Books in Read-Along series

Reformatted and redesigned, Read-Aloud Poems collects the most beloved poems of children's literature.Reading to your child is the best way to instill in him or her a lifelong love of reading. Just ten minutes or less, each selection is the perfect length to read-aloud to children at bedtime and puts children on the road to becoming life-long readers. The selections from Read Aloud Poems have been carefully selected to appeal to a child’s sensibility and include work from the world’s greatest poets such as Lewis Carroll, Emily Dickinson, Shel Silverstein, Edward Lear, William Blake, and more. Beautifully illustrated and designed, Read-Aloud Poems includes original artwork specially commissioned for these books.Other titles in the series include Read-Aloud Classics (978-1-57912-920-0) and Read-Aloud African-American Stories (978-1-57912-922-4).

The classic children's song becomes a favorite story! The new recording follows the story word-for-word so pre-readers can sing and "read" along with each page on their own. Children will develop pre-reading and word recognition skills and listening and motor skills as they sing, read, and interact with the song. The additional songs on the Music CD provide more sing-along fun!

The newest volume in the popular Read-Aloud series, this engaging collection features the best African-American short stories and excerpts to read to children in under ten minutes. The diverse tales, selected for their rich histories, spiritual writings and adventurous characters, offer the perfect bed-time--or any other time--activities for parents, grandparents, siblings or babysitters. The book includes 50 beautiful drawings that capture the spirit of these tales, legends, lore and fables. The narratives are faithful adaptations of the oral and written stories passed down through the centuries. They include Langston Hughes, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington and Paula Fox.

The classic children's song becomes a favorite story! The new recording follows the story word-for-word so pre-readers can sing and ""read"" along with each page on their own. Children will develop pre-reading and word recognition skills, and listening and motor skills as they sing, read and interact with the song. The additional songs on the music CD provide more sing-along fun! The lyrics are included as a PDF that you. can print from your own computer.

It’s a dark day for Itching Down. Four million wasps have just descended on the town, and the pests are relentless! What can be done? Bap the Baker has a crazy idea that just might work. . . .Readers will love listening to the lyrical, rhyming text as they watch the industrious citizens of Itching Down knead, bake, and slather the biggest wasp trap there ever was!