Books with title home sweet home, good-bye

Turtle is looking for a new shell house – but none of them seem quite right!Children will love this tactile book, filled with textured flaps to lift and explore. Have fun lifting each flap to see what's inside each house!The funny, rhyming text will engage young children, and Stuart Lynch's funny illustrations are sure to entertain!A funny story with five textured flaps to explore!

Kids will have their imaginations captured by this beautiful, non-fiction picture book that looks at home from around the world. Home from Home celebrates the wide diversity of living quarters people around the world live in. Find out who lives in a Brooklyn brownstone or a Tokyo apartment! What about a London townhouse, or a cabin in Reykjavik? Up and coming talent Paula Blumen illustrates all of these great views of home. There’s never been a better time to remember the importance of home for everyone.

This Level C little reader is designed to support children at the emergent stage of literacy, and features the following characteristics: One to two lines of text per page High-support illustrations with close text-to-picture match Repeated and recognizable high-frequency words Punctuation conventions such as quotation marks in dialogue Consistent text placement on the page, with slight variations such as speech bubbles Familiar story themes that build on children’s experience

What makes a house a home? How is your house similar or different to others around the world?From tents and huts to bobbing boats and apartments high up in the sky – they are all wonderfully varied, but there is something that makes them all special . . . Meet a variety of families throughout the book in this wonderful celebration of different cultures. Discover gers in Mongolia, tree houses in Japan, apartments in Italy, eco houses, canal boats and much, much more.

This story about understanding the true meaning of "home" is designed to teach children an important lesson in a fun and engaging way. With whimsical illustrations and fun animal sounds to hold young reader's attention, Home Sweet Home follows a little turtle's journey as he visits his animal friends and discovers how special his shell really is. And, a portion of all sales proceeds from this book will be donated to charity! For more information about our mission and the charities we support, please visit our Read for a Cause website.