Early Childhood Education
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Umbrella
From the New York Times bestselling creators behind Stick and Stone comes an inspiring story of persistence, kindness, and curiosity—a perfect read-aloud, rain or shine. In a dreary town where it always rains, a little girl and her dog discover an unexpected way to spread the light. Told with surprise and humor, here is a story of generosity, perseverance, and the way that happiness can be contagious—all it takes is one person and a bright idea.
$24.99
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Underwear!
Bismark the Buffalo is grumpy and unlovable until his friends teach him how to laugh and show him that wearing colorful underwear can be great fun.
$9.95
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Elizabeth Verdick Voices Are Not for Yelling - Board Book
The toddler years are full of growth and smiles and sweetness—but also tantrums. With toddlers, yelling, screaming, wailing, and flailing are a normal part of life. Very young children don’t yet have the words to express strong feelings, and they’re still learning social skills. This board book helps little ones understand why it’s better to use an indoor voice—“so people hear the words and not the yelling”—and how to calm down and ask for help so they can get what they need. Also includes tips for parents and caregivers.The Best Behavior series uses simple words and delightful full-color illustrations to guide children to choose peaceful, positive behaviors. Select titles are available in two versions: a durable board book for ages baby–preschool, and a longer, more in-depth paperback for ages 4–7. Kids, parents, and teachers love these award-winning books. All include helpful tips and ideas for parents and caregivers.
$15.50
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Elizabeth Verdick Voices Are Not for Yelling Board Book
The toddler years are full of growth and smiles and sweetness—but also tantrums. With toddlers, yelling, screaming, wailing, and flailing are a normal part of life. Very young children don’t yet have the words to express strong feelings, and they’re still learning social skills. This board book helps little ones understand why it’s better to use an indoor voice—“so people hear the words and not the yelling”—and how to calm down and ask for help so they can get what they need. Also includes tips for parents and caregivers.The Best Behavior series uses simple words and delightful full-color illustrations to guide children to choose peaceful, positive behaviors. Select titles are available in two versions: a durable board book for ages baby–preschool, and a longer, more in-depth paperback for ages 4–7. Kids, parents, and teachers love these award-winning books. All include helpful tips and ideas for parents and caregivers.
$14.95
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Elizabeth Verdick Waiting Is Not Forever - Board Book
Toddlers learn skills for being patient that make waiting easier for everyone.Toddlers live in the moment. When they want something, they want it now. But learning self-control and delayed gratification will set up young children for success in school and in social settings. Practicing patience is the key. With her trademark mix of empathy and encouragement, author Elizabeth Verdick acknowledges that waiting can be frustrating and offers toddlers simple ideas to make waiting easier. Little ones can use waiting time to watch the world around them, listen to music, tell stories, sing songs, whisper, play games, build with Legos, draw pictures, move or stretch, and more. Children learn, “I can wait a while. I can do it with a smile.”In this twelfth addition to the best-selling Best Behavior board book series, Marieka Heinlen’s vivid illustrations of young children interacting with their caregivers and families bring warmth and fun to every spread. The book closes with tips to help parents and care providers foster patience in young children.
$15.50
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Elizabeth Verdick Waiting Is Not Forever Board Book
Toddlers learn skills for being patient that make waiting easier for everyone.Toddlers live in the moment. When they want something, they want it now. But learning self-control and delayed gratification will set up young children for success in school and in social settings. Practicing patience is the key. With her trademark mix of empathy and encouragement, author Elizabeth Verdick acknowledges that waiting can be frustrating and offers toddlers simple ideas to make waiting easier. Little ones can use waiting time to watch the world around them, listen to music, tell stories, sing songs, whisper, play games, build with Legos, draw pictures, move or stretch, and more. Children learn, “I can wait a while. I can do it with a smile.”In this twelfth addition to the best-selling Best Behavior board book series, Marieka Heinlen’s vivid illustrations of young children interacting with their caregivers and families bring warmth and fun to every spread. The book closes with tips to help parents and care providers foster patience in young children.
$15.50
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Thao Lam Wallpaper
This beautifully illustrated wordless picture book tells the story of a young girl whose family moves into a new house. Outside, she can hear other kids playing, but she's too shy to say hello. So she picks at the old wallpaper in her room revealing an entryway to a fantastic imaginary adventure world behind the walls. There, she runs between the vibrant and varied environments surrounded by birds, swimming in a frog pond, in a herd of art-deco sheep. When it comes time to go back to reality, the girl feels inspired with the courage to approach the other kids and say hello.
