New Releases by Trisha Speed Shaskan

There''s a new kid on the basketball court, and his name is Jude. He makes everyone laugh by making up funny nicknames. But when Jude starts playing unfairly, will Chris, Diego, and Ty stop playing with him?

Primary math concepts are introduced using creative examples, easy-to-understand text, and illustrations to learn subtraction.

Describes what contractions are and provides examples of them used in different words.

An octopus tells what it is like to live in the deep, dark sea in this fact-filled book.

I Live in the Ocean - What s it like to live in the deep, dark sea? In these beautiful fact-filled books, ocean animals tell the stories of their lives."

It''s Ava''s birthday, but she can''t find any friends to swim with.

Explains what onomatopoeia is and how it is used in sentences.

Despite her parents'' warnings, Lucy keeps using her magic wand for all the wrong reasons.

The reader slowly discovers who Anna is as she draws a picture of herself.

When George finds a treasure map next to his bed one special morning, he follows it through his neighborhood finding a surprise at each spot marked X.

Since Princess Bella loves shapes, the cook makes a very special cake for her birthday that includes trapezoids, rectangles, rhombuses and parallelograms.

Camden loves to play basketball with his mother, and while he plays he wonders if he dribbles better than an ostrich, runs faster than a cheetah or jumps as high as a frog.

When the young wizard Marconi magically packs his school bag every morning, it gives him exactly what he will need and it knows when he will need it.

One morning, Sally finds a ticket next to her bed but does not know what it is for until she takes a walk with her parents, looking for clues.

After a trip to the zoo Dennis wants a pet in addition to his dog Snips, but when he considers the challenges of housing a giraffe or an octopus, he has second thoughts.

Princesses Violet, Daisy, and Rose put on Fancy clothes, prepare special treats, and decorate their table before sitting down to a tea party.

Read-it! Readers... will delight children while strengthening their independent reading skills. Read-it! Readers and Read-it! Readers en Español are simple and effective ways to get the reading results you want and the quality you need. With the guidance of literacy educators and reading specialists, these series combine the elements for success in reading with entertaining stories children love. Just select the appropriate color level and language for your readers, and watch them start on the amazing road to reading.