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Once upon a time, children imagined St. Nicholas as a stern, skinny bishop who was as likely to dole out discipline as Christmas presents. But thanks to the anonymous publication of the poem "Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas" in the Troy Sentinal in 1823, a plumper, merrier St. Nick was born, transformed into the sleigh-riding, chimney-diving, jolly old elf we now call Santa Claus.Sku: 9780763631185
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
By: Anonymous, Clement Clarke Moore$12.99 -
A 2018 Mathical Honor Book How many bugs can you count? From walking sticks to spittlebugs, dragonflies to katydids, discovering 10 bugs at a time, you just might see 100 bugs! Little explorers will learn 10 different ways to count to 10, using 10 different kinds of bugs, and get all the way to 100 by the end of their adventure. With Suzanne Kaufman's bright, whimsical illustrations and Kate Narita's clever rhyming text, 100 Bugs! is part look-and-find, part learning experience, and all kinds of fun.Sku: 9780374306311
100 Bugs!
By: Kate Narita$25.99 -
Arena shows children how to count to 100 (and back again) in this humorous, seasonal concept book. She accomplishes this clearly and simply by cumulative addition of 1+2=3; 3+4=7 snowmen, and so on, using rhymed couplets to move the story along.Sku: 9781477847039
100 Snowmen
By: Jen Arena$20.95 -
Twelve witty double spreads take young readers on a counting adventure of adding to eleven.Sku: 9780689808920
12 Ways to Get to 11
By: Eve Merriam$11.99 -
How do you turn one bag of candy into five? Find out in this frightfully fun multiplication story!Sku: 9780823412723
2 X 2 = Boo! A Set of Spooky Multiplication Stories
By: Loreen Leedy$11.99 -
AuthorJean-Luc Fromental and illustrator Joëlle Jolivet’s 365 Penguins is a bright and funny picture book that will inspire little learners to count their numbers.Sku: 9781419729171
365 Penguins
By: Jean-Luc Fromental$27.95 -
Annemarie and her clever classmates have to draw sets of twelve and use their imagination to come up with creative solutions. Young readers will delight in the counting game while learning the basics of multiplication. Star cartoonist Ivan Brunetti's ingenious and fun-to-read comic turns everyone into a math whiz!Sku: 9781943145348
3X4
By: Ivan Brunetti$19.50 -
6 has a problem.Everyone knows that 7 is always after him. Word on the street is that 7 ate 9. If that’s true, 6’s days are numbered. Lucky for him, Private I is on the case. But the facts just don’t add up.It’s odd.Will Private I put two and two together and solve the problem . . . or is 6 next in line to be subtracted?Sku: 9781484717790
7 Ate 9
By: Tara Lazar$22.99 -
From the Publisher: Frances has a new baby sister . . . and she's not happy about it. With the new addition to the family, no one pays much attention to Frances anymore. At least that's the way it seems to her. So Frances decides to run away. Not too far, though—just far enough so she can hear how much she'll be missed, even by baby Gloria!Sku: 9780064430067
A Baby Sister for Frances
By: Russell Hoban$9.99 -
Frances and Thelma are friends—most of the time. . .Sku: 9780064440011
A Bargain for Frances
By: Russell Hoban$7.25 -
From the Publisher As her little sister Gloria's birthday approaches, Frances wavers between being generous'and being jealous. ‘[Frances] is every youngster who chafes at being the un-birthday child.Sku: 9780064430074
A Birthday for Frances
By: Russell Hoban$9.99 -
Vera Williams tells of a young girl who, along with her waitress mother, saves coins in a big jar in hopes that they can someday buy a new chair for their apartment, the kind of chair her mother deserves after being on her feet all day in the Blue Tile Diner.Sku: 9780688040741
A Chair for My Mother
By: Vera B Williams$12.50 -
Originally published in 1885, "A Childs Garden of Verses" has served as a wonderful introduction to poetry for each new generation.Sku: 9781402750625
A Child’s Garden of Verses
By: Robert L. Stevenson, Gyo Fujikawa$17.50 -
Ballet enthusiasts of all ages will delight in the magical story of The Nutcracker and the magnificent ballet it inspired in this enchanted book packed with colourful illustrations, fun facts, history, music, and the love of dance.Sku: 9780762475124
A Child’s Introduction to the Nutcracker
By: Heather Alexander$24.99 -
A Child’s Book of Poems is filled with fields of yellow wildflowers, purple mountain ranges, tropical islands, and icy oceans. Introduce your child to village blacksmiths, delicate fairies, owls, pussycats, and children just like them.Sku: 9781402750618
A Child’s Book of Poems
By: Gyo Fujikawa$19.99 -
Twins Afke and Evert have a particularly understanding teacher who decides to take his class on a winder skating trip in a nearby town. Evert and his buddies, shy Simon and loyal Afke all have their share of adventures. Everyone (Teacher most of all) breathes a happy sigh of relief upon arriving home safely after a very full day.Sku: 9781932350180
A Day on Skates
By: Hilda Van Stockum$26.90