The book discusses the three universal rules that children need to follow for safety reasons on any class trip. The central character is a boy named Jason who does not follow the rules and is thus placed in the most unfortunate position of learning the reasons for rules via first-hand experience. Fortunately, in the end, Jason's experience makes him an expert on class trip rules and his teacher provides him an opportunity to demonstrate his new knowledge.

Cinda is a new teacher. As she prepares her classroom, the other teachers notice her beautiful bulletin boards and they quickly become jealous of her. They take her invitation for a special luncheon and make her clean their chalk boards. Mr. Glen, the custodian, and her loving class come to her rescue. They help her clean the boards so she can attend the luncheon. Little does Cinda know, but her class and Mr. Glen entered her in a contest. Unfortunately, they forgot to include her name!

After walking through the entire school, the principal discovers Cinda's beautiful room and she is presented with the "Creative Teacher of the Year" award. Eventually the other teachers apologize to Cinda and try some of her ideas. Cinda continues to believe in herself throughout the story despite the lack of support from her fellow teachers.

It is a bright and colourful book with busy pages that makes it very different from many other children's book and keeps the child's interest throughout.

Rain doesn't stop Andy and his mother from setting out to shop. A rainbow, something new to Andy, hoever, does stop him in his tracks. His mother patiently explains what it is and helps him connect each of the colors to objects in nature and in his daily life. She then introduces him to the Guess the Color Game, which children and their families can play at home, in restuarants and elsewhere. The story concludes wuth another game, the Name the Color Game. The child, at the beginning with the hep of an adult, uses the six pages of the colors of the rainbow at the end of the book to play that game. Both games capture children's attention and encourage them to be thoughtful and imaginative.

Going to preschool is an exciting adventure for Andy. No wonder! Look what he finds: Ms. Jane, his smiling teacher, who welcomes him warmly, a room full of picture books and bikes, toys and carts; and friends who enjoy playing with him. After they play and read, Ms. Jane takes them for a walk. When they return, they sing and hum while waiting for their lunch. Now it's naptime. Next comes a snack of milk and crackers, and then that special time of day when Ms. Jane reads a story aloud. There's still time left for outdoor fun. The children are delighted playing Farmer in the Dell and London Bridge is falling down. After that, Andy and his classmates wash up and get ready to go home. His mom comes, and a happy Andy heads for home with her.

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Andrew is a sleepy boy who has a difficult time getting up in the morning for school because he does go to bed in time. His father tries repeatedly to get Andrew out of bed but Andrew just wants to sleep. Andrew and his father decide that Sirius, the family dog, will go to school in place of Andrew. Sirius has a great adventure being at school but soon realizes that Andrew should be at school instead of him. Come and join Andrew and Sirius on their great adventure together.

There are 4 Fire Fighters who help Phil put out the fires and deal with any other emergencies, they are Roger, Robin, Robert and Rhani (who is the Female Fire Fighter).

They all take turns to be in charge of the fire engine. Phil is a very proud fire engine who always wants to be shiny clean. His bright red paint-work, his shiny silver bell and his two blue flashing beacons must always be gleaming. Phil gets very upset when he is dirty. The times he gets upset, he cries, big tears fall down across the windscreen and the windscreen wipers have to dry the tears off the window so Phil can see where he is going!

The Fire Fighters always tell Phil that they will clean off the dirt at the fire station and he will be shiny and clean again. When they do clean him with soap and brushes under his black wheels, Phil starts to laugh because the brushes tickle him!

Phil likes to go to Mossy Moor School where he and the fire fighters tell the children not to play with matches, not to make false alarm calls to the Fire Brigade and to be careful in the kitchen near hot pans.

Phil got his name from his number plate PH 1L, when the fire fighters saw the number plate, they decided to name their new fire engine ... Phil The Fire Engine.

