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This book introduces early readers to the long-tailed, yellow-eyed aye-aye. Simple text and vibrant images help engage children and grow a love of reading! Downloadable Teacher Notes available.

Do you ever feel like George? Are you curious? Are you mischievous? Curious kids can read along with their parents to see if they behave like the monkey best known for getting in and out of mischief.

"Share some love and give a hug with Teddy Bear Tim. Teddy Bear Tim LOVES hugs! He loves hugs so much that he wants to share all of his favorite kinds of hugs with you. Whether it's a happy hug, a sad hug, a fast hug, or a bear hug, Tim has three simple steps to follow to make sure you're giving the very best hug you can give. Inspired by Tim Harris's love for giving big bear hugs and his restaurant that offered up hugs on the menu, this charming...

This collection of interconnected short stories takes Tarzan back to his early years and tells of the exciting and formative events of his youth. These twelve tales show the ape-man before he learned of civilization or truly understood his human heritage. Tarzan finds an unlikely first love and first heartbreak, befriends an elephant, and tries to adopt a child with predictably mixed results. Gentle humor tempers tales of ferocious and violent action...

Chukcha the Mountain Monkey, a true story, reflects an adventurous bond of a very young, wild monkey with people found in the mountainous area of beautiful Ethiopia in Africa. Since author's childhood, a love for pets was a part of her day to day life of her multihome pets' background with their responsibilities, care, and admiration. The only pet seemed to be missing from her array of "pet collection" turned out to be a monkey that she happened...

George is so excited to go visit his friend Rami's school! George packs a banana snack and is ready to have an adventure. And what an adventure school is! Between Circle Time, outdoor play, and the many toys and crafts, George is one happy monkey. But can a curious monkey make it through the whole day without getting into any trouble? Young kindergarteners and preschoolers-to-be will get a sense of what a day at school is like, helping them, too,...

What makes an animal astute that allows them to adapt to their environment? First of all, what does, astute even mean? It's easy as ABC...all the way through the letter Z! That's where assonance and alliteration come into play and make learning about animals in an entertaining way. Assonance: the repetition of vowel sounds but not consonants in words (as "red hen") for poetic effect Alliteration: the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning...

¿Cómo logran algunos animales no ser vistos por sus depredadores o acercarse a sus presas sin ser advertidos? Un exquisito cruce entre lenguaje, información e imagen, para que los más pequeños descubran el camuflaje y disfruten de la ciencia.

"He was a good little monkey and always very curious." This is how H. A. Rey and his wife, Margret, first introduced their now beloved troublemaker-hero to young readers in 1941. In this hefty 192-page hardcover treasury, Curious George fans will find eight stories based on the popular primate, painted in Rey's original watercolor and charcoal style: Curious George Takes a Train (2002), Curious George Visits a Toy Store (2002), Curious George and...

I am the father of two bright and curious boys. When my oldest was little, he always had trouble winding down from the day and never wanted to go to bed. So, like most parents, I started to sing to him each night. I made up a fun little story of a restless monkey, and before long, bedtime was much less of a challenge. My boys are a few years older, but I still sing to them sometimes. It was on one of these occasions that I had the idea that this...