighthouse, but the days go by, and the keeper doesn't return. A simple but pleasurable Christmas story for all ages.
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Full color facsimile of original version.
The legend of William Tell as told by his 12-year-old son.
A humble farmer wants to marry the Emperor's daughter . . . and succeeds because of his wisdom.
Two girls repent of "making fun" of the poor girl in their class who says she has a hundred dresses.
Twenty school children hide ten Jewish children from the Nazis occupying France during World War II.
Classic page-turner about four orphans who have to fend for themselves.
Stories of a childhood in the midwest over 100 years ago.
They're true. They're history. But mostly they're a lot of fun.
Set in Paris, the story of an old hobo whose heart and life become entangled with a fatherless family in search of a home.
Warm and joyful tales by the author...
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Item #AA21
All of the country vet's beloved books for children collected in one volume.
Baby to the rescue!
Sequel to Dolphin Adventure.
There are no hospitals or doctors in the Appalachian Mountains in the 1920s, so Mary Breckinridge, founds the Frontier Nursing Service to help those in need.
From silly to contemplative, a satisfying collection of 100 favorite poems. Young readers of all levels will eat this up, and come back for more. Delightfully illustrated.
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Lobel, ed. Gorgeous, heavy hardbound collection
of 306 classic nursery rhymes.