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Los remolcadores son pequeños, pero fuertes. Con este atractivo libro ilustrado conocerás cómo estas embarcaciones de aspecto minúsculo ayudan a las barcazas y otros barcos.   El pequeño y potente remolcador puede realizar grandes tareas: tirar de cruceros, trasladar cargueros, empujar barcazas y hasta transportar un puente. El remolcador ayuda a los barcos grandes a moverse en espacios pequeños y lleva de un lado a otro la barcaza de los fuegos artificiales.   Hermosos dibujos de vibrantes escenas portuarias en todo tipo de clima ilustran un texto sencillo e informativo, escrito especialmente para los lectores más jóvenes. El índice de contenidos y el glosario ilustrado al final del libro complementan esta divertida experiencia de aprendizaje.   Mejor libro infantil del año, según Bank Street College of Education. Incluido entre los mejores libros infantiles para la lectura familiar por el Pennsylvania Center for the Book Baker’s Dozen. Exposición anual de la Society of Illustrators

Grandma Ginny and Timmy take a trip to visit the site of the family farm, where the old house and some rickety buildings still stand. Timmy had visited with Grandpa before and learned all about his tractor, but Grandma has her own stories to tell of planting the fields, harvesting the crops, and feeding the animals. Guided by Grandma's farm diary and her fond memories, Timmy and Grandma tour the land and talk about what life was like back then eartwarming intergenerational story is perfect for grandparents to share with their grandchildren, and for those looking for a story to share about simpler times.

A visit to a family farm with a special tractor brings back memories for a grandfather who shares them with his grandson. Grandpa Joe takes his grandson Timmy back to the site of his family's farm, where the old house and a ramshackle barn still stand. The visit stirs up memories for Grandpa Joe-in particular, the majesty of his own father's shiny red tractor, now rusting in the forgotten fields. An ideal gift, this picture book evokes nostalgia while demonstrating a special bond between a grandparent and grandchild.

When Zack meets his second-grade teacher, Miss Smith, he can tell right away that her class will be different. But he has no idea just how different it will be! Miss Smith has a knack for telling tales when she reads from her incredible book, the stories literally spring to life! Then one day Miss Smith is late for school. The principal takes over and things get out of hand. The classroom is swarming with storybook characters from princesses to pirates to the three little pigs? All it takes is one spectacular teacher.

One small New York City mouse takes on one large pizza slice to bring his family the feast of a lifetime.Life is a challenge for a city mouse looking out for his city mouse children. Dogs, cats, and people are daily dangers. But when the whiskered hero of this story uncovers one of the greatest treats New York City has to offer a forager—a discarded slice of pepperoni pizza—the danger is all worth it! It’s up to the tiny Pizza Mouse to get the slice safely home to his family . . . via the A train, of course! Now a bite-sized board book, Papa Pizza Mouse offers new families their first chance to bond over a love of New York, pizza, and a NYC slice that is worth fighting for. Inspired by the viral Pizza Rat video of 2015.

Ten hungry mice set off to find food, collecting cherries and tomatoes in the meadow and corn in the field. However, they're not the only animals searching for food! The mice have to run away from crows, a fish, a fox, and an owl, losing more of their food with each encounter. Will the mice ever get to enjoy their meal? And if they do, will they have enough food? As your young ones join the mice on their adventure, they'll be able to practice their elementary math skills as they help the mice count their spoils with each new page, all while learning a new language!

It is December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt leads a nation in crisis.

Packing themselves into an old jalopy-with Daddy, Uncle Vern, and Mama in the front seat and Cassie and her two brothers in the back-they joined the Great Migration from the impoverished Deep South to Chicago, where there was work to be had in the stockyards. Across the kids' laps lay Daddy's prized possession, a six-string guitar. Daddy worked hard to put food on the table, but what he really loved was playing the blues. This evocative tale of the African-American odyssey in search of a better life is also a homage to the uniquely American music that developed from African music and American spirituals, work songs, and folk ballads.In the book's backmatter, Garland relates how he first heard and fell in love with blues music, beginning a lifelong fandom. Portraits and thumbnail biographies of great blues musicians and landmark songs complete this tribute to the great American music and the yearnings that produced it.Fountas & Pinnell Level S