Most Popular Books by LINDA HAYWARD

This beloved bible story is now available for emerging readers! Noah''s Ark, one of the bible''s most beloved stories, is now available for beginning readers in this Step into Reading (Step 1) edition of the exciting tale. Join Noah, his family, and two of every animal, for a story full of adventure, hope, and love. Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words for children who know the alphabet and are eager to begin reading. Rhyme and rhythmic text is paired with picture clues to help children decode the story.

Oscar the Grouch describes the things he likes about living in a garbage can on Sesame Street, as well as the things that make him grouchy.

Solve kid-sized dilemmas and mysteries with the Science Solves It! series. These fun books for kids ages 5–8 blend clever stories with real-life science. Why did the dog turn green? Can you control a hiccup? Is that a UFO? Find the answers to these questions and more as kid characters dive into physical, life, and earth sciences. Jenna and Kyle''s older siblings tease them constantly! After noticing shadows during a day at the beach, Kyle devises a plan to get back at the older kids. All it takes is a flashlight, a lobster costume, and a little creativity. Books in this perfect STEM series will help kids think like scientists and get ahead in the classroom. Activities and experiments are included in every book! (Level One; Science topic: Shadows)

A collection of five early reader Sesame Street books.

Illus. in full color. Brer Fox makes a boy out of tar, so when Brer Rabbit shakes hands, he''ll get stuck. "About fifty sentences, with one or two per gracefully color-cartooned page, this tale is reduced to the most basic motifs, but it does respect the ones it keeps. It will be a book to hand to kids who clamor for a version they can read for themselves."--"Bulletin, Center for Children''s Books. "From the Trade Paperback edition.

Animals at the Compare-A-Thon compete to determine who is the tallest, longest, slowest, largest, and fastest.

Follows ballet dancer Lisa Torres through her day at home and work.

How is a book made? What are the different parts of a book? Readers will learn firsthand as the book they are reading describes how it was made.

A simple retelling of the Old Testament story in which the baby Moses is floated down the river and ends up in the Pharaoh''s household.

Describes how a pencil is manufactured, distributed, and used.

In this adaptation of a familiar story, a father and son take the advice of different people on how they should carry their chiles to market.

Five novels about the spirit of the holiday.

Early one morning Big Bird goes downtown to find someone to play with him.

Some butter. Some sugar. Some eggs. Some flour. Can Cookie Monster bake the biggest cookie in the world? He''s sure going to try in this mouth-watering tale.

In this Read & Listen edition, narrated by Bob McGrath from Sesame Street, Cookie Monster is baking loads of his favorite cookies at the Sesame Street Bakery. But the tasty treats get gobbled up so fast by his friends—Elmo, Big Bird, Grover, Bert, Ernie, and the others—that Cookie never even gets to taste them! Will he ever get to eat one of his own cookies? Lots of humor and catchy rhyming text in this Step 2 graded reader will make kids giggle every single time! Elmo and Cookie Monster share the spotlight on a brand-new cover for a favorite bestselling title. This ebook includes Read & Listen audio narration.

Kadoodle the rooster keeps everyone up with his night-time crowing until Honketta the goose tells him a story about the King of the World''s rooster chorus.

When he wakes up earlier than usual, Big Bird observes the morning activities of other early birds in the city.