Books with author Barbara Gregorich

The Big Race is the story of twins who team up to surprise, confuse and outsmart a bully.School Zone’s Start to Read! series helps children learn to read by presenting interesting stories with easy vocabularies. Words are repeated. Sentences are short. Rhyming words help children increase their vocabularies. Meaningful clues in the illustrations are abundant. After several readings with a partner, the child should be able to read alone. Most of all, the reading experience should be enjoyable.Most of the vocabulary words in The Big Race are typically introduced in first grade and second grade. The words outer, space, shoelace, really, and beat are higher-level words. You may need to help your child sound out these words.www.schoolzone.com

My Friend Goes Left is a rhyming riddle with clues that lead to a surprising friend. School Zone’s Start to Read! series helps children learn to read by presenting interesting stories with easy vocabularies. Words are repeated. Sentences are short. Rhyming words help children increase their vocabularies. Meaningful clues in the illustrations are abundant. After several readings with a partner, the child should be able to read alone. Most of all, the reading experience should be enjoyable.Most of the vocabulary words in My Friend Goes Left are typically introduced in first grade. The words end, left, inside, and sidewalk are higher-level words. You may need to help your child sound out these words.www.schoolzone.com

It's Magic is the story of a disgruntled rabbit that plays a trick on his magician.School Zone’s Start to Read! series helps children learn to read by presenting interesting stories with easy vocabularies. Words are repeated. Sentences are short. Rhyming words help children increase their vocabularies. Meaningful clues in the illustrations are abundant. After several readings with a partner, the child should be able to read alone. Most of all, the reading experience should be enjoyable.Most of the vocabulary words in It’s Magic are typically introduced in first grade and second grade. The words people, magician, suddenly, appear, disappear, reaches, tricks, scarf, empty, and crowd are higher-level words. You may need to help your child sound out these words.www.schoolzone.com

“Be careful,” said Matilda. “Do not buy a pig in a poke.” “What’s a poke?” asked Darwin.Yes, what is a poke? And why would Waltur, a bear, buy a pig, anyway?Together with the help of his best friends, Matilda and Darwin, Waltur is about to find out the wisdom of Matilda’s words. Through trial and error, he will also learn the truths behind two other funny old sayings: “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch” (why not?) and “You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink” (wanna bet?).

Two Great Ways to Learn! Double the fun and learning using the latest interactive technology and traditional storybook. The CD-ROM and the book contain the same two entertaining stories. Both stories include repeated and rhyming words plus illustrations with lots of picture clues to ensure reading success for beginners. Minimum System Requirements Windows- Microsoft Windows 98, or 95. 16 MB RAM 640x480x256 Color Video 8-Bit Sound Card 486-66 MHz or faster processor 40 MB free disk space 2x CD-ROM drive Windows- Microsoft Windows 3.1. 8 MB RAM 640x480x256 Color Video 8-Bit Sound Card 486-33 MHz or faster processor 32 MB free disk space 2x CD-ROM drive Mac OS- Mac OS System 7.1 or higher. 16 MB RAM 640x480x256 Color Video 8-Bit Sound Card 68040 or faster processor 32 MB free disk space 2x CD-ROM drive

Waltur and his friends Matilda and Darwin are back in this collection of three stories that help beginning readers understand funny everyday sayings—like trying not to paint yourself into a corner (easier said than done!), putting the cart before the horse (how backwards can you get?), and letting sleeping dogs lie (not much good can come from waking up a cranky dog!).What kind of trouble will Waltur get himself into this time? How much the wiser will he be for it?

Waltur and his friends Matilda and Darwin are back in this collection of three stories that help beginning readers understand funny everyday sayings—like trying not to paint yourself into a corner (easier said than done!), putting the cart before the horse (how backwards can you get?), and letting sleeping dogs lie (not much good can come from waking up a cranky dog!).What kind of trouble will Waltur get himself into this time? How much the wiser will he be for it?