New Releases by Larry Dane Brimner

Young Elwood prepares for bathtime as he adds his favorite playmates, including eight large elephants, to the water.

Young Max has invented a machine for adding and counting everything from shoes and socks piled on the floor to a school lunch with too many peas. Told in simple rhyming text.

Carson learns the difference between hot and cold while piling on more and more winter clothes.

When his Granny Frannie wants something sweet for dessert, young Sammy decides to play a trick on her.

A child describes some of the sights and sounds of summer.

A young child describes the sights and sounds of autumn, including the "Chop! Chop!" of the woodcutter and the changing colors of the leaves.

Larry learns the difference between loud and quiet while getting to know his newborn sister.

Passengers get on and off the bus, providing a lesson in addition and subtraction.

On ne s''entend pas toujours avec ses invités, mais tout rentre dans l''ordre lorsqu''on trouve un jeu qui leur plaît.

Les copains du coin décident de transformer un terrain vague en aire de jeux.

Rookie Readers RM have provided entertaining, high-quality introductions to reading for more than a generation. Each title features full-color, often hilarious illustrations and engaging stories that always involve a young child figuring out concepts or solving problems on his or her own. Every new title contains a Word List and a color-coded reading-level key on the back cover.

Gaby learns a lesson in kindness when she befriends the new girl in school.

On a field trip to the Nature Center, Three J leads his second-grade classmates on a mission to pick up as much trash as posssible after they find a bird caught in a discarded lunch bag.

A history of the early subways.

Alex, JP et Gaby forment la bande des Copains du coin. Ensemble, ils vivent diverses aventures et sont confrontés à des situations qui les amènent toujours à réfléchir, être à l''écoute des autres ou apprendre de leurs erreurs. Chaque ouvrage de la collection propose ainsi une histoire portant sur une valeur morale particulière. Celui-ci traite de la patience : en étant très patients, les trois amis réussissent à apprendre des tours à leur chien Jules, en vue de le faire participer à un concours d''animaux savants. Joyeuses illustrations, montrant les personnages dans un style proche de la caricature. Texte de lecture facile. [SDM].

The Corner Kids learn that it takes patience to teach their dog tricks in time for the community pet show.

Although her neighbors are reluctant to listen to her play the fiddle, Nana persists and her hog steals the show.

When the Corner Kids cannot go to the water park because the car breaks down, Alex figures out a way they can have fun in spite of their disappointment.

Three J and Alex help Gabby keep a promise to her grandmother.

A young wolf cub learns from his father that he is able to do just what is needed for his size.

The Corner Kids all have different ideas about how to use a big box, but then they find that working together is the best idea of all.

While researching the American flag for a class project, the Corner Kids ask townspeople what the flag means to them and find that each person has a different answer.

Abby and her friends take time to move some bicycles so that their blind neighbor can walk on the sidewalk.

Rookie Choices is specially designed to encourage the development of good character. Each book in this series revolves around three spunky second graders called the Corner Kids, highlighting important decision-making and skills.

The Corner Kids remember how Gabby and Alex helped Three J pick out Jake at the animal shelter and how the three of them came to share the dog.

Three J and Alex help Gabby keep a promise to her grandmother.

Gabby discovers that cheating at tee-ball is not the best way to win.

Alex learns a lesson about telling the truth when he thinks he has lost the money his mother gave him to buy milk.

Alex, one of the Corner Kids, doesn''t have enough money to buy a special bunch of flowers for his mother, and so he takes some from the window box at Gertie''s Spinning Wheel Bike Shop instead.

Alex learns a lesson about telling the truth when he thinks he has lost the money his mother gave him to buy milk.