Slither Slide, What's Outside?

Slosh from the big one into the small. Whooshing and slooshing--your own waterfall. 
 When young children observe the natural world, what do they see? Very often, it's an inspiration for creative play. As in Nora Hilb's previous book, Wiggle Giggle Tickle Train, 13 vibrant spreads show how children use the world around them to come up with ideas for play. Striking real-life photographs of waterfalls, worms, and wintry roads are juxtaposed with lively drawings to reveal a child's own inventive interpretation. Short bursts of action-packed poetry encourage preschoolers to identify patterning in text and the sounds associated with ideas. 
 The sight of a beautiful rainbow is reflected in multihued crayons as two children create their own masterpieces. The sound of noisy geese flying south sets the stage for a concert with bugle and horn. And imitating a frog leads to a game of jumping over logs. 
 While developing language skills, kids can create their own imaginative play from what they see in nature.

Children's Books

Shapiro, Simon

Shapiro, Sheryl

Hilb, Nora

Early Learning

Annick Press

Slosh from the big one into the small. Whooshing and slooshing--your own waterfall.  When young children observe the natural world, what do they see? Very often, it's an inspiration for creative play. As in Nora Hilb's previous book, Wiggle Giggle Tickle Train, 13 vibrant spreads show how children use the world around them to come up with ideas for play. Striking real-life photographs of waterfalls, worms, and wintry roads are juxtaposed with lively drawings to reveal a child's own inventive interpretation. Short bursts of action-packed poetry encourage preschoolers to identify patterning in text and the sounds associated with ideas.  The sight of a beautiful rainbow is reflected in multihued crayons as two children create their own masterpieces. The sound of noisy geese flying south sets the stage for a concert with bugle and horn. And imitating a frog leads to a game of jumping over logs.  While developing language skills, kids can create their own imaginative play from what they see in nature.

Enter a medieval world unlike any you’ve seen before. Welcome to an innovative and reader-friendly approach to medieval history, one that combines visually appealing infographics, whimsical cartoons and lively, informative text. Each spread offers a snapshot that highlights an aspect of the diversity and intercultural dynamics of the medieval world, from Europe to the Byzantine, Ottoman and Islamic empires. Readers get the inside scoop on crusaders and caliphs, Mongols and midwives, as they read about expanding trade routes, power shifts, conquests, adventure, and persecutions. From the daily life of the medieval child to Rabban bar Sauma’s extraordinary pilgrimage, the result is a colorful and varied picture of what life was like a thousand years ago. For example, did you know: 5% of babies in English peasants’ homes died from pig bites? what medieval workers did for a living? you could buy a Turkish horse for 455 cartloads of dung? the best way to stop the unstoppable knight? Shapiro’s meticulous research is brought to life by Ross Kinnaird’s historically based, humorous, illustrations. Who would imagine medieval history could be this much fun!

It's a Feudal, Feudal World: A Different Medieval History

History

Enter a medieval world unlike any you’ve seen before. Welcome to an innovative and reader-friendly approach to medieval history, one that combines visually appealing infographics, whimsical cartoons and lively, informative text. Each spread offers a snapshot that highlights an aspect of the diversity and intercultural dynamics of the medieval world, from Europe to the Byzantine, Ottoman and Islamic empires. Readers get the inside scoop on crusaders and caliphs, Mongols and midwives, as they read about expanding trade routes, power shifts, conquests, adventure, and persecutions. From the daily life of the medieval child to Rabban bar Sauma’s extraordinary pilgrimage, the result is a colorful and varied picture of what life was like a thousand years ago. For example, did you know:  5% of babies in English peasants’ homes died from pig bites?  what medieval workers did for a living?  you could buy a Turkish horse for 455 cartloads of dung?  the best way to stop the unstoppable knight? Shapiro’s meticulous research is brought to life by Ross Kinnaird’s historically based, humorous, illustrations. Who would imagine medieval history could be this much fun!

Ladybugs Have Lots of Spots (Shapes and Spaces)

Circles can be fat or thin; there can be lots -- or one. And round things can be big or small, and learning can be fun!  This innovative picture book encourages children, through poetry and photographs, to explore the idea of what is round -- from the spots on a ladybug's back to a ring on a finger or a wheel on a bike. Using words such as 'dot,' 'spot,' 'loop,' 'hoop,' and 'ring,' it shows that round things aren't all alike, but can be anything!  Tires on a car are round, for example, and so are the traffic lights that tell those tires when to go and stop. Three round buttons? They're the same shape as a hula hoop!  A perfect complement to Zebra Stripes Go Head to Toe, the simple text and vibrant design of Ladybugs Have Lots of Spots encourage children to look for and identify similarly shaped objects in their own environments. Paired together or read separately, these fun books are a great way to introduce the concept of shapes to young children.

Literature & Fiction

What Can You Do With Only One Shoe?: Reuse, Recycle, Reinvent

One can, two can. Who can? You can!Using junk from the landfill site.Rusty cans and wood and wire,thrumming, strumming, day and night.In this inventive new collection of verse, Sheryl and Simon Shapiro introduce readers to 13 everyday objects that have been ingeniously reimagined into something else altogether.Color photographs of recycled objects are accompanied by lighthearted, jaunty poems in a variety of lengths and rhyming patterns. Kids will love identifying each reinvented item, and will marvel at how a shoe makes a great bird’s nest, how old tin cans make a guitar, or how a car can be transformed into a bed!Complete with Francis Blake’s lively color illustrations, What Can You Do With Only One Shoe? will delight young readers while introducing the idea of recycling and repurposing in a new and innovative way.

Faster, Higher, Smarter: Bright Ideas That Transformed Sports

What do athletes and rocket scientists have in common? It takes a lot of talent, skill, and hard work to become a world-class athlete. But it takes even more to make a sport better: it takes smarts! And whether innovators are aware of it or not, it takes an understanding of physics, mechanics, and aerodynamics to come up with better techniques and equipment. From swimming, soccer, and basketball to skateboarding and wheelchair sports, Faster, Higher, Smarter looks at the hard science behind many inventions and improvements in sports. Readers will find out how the introduction of the aluminum bat changed baseball; how a slapshot works, and what’s involved in bending a ball like Beckham. It also covers the history of such milestones as the introduction of diversity, disabled athletes, and women in sport. Entertaining, informative, and highly visual, this book is the perfect way to introduce scientific concepts to kids who love sports.

Activities, Crafts & Games

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Slither Slide, What's Outside?

Slither Slide, What's Outside?

It's a Feudal, Feudal World: A Different Medieval History

It's a Feudal, Feudal World: A Different Medieval History

Ladybugs Have Lots of Spots (Shapes and Spaces)

Ladybugs Have Lots of Spots (Shapes and Spaces)

What Can You Do With Only One Shoe?: Reuse, Recycle, Reinvent

What Can You Do With Only One Shoe?: Reuse, Recycle, Reinvent

Faster, Higher, Smarter: Bright Ideas That Transformed Sports

Faster, Higher, Smarter: Bright Ideas That Transformed Sports