Books with author Susan Halliday

Clever and kid-friendly, this introduction to signing features whimsical illustrations to color as well as the basics of both American Sign Language (ASL) and the American Manual Alphabet for finger spelling words. Each page features a clear drawing of a hand letter sign and common words beginning with the letter. Includes signing tips and etiquette.

Join the Fisher Price Little People as they experience all the joys of Easter in this delightful lift-the-flap holiday favorite featuring all new art! Spring into Easter with Eddie, Mia, and their friends as they make holiday decorations, color Easter eggs, carry balloons and wear festive hats in the Easter parade, take part in an Easter egg hunt, and even visit the Easter Bunny’s factory! Fisher Price Little People: Easter Is Here!, a perennial holiday favorite featuring all new art, has more than 50 flaps to lift that not only introduce early learning concepts such as colors and matching, but reveal some sweet surprises, too!

The third volume of Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Literary Devices joins volumes 1 and 2 of this best-selling series to give teachers and librarians the perfect tool to teach literary devices to students in grades K-12. In this volume, 120 well-reviewed picture storybooks, published mainly in the last few years, are listed (sometimes more than once) under 41 literary devices. All-ages picture storybooks, which can be enjoyed by adults, as well as children, are included. For each device, a definition is given, and descriptions of appropriate storybooks, with information on how to use them, the art style used in the book, and a curriculum tie-in, are provided. Among the literary devices included are alliteration, analogy, flashback, irony, metaphor, paradox, tone, and 34 more. Indexes by author, title, art style, and curriculum tie-in add to this outstanding book's great value. Grades 4-12.

These fabulous kitties are out of this world! Thirty imaginative illustrations feature cats napping on Neptune, singing songs atop Saturn, swimming under the sea, and frolicking among backdrops bursting with stars, flowers, fish, and other fun-to-color images. Features perforated pages printed on one side only for easy removal and display plus a bonus "Draw Your Own" page. Curious Cats Coloring Book and other Spark titles offer a wide variety of engaging activities that will foster creativity in children ages 6 to 10.

Sam and Chloe never thought they would spend the summer holidays fighting a battle against the dark past that haunts Kingsholt, a mansion inherited by Chloe's parents. A long time ago the Vikings burnt down the monastery that was built near Kingsholt. A few monks who escaped hid the monastery's treasure and dug a pit in which to bury the slaughtered monks. They swore that if anyone opened up the pit and used it for other purposes a darkness would fall over the area. Nimbus,an obsessive one-time circus hypnotist and acrobat, lives with his wife and two children in a cottage in the woods of Kingsholt. He opens up the pit and uses it for all his rubbish. With death, kidnap and madness ensuing, can Sam and Chloe and their guardian Aidan, bring back the light to Kingsholt?

Each charming, hands-on book in this series includes a soft, cuddly plush toy that young children can play with as they read the story. Sturdy board pages will stand up to repeated readings, and the cuddly toy -- which is also the star of the story -- will become a favorite stuffed animal. In Little Lamb's Big Question, when Little Lamb grows up will he have wings like a bird? Or eight legs like an octopus? Kids will find out as they follow along Little Lamb's adventure. Format: Books with Plush Toys Dimensions (inches): 5 1/2 x 8