New Releases by Bruce Degen

This bestselling classic featuring a berry-loving boy and an endearing rhyme-spouting bear is now available as a padded board book! The fun wordplay and bright paintings with lots of details for young readers to explore make Jamberry a perennial favorite. A small boy and a big friendly bear embark on a berry-picking extravaganza, looking for blueberries, blackberries, and strawberries. Their fun adventure comes to a razzamatazz finale under a starberry sky. From author-illustrator Bruce Degen, Jamberry is now available in padded board book with a soft, padded cover and rounded edges, perfect to share with the smallest readers. "With delightful, rich illustrations and zany wordplay, Jamberry is a must have book for any family with young children," according to Children''s Books Guide.

Nate loves skateboarding, but Kate prefers making hats. "I hate to skate," she tells Nate. "Do you like my hat?" Unimpressed, Nate retorts "I hate that hat." Kate’s feelings are hurt—so she ignores Nate as he falls. Now that Nate is hurt and sad, too, his outlook has changed. "Wait, Kate," he says. "I was a brat." Kate waits, and admits she wasn’t nice either, and new possibilities open. Now Nate and Kate both like to skate—and wear hats! Straightforward and heartfelt, Nate and Kate’s story is the perfect reminder that we may not always share each other’s interests, but we must be respectful and open-minded all the same! An I Like to Read® book for emerging readers. Guided Reading Level D.

Bunny and Red learn the value of forgiveness in this Level D book, perfect for kindergarten readers. Bunny is excited about playing with her friends in the snow. But Red the Squirrel plays too rough—he keeps pulling mean pranks, claiming "It''s just a joke!" When his tricks backfire and his friends are the ones laughing, Red is upset. But instead of holding a grudge, Bunny invites him back into the group for cocoa and laughter. Compassion and empathy save the day in an easy-to-read story from Bruce Degen, the celebrated illustrator of The Magic School Bus series. . . And that''s (s)no(w) joke! The award-winning I Like to Read® series focuses on guided reading levels A through G, based upon Fountas and Pinnell standards. Acclaimed author-illustrators--including winners of Caldecott, Theodor Seuss Geisel, and Coretta Scott King honors—create original, high quality illustrations that support comprehension of simple text and are fun for kids to read with parents, teachers, or on their own! Suitable for late kindergarten readers, Level D books feature wider vocabulary, longer sentences, and greater variety in sentence structure than Levels A, B, and C. When Level D is mastered, follow up with Level E.

"Go to bed." "No." "I said BED." "I said NO!" Mom eventually wins this argument, but even after her son is all tucked in, his opinion hasn''t changed. "Bed is boring," he whispers to his teddy bear. Teddy, however disagrees. "This bed is GOOD," he says. "This bed can GO." Indeed, with a few alterations, the bed is suddenly mobile--and boy and bear are journeying down the road, to outer space, where the boy concludes that this is one bed that''s worth fighting for! A perfect story for early readers--some of whom may still be waging bedtime battles of their own.

Charlie Muttnik is the pup with the pencil, the mutt with the marker, the dog with the drawing pad, the chap with the chalk! He draws all the time. But when Charlie doodles all over his homework, there''s trouble at school. It''s only when his strict teacher, Miss Rich, tries something new that both realize Charlie can be a great artist at school and at home.

Based on the "Magic School Bus" books written by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen.

Great elementary grades reading.

Ms. Frizzle and her class explore the senses by traveling on the magic school bus on a clue-hunting trip inside the human body.

Chacun des douze livres de cette boîte présente une histoire amusante, écrite avec des mots et des phrases simples, pour aider les lecteurs débutants à gagner de l''assurance. Grâce aux personnages sympathiques de L''autobus magique, les jeunes s''initieront de bon gré à la lecture. --Résumé de l''éditeur.

"Based on the ''Magic School Bus'' books written by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen"--P. facing t.p.

"Based on The magic school bus books written by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen"--P. facing t.p.

Polish translation of "Magic school bus at the waterworks". When Ms. Frizzle, the strangest teacher in school, takes her class on a field trip to the waterworks, everyone ends up experiencing the water purification system from the inside. For primary (K-3) school children.

Ms. Frizzle takes her class inside a pinball machine that is played with light pulses instead of steel balls, to learn the secrets of color and light.

What do doodlebugs do together... Daddy and his doodlebug doodle the things that doodlebugs like to do. They snack on potoodle chips while walking through the zoo, ride the caboodle car on the train, and padoodle their canoe through the sun and the rain. And at night when it''s time to turn out the light, they say, "Don''t let the bedboodles bite!" Because that''s what doodlebugs do!

L''autobus magique transporte Madame Friselis et ses élèves pour une excursion de classe à l''usine de purification des eaux. Les jeunes y découvrent le voyage de l''eau - de l''eau qui s''évapore et forme les nuages jusqu''à celle du robinet de leur maison. Présentation originale illustrée d''une information scientifique précise. "Ce volume s''est mérité en 1987 le Prix Boston Globe-Horn Book."

Includes "Jamberry, The Teddy Bears'' Picnic, " and "A Friend for Growl Bear."

Donated Jan/03 Based on The Magic School Bus book series.

Dans cette adaptation l''aspect didactique sombre davantage sous la fiction.