Beginning Readers

Mrs. Watson thinks Mercy should dress as a princess for Halloween. Mercy does not want to wear the costume until she hears there will be treats. A visit to the neighbors' house leads to unforgettable holiday mayhem.

One night, Mercy is awoken by a noise. She heads downstairs and discovers a thief in the house. Crime sure doesn't pay when there is a porcine wonder around!

Every Saturday, Mercy and the Watsons go for a drive. One day, a surprise guest not only ends up in the car; someone other than Mr. Watson ends up behind the wheel!

Mercy is a porcine wonder. She loves to snuggle with the Watsons and, of course, eat. Both things set off a hilarious chain of events for her owners and the entire neightborhood!

Kate lives in London and dreams of being a writer. She makes up stories every day and shares them with her best friend, but, when she tries to write them down, nothing comes out right. Everything changes when she finds a strange notebook.

Louna lives in a small village in Morrocco. One day, she finds some precious stones that look like stars and she decides to give them to her new friend Omar. This present turns out to be magical.

Akiko is bored when she has to stay with her grandmother in the Japanese country until she makes an amazing discovery that will change her life. Multiple choice questions and activities are provided at the end.

A traffic light is finally installed at a busy intersection and keeps all the townsfolk safe until winter. Once it gets a cold, things go a little haywire. A little boy named Alex come up with a brilliant solution.

Grandpa has a cold and the only thing to cure him is a tea made from dragon tears. Manu finds a dragon, but his sad stories only make the dragon laugh. Luckily, just when Manu has given up, the dragon laughs until he cries!

Children will love seeing how a young boy named Henry finds happiness and friendship with a big dog named Mudge.

Henry and Mudge have loads of fun with the coming of spring.

Amelia Bedelia has been gently adapted to retain all the wonderful humor and silliness of the original edition, this Spanish translation will make readers laugh out loud.

Wizard Van Dongen wants to move. He does some magic, brings his house to life, and asks it to find a better location. When the house finds out that it will become inanimate afterwards, it decides to take off running.

In this magical book, Gilberto discovers that the wind can be an unpredictable playmate. Sometimes it helps him to sail his toy boat, catch apples that fall from the trees, and spin his pinwheel. At other times, it keeps him from flying his kite or...

In prehistoric times, birds faced possible extinction because predators hunted their eggs. The birds called a general assembly to address the situation, but everything they tried failed. A mated pair of birds eventually managed to come up with an...

Everyone believes that roosters sing when the sun comes out, but, actually, the roosters are the ones that wake up the sun. One night, however, Nino Rooster has a sore throat and he cannot utter a sound. Samuel begins to worry if the night will ever...

Paula and her brother spend their vacation in a small town. While walking through the woods, they spot a gloomy house close to theirs. In the door well, sits an elderly lady with a wart on her big nose. She must be a witch!

In these five short stories for beginning readers, Arnold Lobel's endearing character explores his feelings as well as the world around him. He invites the winter into his house, discovers some strange lumps in his bed, makes tear-water tea, discovers he...

Niko tries to get spiders to bite him to turn him into Spiderman. When he finds a variety that he does not know is poisonous, it's a good thing a real super hero is around to save him from harm's way.

Ambar Dorado wants a watch for her seventh birthday more than anything. She will feel more grown-up when she can see what time it is whenever she wants. Also, she will always know exactly how late Justo Daniels, her best friend, is. He is a great best...

Rafi and Rosi, two coqui frogs, learn about pirate history while visiting the famous El Morro Fort in Puerto Rico. A glossary is included at the beginning of the book to aid in comprehension.

Paula and Beto are very happy when their father tells them that they are leaving the city and moving to a house near the beach. They only thing that they are not aware of is that in that magical place, they will not be the only inhabitants!

Mr. McGreely tries to outwit a trio of rabbits in his hilarious attempts to protect the delicious vegetables in his garden. Readers will laugh as they follow the cumulative events of the story, revel in its whimsical onomatopoeia, and see just how much...

Join Digger and Daisy on a fun-filled trip to the zoo.

Amber and her family take a trip to the Poconos with her best friend and his family for two whole weeks. What could be better than that? Nothing could wrong, right?

When a weasel catches a mouse and wants to put him in his soup, the clever mouse convinces him not to by telling the weasel that his soup would taste much better if there were stories in it instead of a mouse. The book continues with four delightful...

Fighting crime in Gotham City is no small feat. Good thing Batman has many tools of the trade and tricks up his sleeve.

The boys are thrilled when the date for the intramural soccer tournament is announced until they learn that at least two girl starters must be on each school team. Readers will enjoy seeing how both the girl and boy athletes react and what they...

Tomás and his friends see things that each one wants to buy, but they do not have any money. Just when the trio doesn't think they could feel any sadder, a magic coin rolls buy. Once they catch it, they learn they can only buy one thing with it. ...

An evil force has turned everyday machines into killers on the peaceful planet of Dalnore. Will Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern, be able to stop their rampage?

A little boy named Constantine gets all his friends to help him to convince the clouds to make it rain. This book comes with a separate workbook with fun activities to test reading comprehension.

Quique's father is a soccer announcer. He pushes his son hard in school. The boy thinks he will never please his dad until one day he achieves his goal and gets the recognition he longs for. This book comes with a separate workbook with fun activities...

Lice invade the kingdom of Hairville. The princess will stop at nothing to rid the land of the nuisance.

Danny's visit to a museum results in a fun-filled day when an amiable dinosaur joins him for the afternoon. This endearing story has delighted young readers for decades.

Children will love seeing how a young boy named Henry finds happiness and friendship with a big dog named Mudge.