Scientists consider alligators a "keystone species"—the most important animal in their habitat. Without the alligator, many animals dependent on the gator would become extinct. Read and find out about how alligators are much more than big jaws and sharp teeth!
It's time for Mrs. Madoff's class to put on the Thanksgiving play. Charlie is the ship called the Mayflower, Sarah is a Pilgrim, and Eveline is Chief Massasoit. Everyone has a role to play and a reason to be thankful for the special things that made the first feast possible. The story of the first Thanksgiving is one we'll never forget -- especially when we have friends and family to celebrate it with year after year.
In preparation for Halloween night, a family visits Mr. Comstock's farm to pick apples and pumpkins.
Jason loves fire engines. He wants to know all about firefighters, their clothes and their tools, their pumper trucks and their ladder trucks. And, when he gets a chance to sit in the driver's seat, he feesl just like a real firefighter, too. Anne Rockwell, author of the termendously popular classics FIRE ENGINES and BIG WHEELS, invites young readers to a fun-filled day -- AT THE FIREHOUSE. This brightly colored, large-sized volume offers a new look inside the firehouse for fans of firefighters and fire trucks everywhere.