New Releases by Stuart J Murphy

Freda wants to play with her friends, but they think she is too bossy. Includes questions about the text and a note to parents about encouraging courteous behavior.

Ajay learns what he needs to do so he can become healthier and play with his friends.

After learning the concept of left and right, Emma leads the class marching band on Grandparents Day.

Getting lost is scary! This installment in the I See I Learn® series equips youngsters with a basic skillset for finding their group again after getting separated. Freda is excited to be on a class field trip. But after she stops to look in a store window, she can''t find her group. What does she do now? This gentle, clearly-illustrated book gives easy-to-follow tips for staying calm, finding help, and giving identifying details. Part of the sixteen book I SEE I LEARN® series for happier, healthier, more confident children!

Learning to write is hard work! This I See I Learn® story models the essential skills of literacy—seeking assistance, focus, and practice—with easy-to-follow illustrations and pop-out alphabet details for the newest readers among us. Carlos wants to write his name like some of his friends can. After he practices over and over again, Carlos is proud to show his friends what he can do. Part of the sixteen book I SEE I LEARN® series for happier, healthier, more confident children!

Para que los ni¤os sean m s felices, saludables y seguros de s¡ mismos The adventures of Stuart J. Murphy's gang of preschoolers in Spanish. Young readers discover essential life skills that are important for school readiness and daily life. Freda's mom says that she can invite her friends to a picnic in her backyard. There is so much to do, from packing the picnic basket to cleaning up. Will Freda's plan be a success?

Sometimes working together is better. But how do you go from working alone to working with a team? This installment in Stuart Murphy''s acclaimed I See I Learn® series introduces youngsters to the foundations of teamwork and cooperation. Camille loves to build sand forts at the beach. But it''s hard to build a big fort alone. Camille and her friends make a plan. They find that they can get more done—and have more fun—when they work together. Part of the sixteen-book I SEE I LEARN® series for happier, healthier, more confident children!

Mommy and Daddy help their son calm down and feel better when situations during the day make him angry.

Shopping, counting, and a birthday present all add up to a surprise ending on Mall Mania Day! A lighthearted look at addition strategies

Jack stacks up blocks high. Two make a robot, five make a boat, and fifteen make...whatever you can imagine! Math becomes child''s play as young readers are introduced to the skill of counting on, a first step toward mastering addition.

Hankie always does the same things at the same time. He even sneezes on schedule. The other horses tease him. What a bore! Hankie''s determined to prove that he can be unpredictable if he wants to -- but can he? Or will he just end up being the same old Hankie? Horses, humor, and a great big sneeze all combine to explain how to look at past events and make predictions about the future, an important element of logical thinking.

We need the speed! The hamster champs have a brand-new stunt, and this time there''s a lot at stake. If the stunt works out perfectly, they won''t get eaten by Hector the cat. But if things go wrong -- watch out! Three daredevil hamsters, a few alphabet blocks, a board, and a protractor show how to measure angles -- and how to escape a hungry cat!

It''s almost time for the show to begin -- but where are all the lizards? As a frantic snake looks high and low for the performers, they start to arrive, first by fives and then by tens. Will all fifty lizards show up in time? A lively rhymed story and pictures bursting with color introduce the math concept of counting by fives and tens, an important first step in learning addition and multiplication.

Is your age more than 5? Is it less than 10? Eddie''s got to guess. And he doesn''t want to be wrong! Eddie has a booth at the school fair, guessing people''s ages. He hasn''t guessed wrong yet, but if he does, he gets dunked. Can Eddie keep guessing right -- and keep from getting wet? Comparing whole numbers and understanding what''s more and what''s less are a big part of Eddie''s strategy, and an important math skill for young readers to learn.

Polly''s got a pen pal ... in Canada! Polly''s sure that she and her new friend, Ally, will have a lot in common. When Ally writes that she''s 125 centimeters tall and weighs 25 kilograms, Polly wants to know if she''s the same. Polly wishes she could go and visit her -- but Ally lives 450 kilometers away! Young readers will learn about metric units like centimeters, kilograms, kilometers, and liters as they follow this story of two friends who can''t be kept apart.

Explains place value to developing a grasp of large numbers.

At a school picnic, Eddie uses his knowledge of numbers to outsmart the people who come to his game booth.

Maddie''s room is a mess. Maddie''s toys are everywhere. And Maddie has to clean them up before her birthday party starts. This looks like a job for ... MIGHTY MADDIE! Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a vacuum cleaner, Mighty Maddie, the room-cleaning superhero, gives readers a playful lesson about the difference between light and heavy.

On a car trip to the beach, the O''Malley family children compete by playing games together.

Poor tiny Birdie has no house. But Birdie does have friends. Spike, Queenie, Goldie, and Fidget want to help Birdie find a house of his own. Birdie needs a house that isn''t too tall and isn''t too thin, that isn''t too short and isn''t too fat, and that isn''t too wide and isn''t too narrow. Will they find a house for Birdie before the rain falls and the wind blows? A sweet and simple story about helping out a friend explains the math concept of capacity -- what will fit in a container of a particular shape and size.

Mrs. Lopez wants her class to celebrate 100 days of school. But Yoshi, Scott, Nathan, and Maggie didn''t hear her right. They thought she said 100 days of cool! Now Mrs. Lopez says that if the four kids can be cool for 100 days in a row, the whole class can have the coolest party ever. Can they come up with 100 ideas? Cool socks . . . cool jokes . . . cool costumes . . . cool hats . . . cool volunteer projects . . . and all the other cool things that can be done with the numbers 1-100 make this the coolest math book around.

Perry the Penguin needs 9 clams to buy an ice scooter -- but he''s not very good at saving. As Perry earns, spends, finds, loses, and borrows clams, a simple line graph demonstrates the concept of negative numbers.

Clever Coyote thinks it''s time for lunch –– and also time to show her friends how, with some simple rounding, she can add up numbers in her head. If only she were as good at hunting as she is at math!

We''re missing all our buttons! Three firefighters scramble to find 3 sets of matching buttons before the big parade starts. A lively introduction to the simple math concept of sorting by attributes.

It''s hard work, taking care of 5 little ducks. But when each little duck comes home with a friend -- oh, no! Now it''s double the ducks and double the work. How can 1 little boy get everything done? Understanding how to double numbers helps children master both addition and multiplication. Fun, friendship, and lots of ducks make learning this essential skill both easy and entertaining.

It''s the last week of Camp Grizzly, and the campers are preparing to elect a mascot. Each day the Grizzly Gazette takes a poll to see who has the biggest percentage of the vote so far. Is it Sophie? Is it Daniel? Or could it be Corey, the new entry in the race? Corey''s determined to do her best. But she''s got to make up for lost time. Can she win out over Daniel and Sophie? No one will know for sure until the last vote is counted! A lively story about summer camp fun will help young readers understand both percentage and voting!

It''s 4 tickets for the Treetop Coaster! Just 2 for the Elephant Twirl! five cousins each have 20 tickets to spend at Safari, and a little algebra will tell them how many rides they can try. But who will dare the death-defying Terrible Tarantula?