Primary For Children

Violet's camping out, but her friends don't want Arthur around. So Arthur decides to collect slimy things he knows Violet wouldn't like. But he doesn't count on slippery rocks and swooping bats, or hunger pangs. Then he smells hot dogs roasting over a warm fire.

Here's an hilarious account of Arthur's attempts to earn enough money to buy a T-shirt and cap, assisted by his sister, Violet. Simple business concepts are ingeniously woven into the story. This marvelous book will capture the interest of eager learners and creative teachers.

Children love to act out rhymes, and this delightful collection shows them how! This audio program features 40 songs, verses, and chants. Featuring Dave Townsend, Caroline Butler, Charles Spicer, and Paul Downes singing and playing guitar, banjo, concertina, whistle, fiddle, and oboe.

Jadan takes a walk with his father and his younger sister on Galveston beach. They make amazing discoveries before they leave.

You and a child can enjoy learning English as you listen to the story of Grandma's birthday. The third story in the Berlitz Kids' Las Aventuras de Nicholas series, Una Visita a la Abuelita takes children through an exciting language-learning adventure.

When the neighbors are forced to sell the farm, Chris is desperate to own the cows he has been milking. But Chris' Dad cannot cope with the idea! Then, one moonlit night, Chris sneaks out and follows the cow Petal on a wild rampage to...a mob of motherless cabbage patch babies. Will Chris get to keep his cows? Will he be able to look after this new crop of cabbage patch babies? Will their mothers ever come back?

Here's another fabulous book from number-one New York Times best-seller Jamie Lee Curtis. This time she tackles self-control and manages to make it fun.

If you think Isador Brown's adventures have been strange, finding Lulu's missing parents turns out to be the strangest adventure ever.

Teach your child about their favorite animals with facts and information with this marvelous book: Water Animals. Go back to basics again with this wonderful and enchanting second volume of the Animal Life Book Series with its fascinating facts you probably didn't know about your favorite animals.

Cowboy Ned's birthday is tomorrow, and he's sad because nobody is around to celebrate. To cheer him up, his good friend Andy the horse journeys into the desert to find some birthday cake. But when Andy finds a banjo-playing cowboy who is as old as the hills, he learns something very important about birthdays.

"Help," shouted Chris. "Please. Somebody help." The silent green head had power over him. The cabbage patch curse was too strong. 'Zip.' Down came his fly. "Don't look. Don't look," shouted Chris. "Don't look. Don't look," shouted Ms. Henderson. But it was too late. Chris let fly. Splash, splash, sploosh. It could only happen in a Paul Jennings story, and it does.

The clothes make the person, or do they? Find out in this story about a fashionable eighth grader who has it all, and her envious classmates who wish they did. But then again, maybe they don't.

Do actions really speak louder than words? Prince Talkalot knows the answer. This adventurous story takes place in medieval times and features princes, princesses, damsels in distress, and a dragon with one very sore jaw.

At Belinda's school, boys play soccer and girls play volleyball. But Belinda wants to play soccer. She's good at it, really good, but she's a girl. Something's got to give.

Life falls apart for Hayley when she doesn't make the swimming squad, and her best friend moves away. But then something very surprising happens...

Will's latest adventure with his transformer robot Planetron starts with a tricky math problem that leads them to some of the wonders in the Milky Way Galaxy: triple-star systems, exploding suns, huge nebulas, and strange pulsars.

Jessie would love to keep the tortoise in her backyard. But Mr. Smith must belong to somebody. Will Jessie find the right home for him?

The Cloudables ABC Book is a powerful, fun rhyming book that teaches children their ABCs by taking each letter in the alphabet and turning them into lovable characters that children will easily recognize. Young readers are sure to get a head start on learning their ABCs with the Cloudables as Cirrus, Alto and Stratus take them on an imaginary ride filled with memorable rhymes that will endure a lifetime.

Describes the role of different adults in the school setting.

Scarlett Finnegan loves to bat. Cricket is her favorite game, but she never gets to play on the team. Then one day she finds a special bat that changes everything...