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This is the true tale of Alice Kirk and Nicko, the baby vervet monkey that was found abandoned on her home farm in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. Alice and her husband Jack shared their home with a menagerie of animals – both domestic and wild! Alice agreed to raise Nicko and he remained there as her...

Learn all about the traditions of Día de los Muertos with this second book in the brand-new board book series Celebrate the World, which highlights special occasions and holidays across the globe. At the end of October each year, it’s time to celebrate an ancient tradition: Día de los Muertos!...

Step into the colorful world of Henri Matisse and his magnificent paper cutouts in this biography by acclaimed picture book creator Jeanette Winter. In a small weaving town in France, a young boy named Henri-Emile Matisse drew pictures everywhere, and when he grew up, he moved to Paris and...

Elementary readers learn about famous pirates and pirate history in this interesting and informative nonfiction reader that has been translated into Spanish. Through colorful images, fascinating facts, informational text, and compelling stories, children will learn about famous pirates such as Captain Kidd, Blackbeard, Anne Bonny, Black Bart, Edward Low, Lady Mary Killigrew, and Mrs. Cheng.

Kip wins a game and now he gets to pick a prize! Beginning readers follow along as Kip picks from a variety of prizes that all feature a short I sound to aid in developing reading and phonemic skills. This book features familiar vocabulary as well new challenge words.

It's time for bed and Pete wants to read. New readers can follow along as Pete reads through some of his favorite tales and fables. With plenty of lively, colorful images, challenge words, and fresh text, readers will be absorbed in the story as they read along to practice long E sounds and early reading skills.

Beginning readers will enjoy following along as this boy wants to win a race. Through colorful images and simple text, readers learn rhyming short vowels like win, pin, and bin. The simple storyline and accommodating sight words aid in readers' developing literacy and phonemic skills.

Elementary readers learn about famous pirates and pirate history in this interesting and informative nonfiction reader. Through colorful images, fascinating facts, informational text, and compelling stories, children will learn about famous pirates such as Captain Kidd, Blackbeard, Anne Bonny, Black Bart, Edward Low, Lady Mary Killigrew, and Mrs. Cheng.

PBS’s successful animated show Wild Kratts joins the adventures of zoologists Chris and Martin Kratt as they travel to animal habitats around the globe. Along the way, they encounter incredible creatures while combining science education with fun. Boys and girls ages 3 to 7 can learn all about the...

“Houston, [this is] Apollo 11 … I’ve got the world in my window.” Imagine being far enough from the earth that it looks like a tiny blue circle. In July 1969, three men aboard the Apollo spaceship got to see just that on their way to the moon. The moon landing is an unforgettable...

Can you imagine growing up in a segregated South Africa, under the burden of apartheid? What if you were a member of a royal family, but were expelled from a prestigious university for taking part in a protest — and then returned home to find a marriage had been arranged for you? This was...

The Kid’s User Guide to a Human Life is an enlightening series for kids (and inner kids) about mindfulness.

In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a popular belief system known as Spiritualism took the world by storm. People sought other realms of existence through mediums, séances, and other parapsychological means. While many of popular figures in the Spiritualist world were proven to be frauds, their...

Get ready to blast back to the past and discover what life was like as a Viking! When people think about Vikings, things like big ships and helmets with horns may come to mind. But what was it really like to be a Viking? This engaging nonfiction book, complete with black and white interior...