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...

Mr. Tan loves toys. He loves circles, too! He owns Circle Town Toy Shop where all the toys are circular. Go shopping for fourths, halves, and wholes and learn to partition shapes! This math book combines math and reading skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject-area content. The dynamic images, detailed sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make learning place value easy and fun. Text features include a table...

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.

Grumbolt is majoring in action! He's finally getting to follow his dreams at Toy Academy, from learning daring maneuvers, to getting paired up with a sidekick! Grumbolt can't wait to find out who his sidekick is... until it turns out that he's the sidekick. And to school bully Rex Everything, no less. This duo will never work. But when a toy named Tempest Boomcloud kidnaps a classmate and steals Rex's van, it looks like Grumbolt and Rex will have...

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...

The perfect day for an adventure in London, this is our stop. But wait, someone has been left behind! This charmingly illustrated book presents a lovely little story of a beloved toy's journey across London to be reunited with its darling Bella.

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...

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...

Ivan S. Stone has been a toy train enthusiast since the age of 3 playing with Thomas and Brio wooden trains. But it really came into play when at the age of 5 his father brought him to a family friends home. Up in the attic was an electric train layout like no young boy had ever seen before. There was no greater gathering of toys and gadgets and colors and shapes and wheels and sounds and lights and miniature people anywhere; and all going at the...

Discover Series Books for Babies,Toddlers Rubber Ducky,,you make bath time so much fun! Just make sure to keep this digital board book outside the bathroom to enjoy this cute book filled with rubber duck photos. If our child would rather spend the whole day in the tub, this little book is sure to make dry time more fun. Used as a jumpstart for interaction, Discover Series Picture Books are a great way to introduce new images, words and concepts to...