Books with author Sheila Sweeny Higginson

When Donny's toy racecar, Ricardo, loses a race for the first time, it's time for Doc to look under the hood. Doc soon realizes that Ricardo is run down from so much racing and diagnoses him with No-Vroom-Vroom-atosis. Ricardo simply needs his batteries recharged! In the end, the gang learns a valuable lesson about the importance of giving our bodies enough rest.

The Little Einsteins are going pumpkin picking at the neighborhood farm, when Rocket spots a gigantic pumpkin on his Look and Listen Scope. We've got a mission! Join the team as the find their way through a corn maze and solve the scarecrows riddle to pick the biggest pumpkin of all. Building on the success of the Baby Einstein’s 93% U.S. brand awareness, Little Einsteins maintains the unique educational philosophy of using classical music, art, and real-world imagery to engage and teach preschoolers about the natural world around them

The new wipe-off books from Sesame Workshop & Learning Horizons are designed to five your child a wide variety of learning activities on colorful pages. Crayon marks are easily wiped off with a cloth or tissue, so kids can complete the activities again & again. The concepts of healthy living are reinforced with fun activities & motivating Sesame Street friends! In this workbook are concepts about healthy bodies & safety reinforced with repeated practice & motivating Sesame Street friends! A special 'Explore More' feature includes easy-to-do home activities to extend learning in practical ways, Picture icons help make activity directions easy for young learners to follow on their own!

Count Dracula insists on taking his family to Camp Vamp, the instructional camp from his youth, in this Level 2 Ready-to-Read story based on Sony Pictures Animation’s monster comedy Hotel Transylvania 2! Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania 2 hits theaters September 25, 2015—just in time for Halloween!™ & © 2015 Sony Pictures Animation Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Learn the science behind amazing magic tricks in this fact-tastic nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series about the science of fun stuff!Did you know that every time a magician uses sleight of hand, he is secretly tracking your eye movements at the same time? How does a magician make a dove appear out of thin air? Amaze your friends with the secrets you learn in this fun, fact-filled Level 3 Ready-to-Read! A special section at the back of the book includes Common Core–vetted extras on subjects like geography and history, and there’s even a fun quiz so readers can test themselves to see what they’ve learned!

Meet the inventive kids who are coming up with ways to save the world in this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series of biographies about people “you should meet!”Have you ever wondered what you could do to change the world? Find out how kids are helping the environment, inventing incredible medical devices, aiding the homeless, designing apps so other kids won’t ever have to eat alone in the cafeteria, and more! Learn all about what they’ve come up with and how their ideas are changing lives in this story of four amazing kids everyone should meet! A special section at the back of the book includes extras such as biographies of famous young inventors and contemporary activists plus interesting ideas for other ways that kids can change the world. With the You Should Meet series, learning about amazing people has never been so much fun!