Books with title Rise, Shine!

"I caught a glimpse of the pets, too,” I admit. “They look like real animals, even move like them. I sort of wanted one, myself.”“Your dad could make you one?” Adanna asks.“Well, I’m still grieving over my last pet.”“What last pet?” she stops and stares at me. “PLEASE tell me you’re not talking about the exploding mutant guinea pig.”“It was a heartbreaking time, okay!” I say as she starts to laugh. “I’d like to have a pet, but… well, I’m not sure I want one that’s smarter than I am.” She starts laughing even harder, so I give up and take her cookie.All of a sudden Cubby jerks, looking up excitedly. “It’s on!” he says, running past me for the house. “It’s on! It’s on!” Robo says, chasing after him. I look at Adanna, who groans and gets to her feet. “Come on, we’re watching them, remember?”“Petleaves! Everybody loves Petleaves!” plays from the wall as we walk into their front room. It’s some sort of commercial, I guess? I walk over, looking at the wall-sized television, wondering what’s so fascinating. On the screen are a group of kids about Cubby’s age, surrounding a very strange looking plant…“’Danna, Sunny, it’s on!” Cubby says, pointing at it.“I know, Cubby, but remember, Papa said no. The only creatures we buy off the Dark Shopping Network are the ones that need to be in our sanctuary, remember?”I feel a chill run down my spine, barely hearing the two as I stare at the screen. The plant on the commercial… it’s moving just like an animal.

Illustrated in full color. Raffi's exuberant live performances, albums, songbooks, and concert videos have made him today's premiere family entertainer. And children love learning to read with Songs to Read®--the best-selling picturebook series that has sold over 1.5 million copies. Rise and Shine, the cheery new entry in the series, gives bounce to the beginning of the day. Large type makes the words of the song easy for little readers to follow, and lively pictures that show children starting the day in different time zones across North America give the song a clever storyline as it presents time and geography concepts.

Rise and Shine! is a captivating children's book that will create a spark of joy in the hearts and minds of every reader. It will inspire children to have confidence in themselves and to use their gifts to make a difference in the world. Our children are our greatest blessings. They are our most important work and what we leave in them now is what will stay with them forever. So the message of this book serves to encourage children everywhere to reach for their dreams. In a world full of possibilities, they must know and believe that their dreams are possible too because our future generation is not full of darkness. They are powerful lighthouses destined for greatness, and within each child lies special gifts that will help to change the world. These wonderful gifts that they have are precious, and we are never to join the choir of voices that tell them what they can't be in life. We as the pioneers hold the responsibility to tell our children who they are and what they have the potential to be. We must be the voices that protect their dreams, not the voices that destroy them. So I invite you to help me change the world one child at a time! Let's band together as a village to tell our children to rise with strength at every opportunity and shine bright because their gifts were never meant to be hidden.

Illustrated in full color. Raffi's exuberant live performances, albums, songbooks, and concert videos have made him today's premiere family entertainer. And children love learning to read with Songs to Read®--the best-selling picturebook series that has sold over 1.5 million copies. Rise and Shine, the cheery new entry in the series, gives bounce to the beginning of the day. Large type makes the words of the song easy for little readers to follow, and lively pictures that show children starting the day in different time zones across North America give the song a clever storyline as it presents time and geography concepts.

Rise and Shine! is a captivating children's book that will create a spark of joy in the hearts and minds of every reader. It will inspire children to have confidence in themselves and to use their gifts to make a difference in the world. Our children are our greatest blessings. They are our most important work and what we leave in them now is what will stay with them forever. So the message of this book serves to encourage children everywhere to reach for their dreams. In a world full of possibilities, they must know and believe that their dreams are possible too because our future generation is not full of darkness. They are powerful lighthouses destined for greatness, and within each child lies special gifts that will help to change the world. These wonderful gifts that they have are precious, and we are never to join the choir of voices that tell them what they can't be in life. We as the pioneers hold the responsibility to tell our children who they are and what they have the potential to be. We must be the voices that protect their dreams, not the voices that destroy them. So I invite you to help me change the world one child at a time! Let's band together as a village to tell our children to rise with strength at every opportunity and shine bright because their gifts were never meant to be hidden.

Children wonder about many things. In this tender and heart-warming story, one little girl can't stop wondering about children in Africa after the story her teacher tells her. Children and adults empathize with this little girl's desire to help others. And, when she connects her mother's morning encouragement to "Rise and Shine" with the joy she envisions beaming from the faces of the children in Africa, every reader is will be reminded that they don't have to travel across the globe to make a difference in the world.