Andy is bored and asks his mom what he could do. She says we'll go for a walk in the park and play the number game. We will count to ten, finding different things in the park to represent each number. They start to walk and Andy spots one squirrel scampering around looking for acorns on the ground. Next, he sees two police cars parked side by side and then three boys on a swing. As they walk on, Andy counts four girls playing tennis, five joggers running by who all call out to him, and six children in a sandbox. Soon, as they continue their walk, Andy gets the delicious smell of hot dogs on a grill and counts seven people cooking. They call out to him, asking if he wants some. As Andy and his mom walk on, he counts eight soccer players, nine ducks marching in a straight line, and ten yellow daffodils. His mother says that it is time for a treat. As the ice cream man gets their order, Andy counts eleven children eating ice cream bars. His mother says, What a surprise! / You went more then ten. / This is a game to play again and again.

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Kids love word play. ALYOSHA'S ALLIGATOR has forty-four phrases kids love to throw at each other. The first two are well-known: "See you later, Alligator," and "In a while, Crocodile." But the other forty-two are original and, well, charming. None are mean nor inappropriate. They are just right for kids, probably because the author culled them from the many his many grandchildren suggested. This is really a kid-written book. But the illustrations make it a work of art; the illustrator, a Russian artist with a unique style, has created a humorous, lovable and exciting cast of characters that picture situations that give life to these charming phrases. The book gives kids an easy and useful means of increasing their vocabulary and their bonds to fellow ad libbers. Kids do love word games!

This book is unique in many ways. It is not only fun and exciting to read, but opens the children who read it to the world of prose and poetry. Its illustrations are magnificent, and even if the children can't read it at first, it will provide a great visual interpretation for them. Parents will enjoy the way the book presents itself and the way it will enable them to provide the necessary guidance to their children for proper behavior while riding to school on a school bus. There are few books that are written that relate to a specific audience, that being children's behavior and twins also.

This is just the first book in a series of nine that will be published in the near future that will cover many important topics for children., through the wonderful work of a great illustrator and the use of poetry. Topics such as, relating to a death of a loved one, how to act at a restaurant, going to church, going on a trip, making and meeting friends at a park, and being cool in school will be covered in future books. Also, a great book of poetic rhyme and illustrations is coming soon.

This would be a great book to read to children at nighttime or any time of the day. Anyone who purchases it will see the quality and time that went into its production.

This book is an excellent teaching tool for both educators and parents to use when talking about behavior on the school bus. It is easy to read and should appeal to children in the primary grade levels.

The entire community of fairy tale families is in hiding. There has been no 'happily ever after' for the community since the day the Grimm brothers started spreading lies and the families discovered that their real lives were changing with each inaccurate re-telling. Total secrecy is deemed necessary by Disappearing, Inc., the relocation company in charge of protecting the families from the threat of the Re-Writers and they have placed Faye Goodley, former fairy godmother, in charge of the children.

Any classroom presents a challenge. Miss Goodley understands why Sleeping Beauty's daughter is not allowed sleepovers and sees how worried Rapunzel's mother is when Leticia's hair won't grow, but the real problems surface when Gilda Locke begins to bully Cinderella's shy daughter, Ash-Lee. When her students do nothing to stop the escalating cruelty and even kind Blanche, Snow White's daughter, won't defend Ash-Lee, Miss Goodley steps in. She guides the children to realize that gossip, rumour and exclusion are as much the tools of a bully as physical aggression and her students eventually understand that they have both the responsibility and the power to take them away.

The students are ready to put their anti-bullying strategies into practice when they receive the shocking news that Ash-Lee has run away. Her disappearance is not just a threat to herself - she has jeopardized the security of the entire Community by breaching the secure pathways set up by Disappearing, Inc. Everyone must work together to find her before the Re-Writers find them!

Over the Bridge to School is a fun book for primary children that creatively explores the dimensions of shapes needed to build a bridge. The main character, Buster the bus, finds himself in a challenging situation when he discovers the only bridge to school is gone. His only resources to fix the bridge are three dimensional shapes. What shape will make the best bridge?