金老爷家的四座钟，时间都不一样。门厅的钟是4点20分，阁楼的钟是4点23分，厨房的钟是4点25分，卧室的钟是4点26分，怎么办呢？金老爷很苦恼，请了钟表师傅来检验，结果却是每座钟都准。这道时间的谜题，请和孩子一起来解答。 《金老爷买钟》是《母鸡萝丝去散步》作者佩特·哈群斯又一杰作，故事看似简单，却有着小小的悬疑和趣味盎然的推理思考，以及作者一贯的明快色彩与幽默内涵。

In this Caldecott Honor–winning picture book, join Bartholomew Cubbins in Dr。 Seuss’s classic tale of one king’s magical mishap。 Bored with rain, sun, fog, and snow, King Derwin of Didd summons his royal magicians to create something new and exciting to fall from the sky。 What he gets is a storm of sticky green globs called Oobleck, which soon causes a royal mess。 But with the assistance of the wise page boy Bartholomew, the king （along with young readers） learns that the simplest words can sometimes solve the biggest problems。

Going on a long road trip or stuck inside on a rainy day? Thissuper cool book of more than 250 activities will keep kids havingfun--and learning important concepts like their ABCs--for hours!With punch-out-pieces, coloring pages, word searches, mazes, andmore than 150 colorful stickers, Super Cool Big Book of ActivityFun! will banish boredom forever! Kids can practice drawing the letter G, and reinforce thelesson by finding and placing a sticker of a giraffe. They canpunch out pictures of dinosaurs and use them to activate avibrantly illustrated scene, and then find fascinating dino facts,like how tyrannosaurus rex means king of the dinosaurs, on the nextpage. They can read all about the seasons of the year--and completea word search featuring springtime words to help them remembereverything they've learned. Exciting activities, great games, and lively learning-- SuperCool Big Book of Activity Fun! gives every kid the chance to getsmart!

What could make a better present than a Beginner Book writtenby Dr. Seuss? Six of them—for less than the price of two! We'vetaken the complete text and art of Great Day for Up! (illustratedby Quentin Blake); I Am Not Going to Get Up Today! (illustrated byJames Stevenson); I Wish That I Had Duck Feet (illustrated by T.Tobey); Maybe You Should Fly a Jet! Maybe You Should Be a Vet!(illustrated by Michael Smollin); Wacky Wednesday (illustrated byGeorge Booth); and Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog? (illustratedbyRoy McKie) and bound them together in one sturdy hardcover omnibus.A perfect introduction to reading that will whet young readersappetites for additional books in the Beginner Book series.

Fans of illustrator Mary Blair will cherish thisnever-before-published treasury of her Golden Books, which includesmaterial that hasn't been in print in decades. I Can Fly is here inits unabridged glory, as are Baby's House, The Up and Down Book,and The Golden Book of Little Verses. Many of the finest pages fromThe New Golden Song Book are included, to round out this gorgeouscollection. All of the original artwork has been digitallyreproduced, and has never looked more breathtaking! Academy Award-winning animator John Canemaker—author of The Artand Flair of Mary Blair—wrote the foreword for this highlyanticipated book honoring one of the most beloved illustrators ofour time.

Olivia, like many young pigs, experiences life very intensely. She is utterly obsessed with having her mother make her a red soccer shirt (even though the team color is green), until, of course, she discovers that her favorite toy, her very best toy, is missing, at which point she becomes utterly obsessed with finding it. She looks under the rug, the sofa, and the cat. She shouts accusingly at both her younger brother Ian and her baby brother William, who responds with an unsatisfactory "Wooshee gaga." That night (a dark and stormy one), she hears a horrible sound emanating from behind a closed door, and, in a dramatic scene illuminated by her flaming candelabra and showcased in a fold-out spread, she sees the family dog Perry chewing her favorite toy to bits. As devastating as this is to a passionate young pig, "even Olivia couldn't stay mad forever." She sews up her dismembered toy and falls asleep that very night cozied up with both it and the toy-wrecking Perry. The New Yorker cartoonist and Caldecott Hon

Dora the Explorer is back for more adventures in her second phonics box! Based on the best research on how children develop reading skills, these twelve books introduce a carefully selected progression of letter sounds-starting starting with the easiest and most common. Each book helps build a young reader's confidence with repeated examples of the letter sounds being focused on, as well as "words to learn" and "words to sound out." These books will readily appeal to Dora's audience of beginning readers as they capture all of the familiar elements from Dora's hit TV show, including her spunky personality.

Cynthia Rylant is the author of more than 100 books for youngpeople, including the beloved Henry and Mudge, Annie and Snowball,and Mr. Putter Tabby series. Her novel Missing May receivedthe Newbery Medal. She lives in Lake Oswego, Oregon.Su?ie Stevensonis the acclaimed author and illustrator of more than fifty booksfor children, and is best known as the illustrator of the popularHenry and Mudge books by Cynthia Rylant. She lives on Cape Cod,Massachusetts, with her little cocker spaniel, Gracie.

From circles and squares to arches and stars, Museum Shapesintroduces children to basic and complex shapes through TheMetropolitan Museum+s extensive and varied collections of art. Eachshape has two spreads devoted to it; the first spread asks whatshape a certain object is in a chosen piece of art. Once the childhas the answer, he or she can turn the page to verify the answer.Information about each piece of art and its creator appears in theback of the book. While children discover different shapes, adultswill appreciate the aesthetic value and cultural richness of thisglorious book, which features the works of a diverse range ofartists including Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, and DanteGabriel Rossetti.

Scholastic s award-winning reading program is now available topre-readers with the creation of My First Bob BooksTM. Expandingupon the Bob Books method and philosophy, these brand new setsoffer children and their parents simple and satisfying tools thatlay an important foundation for reading readiness. My First BobBooks:Alphabet helps children match sounds to letters, letters towords, and words to a story through the introduction of uppercaseand lowercase letters and initial letter sounds. My First BobBooks:Pre-Reading Skills uses humorous read-aloud stories tointroduce spatial, relational and sequencing concepts that kidsneed in preparation for reading.

Paddington Bear has been delighting adults and children alikewith his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures forover fifty years. Now four of the best-loved classic London picturebooks are brought together in one volume. Paddington Bear had travelled all the way from Darkest Peruwhen the Brown family first met him on Paddington station. Sincethen their lives have never been quite the same… for ordinarythings become quite extraordinary when a bear called Paddington isaround. This fun-filled treasury brings together four of Paddingtonhilarious London-based picture book adventures for the firsttime. Paddington at the Zoo Paddington at the Palace Paddington and the Marmalade Maze Paddngton and the Grand Tour

In this treasury of 12 stories, your favorite Marvel Super Hero, the Amazing Spider-Man, faces off against some of his most powerful foes, including the Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, the Lizard and others. Each story is the perfect length for reading aloud in just around five minutes, making it perfect for bedtime or anytime. The package also features a padded cover, plussing up this already fantastic format.