New Releases by Kathryn Heling

Help your kindergartener learn to read with 5 books from the #1 early reader line, Step into Reading! Remember, a lifetime love of reading starts with a single Step! This boxed set of five Phonics Readers is perfect for sharing at home or in the classroom. These books are designed to help your child learn about the sounds that letters stand for and how letters are put together to make words, while being entertained with friendship stories, mice, dogs, teamwork, and more! Titles chosen especially for your Kindergartener are: Jack and Jill and Big Dog Bill; The Pup Speaks Up; Jack and Jill and T-Ball Bill; Mouse Makes Words; and Silly Sara. Step into Reading has a great variety of subjects and they're true to their level--something parents really appreciate! --Hannah Schwartz, owner, Children's Book World, Haverford, Pennsylvania

Catchy rhymes and visual cues introduce young readers to the people they'll encounter as they embark on their first day of school. Spot A+ clues on the clothesline to identify all the people who make starting school so much fun! A follow-up to Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do and Clothesline Clues to Sports People Play, the clues in each lively verse can be spotted hanging from the clotheslines. From teacher to custodian, from crossing guard to new friends, who wears what?

"You're different from everyone else--and it's awesome! This book celebrates all the things that make you special. From the way you look to the activities you enjoy--there's no wrong way to be yourself. Do you like sports, art, spelling, or math? Do you like more than one? Do you hang out with lots of friends or maybe a few? Whoever you are, it's great being you!"--Page [2] of cover.

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Who wears oven mitts, an apron, and a puffy hat? Who uses safety glasses and a saw? Clothes and special gear associated with an array of different professions appear on a clothesline, with an accompanying four line stanza asking the reader to guess what job that person does. Turn the page, and the worker wearing and using the featured items is revealed.

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Get in the game and use clues on the clotheslines to identify a slew of sports. Catchy rhymes and visual cues introduce young readers to sports in this companion to Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do. The clues in each lively verse can be spotted hanging from the clotheslines. What athlete wears those items? Turn the page to discover the sport at hand—and the athlete in full gear! From baseball and soccer, to fencing and archery, there's something for everyone—including a surprise ending. A perfect choice for reading aloud and encouraging kids to join in the guessing and reveal. Andy Robert Davies's quirky illustrations build a separate story from the text. Close attention to the details will help young readers build their own storytelling skills and help them make visual connections.

Fiddle-de-fizz, 'tis magic, it is!When leprechauns find each other.Count from one to ten as one little leprechaun looking for treasure magically becomes ten silly leprechaun friends at the end of the rainbow! A humorous, rhyming celebration of St. Patrick's Day!

Willie goes to elaborate and comical lengths to be strong like his friend, then realizes that he might have something that is just as desirable.

How far will boys go to be like their best friend? Willie and Manuel grow to appreciate their own uniqueness. Two boys books and two girls books in this I Wish series.

How far will girls go to be like their best friend? Rosa and Abby grow to appreciate their own uniqueness. Two boys books and two girls books in this I Wish series.

In rhyming text, ten groundhog friends eat, play, and work in their crowded den until one by one they surface to see their shadow, in a book introducing both Groundhog Day and the numbers one through ten.

Learning how to tell time has never been spookier! A die-cut hole in the cover of this inventive paperback book reveals a colorful clock with movable hands. Readers move the hands of the clock to match the hour on each page. With the excitement of Halloween as a backdrop, children will enjoy this frightfully festive twist on learning to tell time.

Bear and his friends learn how to make fishing easy when they are hungry.

Mouse makes word play fun!Readers will delight in finding small word hidden within bigger words; for example, when Mouse trips, his pants rip! Silly Mouse! A Step 1 book.

By dropping the first letter of a variety of words and adding a new letter, Mouse makes several rhyming words.

By changing their middle vowels, Mouse magically transforms words into totally new ones.