Most Popular Books by Joy Cowley

In Joy Starters, renowned children''s author Joy Cowley brings her adventurous outlook and ear for children''s language to early reading instruction. 72 leveled books, 72 lap books, 12 rhyme charts, and audio CD''s employ themes drawn from curriculum frameworks of the NAEYC, IRA, and National Head Start Literacy Initiatives.

Marta Enos is having a bad day. It begins when the wind blows her homework out the window and the dogs chew it to pieces. Her grandmother consoles her with a tortilla as "big and pale as a rising full moon," along with ancient words of advice. This charming story, set on a Papago reservation in southern Arizona near the Mexican border, offers Native American wisdom that helps children--and adults as well--put their problems in perspective.

Help children build their vocabulary with Joy Readers, a set of 80 lively, leveled titles covering a broad range of topics and cultures. Individual and group lesson plans highlight strategies for reading instruction, and additional activities help ELL students master reading.

Get out of bed, Hairy Bear. There are robbers!

These lively, vocabulary-based books help young students pronounce and remember words as they read. With 80 titles, covering a range of topics and cultures, Libros Alegria portray children in a positive, successful manner.

Mrs Wishy-Washy fills her tub with her animals and then washes them. Suggested level: junior.

The war was all ready to begin when a duck was discovered nesting in the only cannon. So for want of a cannon, the war was avoided.

Doctor Foster and Major Brassblow are enemies who both have weapon factories in the town of Garpen Flat. They each plan to sabotage the other''s factory. A humorous portrayal of real world issues that weapons of war are made for profit, and battles exist because people are greedy for possessions and power. Suggested level: primary.

Mrs. Wishy-Washy has an underwhelming start to her Valentine''s Day but her clever animals find a way to make a big surprise.

In Joy Starters, renowned children''s author Joy Cowley brings her adventurous outlook and ear for children''s language to early reading instruction.72 leveled books, 72 lap books, 12 rhyme charts, and audio CD''s employ themes drawn from curriculum frameworks of the NAEYC, IRA, and National Head Start Literacy Initiatives.