Best Selling Books by Joanne Oppenheim

ufeffAbout The Bank Street Ready-To-Read Series More than seventy years of educational research and innovative teaching have given the Bank Street College of Education the reputation as America’s most trusted name in early childhood education. Because no two children are exactly alike in their development, we have designed the Bank Street Ready-to-Read series in three levels to accommodate the individual stages of reading readiness of children ages four through eight. • Level 1: Getting Ready To Read— (Pre-K to Grade 1) Books are perfect for reading aloud with children who are getting ready to read or are just beginning to read words or phrases. • Level 2: Reading Together—(Grades 1 to 3) Books are written especially for children who are on their way to reading independently but who may need help. • Level 3: I Can Read It Myself—(Grades 2 to 3) Books are designed for children able to read on their own. They also can be enjoyed as read-alouds. Our three levels make it easy to select the books most appropriate for a child’s development and enable him or her to grow with the series step by step. The Bank Street Ready-to-Read books also overlap and reinforce each other, further encouraging the reading process. We feel that making reading fun and enjoyable is the single most important thing that you can do to help children become good readers. And we hope you’ll be a part of Bank Street’s long tradition of learning through sharing. —The Bank Street College of Education WAKE UP, BABY! Kate’s lively and imaginative efforts to wake up the baby only result in putting Kate to sleep instead. Kate’s baby brother is sound asleep, and Kate will do anything to wake him up. But if a herd of elephants, a marching band, and a five-alarm fire don’t work . . . what will?

On a dark and windy night, the aminals in the barn are frightened by strange noises above them and think there might be a ghost in the barn with them.

Meet a young prince who refuses to go to sleep! The entire kingdom comes out to lend a hand in this rhyming bedtime adventure. There is a hullabaloo of activity—jugglers juggling, magicians hypnotizing, dancers dancing—but it is the wonder of a good story that finally does the trick.

Surround by the many sounds of spring, a hibernating bear is late in waking up, until he hears one very special sound.

A young boy meets a variety of sea animals when the fish on his fishing line pulls him underwater.

A rhymed retelling of the traditional fable about the poor man and his son who, on their way to market to sell their donkey, try to take the advice of everyone they meet.

Describes in verse a variety of bugs and how they look, behave, and improve our lives.

A band, a flight, a flock of birds - the world is full of lots of birds! Spring, summer, autumn and winter birds; woodland, meadow, sea and marsh birds -- all are brought to life in lively, lyrical prose and rich Plasticine illustration. Colour and movement abound in every word and every detail, making each bird memorable. A timely reissue, of a celebrated picture book, that reminds us to respect our natural world.

No one can succeed in making the young prince go to sleep, until an old woman tries with a bedtime story.

Allie finds a frog for show-and-tell, but he disappears before she can take him to school.

In this story based on "The Little Red Hen," a little black crow asks his animal friends to help with the planting of some sorn seed.

While singing Row, Row, Row Your Boat in the bathtub, a boy becomes the skipper of several imaginary vessels.

2018 Sydney Taylor Notable Book for Younger Readers 2018 GANYC Apple Award Nominee—Outstanding Achievement in Fiction NYC Book Writing Benny''s family owns a knishery and sells delicious round dumplings. Then the Tisch family opens a store across the street—selling square knishes—and Benny''s papa worries. So he lowers his prices! But Mr. Tisch does too. As each knishery tries to outdo the other, Benny helps his papa realize there''s room on Rivington Street for more than one knishery.

Lean and tough alley cats, primped-up Persians, and everything in between--what''s your favorite kind of cat? In playful, rhythmic rhymes and warm, colorful illustrations, here is a fun read-aloud featuring the world''s most popular pet!

The classic children''s rhyme has been expanded to include other favorite characters such as little Miss Muffet, Jack Horner--even Humpty Dumpty! Come along on Eency Weency''s travels through the day.