New Releases by Patricia J. Murphy

We all think differently—and that’s a good thing! It’s even OK to like different things. Alongside Sesame Street friends, readers learn how to disagree with kindness.

Whether we're trying something new or learning as we go, mistakes happen! Alongside friends on Sesame Street, readers discover what to do when they make mistakes and how to grow from them.

Big feelings, little feelings—we all have them! Alongside their Sesame Street friends, children learn to name their feelings and healthy ways to manage them.

Everyone feels disappointed sometimes, whether it's because a friend moves away or a team loses a game. Readers learn ways to cope with disappointment with help from Sesame Street friends.

Sometimes we might say or do things that hurt someone's feelings. When this happens, saying “I’m sorry” matters. Learn how to respectfully apologize with friends from Sesame Street!

Touch, read, and discover all about the incredible T.rex with your toddler and Smithsonian Kids Featuring special embossing to highlight fun facts about these "kings of the dinosaurs," this book engages both verbal and tactile learning skills. Embossed textures and bright, detailed photographs and renderings from Smithsonian are sure to engage, entertain, and educate your curious toddler. Embossed pictures allow your toddler to touch and feel as they learn. Learn surprising facts about these amazing prehistoric creatures. Facts and images from Smithsonian Kids are sure to educate and entertain. Our First Discovery books engage your toddler's verbal and tactile learning skills with fun facts for you to read paired with textured embossing over the images. Practice preschool and kindergarten skills with Smithsonian

Adorable photographs of puppies and kittens guide elementary students though the basics of telling time. Starting with 'Words to Know,' which introduces students to new vocabulary before encountering it in the text, this volume proceeds to explain how to read time from analog and digital clocks to the half hour, the difference between a.m. and p.m., and the various ways to write the time. Fact boxes and activities enhance the math concepts. A further reading list with books and websites provides additional sources of information.

Through cute animal pictures and simple language, this text will teach elementary math students about using nonstandard and standard measurements to measure length, width, and height. This book supports the Common Core Mathematical Standards Basic by helping students figure out the length of an object as a whole number of length units by counting how many multiple copies of a shorter object fit end to end along the original object as well as using rulers, yardsticks, and measuring tapes. Fact boxes and activities enhance the math concepts.

Baby creatures and their mothers discover the world around them.

David joins his Grandma on a trip to Asia and Africa to study the problems elephants are facing. They spend a week as volunteers at an Asian elephant sanctuary in Sri Lanka, caring for the elephants. Then they fly to Kenya to meet the anti-poaching patrol, staff and researchers at a nature reserve. Find out about these amazing creatures, the dangers they face, and by working alongside local people, the ways elephants can have a more hopeful future. Now available in ePub format. Level 3 books, designed for children who can read on their own, contain more complex sentence structure and more detail. Information boxes highlight historical references, trivia, pronunciation, and other facts about words and names mentioned. DK Readers combine an enticing visual layout with high-interest, easy-to-read stories to captivate and delight young bookworms who are just getting started. Written by leading children's authors and compiled in consultation with literacy experts, these engaging books build reader confidence along with a lifelong appreciation for nonfiction, classic stories, and biographies.

Saddle up for an adventure with two sisters as they revitalize their school's horseback riding club while also helping out at their family's bakery in DK Adventures: Horse Club. Emma adores horses as much as she idolizes her older sister, Amanda. She dreams about riding a cinnamon-colored horse in a show alongside her one day. Emma's wish looks like it's about to come true - but it's not such a smooth ride. Join Emma and Amanda at Paddock Promises' camp and learn how to handle, groom, tack up and ride a horse, meet horse's from myths and legends, plus get a recipe to bake sweet pony cupcakes in DK Adventures: Horse Club. Good books build great readers. Created in consultation with literacy experts, DK Adventures will appeal to proficient readers who have a love of reading for both information and pleasure. With rich, descriptive vocabulary, and interactive elements including diaries, recipes, poetry, character profiles, diagrams, and articles to support the stories, DK Adventures focus on engaging, action-packed topics that will develop comprehension skills and continue to build a child's love of reading. Supports the Common Core State Standards.

Tick, tock. Long ago, people told time using the sun or water. Find out how clocks have changed and become more accurate in this Level 2 DK Reader. Telling Time is a history of timekeeping, from obelisks and sundials to the atomic clocks of today. Packed with full-color photographs, lively illustrations, and engaging, age-appropriate stories to introduce young children to a life-long love of reading. These amazing stories are guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills. Perfect for reading together! The playful images in this eBook are enhanced with entertaining animations and surprising sounds to bring this story to life.

Photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging, age- appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multilevel reading program guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge. Erik goes to his first day of soccer practice and learns all about this exciting game.

How will a young student remember the directions of North, East, South, and West? They'll remember to Never Eat Soggy Waffles. This highly entertaining and clever book teaches readers how to create their own mnemonic devices, which will help them to remember difficult but essential facts. Examples include ways to remember the order of the planets and the names of our oceans. Colorful illustrations support the text. This book is highly recommended for supplemental classroom use, in addition to leisure reading in the library.

Photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging, age-appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multilevel reading program guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge. Journey of a Pioneer follows the adventures of a young girl as her family travels west in covered wagons along the famous Oregon Trail.

Author Patricia Murphy introduces beginning readers to nature photographer Norbert Wu. Take a breath-taking look at his underwater world, from the blue waters of the Bahamas to Australia's Great Barrier Reef. How does he take photos under water? How can he swim under the ice in Antarctica? Readers will learn about his fascinating career and understand how Norbert's images help show how the ocean needs better care.

"Discusses astronauts and space exploration"--Provided by publisher.

Includes information about death and why someone dies, how we grieve, and ways to cope with death.

Take a visit to an apple orchard and see how apples go from trees to you!

Explains how to count up to ten; how to count by twos, fives, and tens; and how to count backward from ten, in book with photographs of dogs and cats.

Shows how to tell time using digital and standard clocks, in a book with photographs of puppies and kittens.

The wind cannot be seen, but it is all around us, helping airplanes to fly and plants to scatter their seeds. How Does the Wind Blow? looks at they many moods of the wind, from light breezes to the powerful storms that can cut angry paths across the land. Book jacket.

Simple text and photographs introduce red foxes and their grasslands habitat.

This high-interest Science title is one of the 4 titles sold in a Book Pack as a part of the Tony Stead Independent Reading I Wonder Why Theme Set.

This high-interest Science title is one of the 4 titles sold in a Book Pack as a part of the Tony Stead Independent Reading I Wonder Why Theme Set.

Describes simple steps which children can take to maintain happiness.

When people aren't happy, how do they feel? For many people, sadness, loneliness, or stress replaces their feeling of happiness. It often takes the help of others to make them feel happy again. Staying happy is an important part of being healthy.

Describes types of medicine, such as prescription and over the counter, and their proper use. Also provides an introduction to the dangers of tobacco and alcohol, and the illegal use of drugs. This book helps kids distinguish between the use and abuse of drugs and introduces the effects of alcohol and tobacco. The book also offers examples of how to avoid harmful drugs.

An introduction to how and why people earn money also includes a look at how children have made money by starting their own businesses.