$19.95
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Doris Stickney, Gloria Claudia Ortiz Water Bugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Young Children
Looking for a meaningful way to explain the death of a five-year-old friend to neighborhood children, Stickney adapted a graceful fable about a water bug that left its pond and was transformed into a dragonfly. The water bug's questions about their friend's whereabouts are similar to those questions children ask when someone dies.
$14.95
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Hallee Adelman Way Past Afraid
Abbi and Van are having a sleepover at Grammy and Pop's. Should be fun! But there's a storm, with loud thunder and bursts of lightning. The lights go out. Van is way past scared. What can make him feel better?
$24.99
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Hallee Adelman, Karen Wall Way Past Jealous
Yaz is jealous. Way past jealous. Yaz loves to draw, but no one ever notices her pictures. Everyone loves Debby's drawings, and one even got put up on the classroom wall with a star on it. Now Yaz's jealousy is making her think ugly things, and even act mean! How can she get past being jealous?
$13.99
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Hallee Adelman, Karen Wall Way Past Sad
James is sad. Way past sad. His best friend, Sanj, is moving away. James feels all alone, and even hugs from Mom don't take away all his sad. But it helps to talk about it. Nothing can change the fact that Sanj is moving, but James learns that he can get past his sad.
$13.99
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We All Count
A Book of Ojibway Art This board book teaches children to count in English as well as in Ojibway. This beautifully illustrated book by Indigenous artist Jason Adair is a showcase of Ojibway art and culture. Ojibwe /oʊˈdʒɪbweɪ/,is also known as Ojibwa /oʊˈdʒɪbwə/, Ojibway, Otchipwe, or Ojibwemowin, is an indigenous language of North America of the Algonquian language family. The aggregated dialects of Ojibwemowin comprise the second most commonly spoken First Nations language in Canada (after Cree), and the fourth most widely spoken in the United States or Canada behind Navajo, the Inuit languages and Cree.* (*from Wikipedia)
$12.00
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Julie Flett We All Play
From Julie Flett, the beloved author and illustrator of Birdsong, comes a joyous new book about playtime for babies, toddlers, and kids up to age 7. Animals and kids love to play! This wonderful book celebrates playtime and the connection between children and the natural world. At the end of the book, animals and children gently fall asleep after a fun day of playing outside, making this book a great bedtime story. A beautiful ode to the animals and humans we share our world with, We All Play belongs on every bookshelf. This book also includes a glossary of Cree words for wild animals in the book and a pronunciation guide and link to audio pronunciation recordings.
$22.95
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Lydia Bowers, Isabel Muñoz We Are In Charge of Our Bodies
The sixth book in the We Say What's Okay series, We Are in Charge of Our Bodies follows Jackson and his classmates as they learn the names for their private body parts, that they can say what's okay for their bodies, and why it's important to respect others bodies. Using the book as a read-aloud, educators and families can model language to help children as they learn how to set and respect physical boundaries. The author, who hosts workshops and trainings on teaching boundaries and consent for families and early childhood educators around the country, offers additional activities in the back of the book.
$24.95
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Britta Teckentrup We Are Together
Celebrate the power of love and friendship in this beautiful book that features vibrant artwork, die-cut pages, and the inspiring message that when we work together, we can affect change. Each of us is wonderful and special on our own. But when we team up with friends, family, and even those whom we don't know, we can make amazing things happen. This inspiring book, which features vibrant artwork and die-cut pages, takes readers on a journey to understand that while we are able to accomplish much on our own, we will achieve even more, and be able to affect real change, when we join with others.
$11.99
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Lauren Murphy Payne, Melissa Iwai We Can Get Along: A Child's Book of Choices
At times, all children need a little help getting along with others and respecting differences - at school, in the neighborhood, at home, and on the playground. Teaching tolerance and encouraging acts of kindness through clear words and charming illustrations, We Can Get Along supports children's development with simple yet essential skills for conflict resolution and peacemaking. The book includes activities and discussion questions that teachers, parents, and other adults can use to further explore the topic with young children.
$18.50
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Lydia Bowers, Isabel Muñoz We Can Say No
The fifth book in the We Say What's Okay series, We Can Say No follows Zakiya and Sami as they learn that their bodies, including their hair, belong to them and that no one should touch them without permission. Using the book as a read-aloud, educators and families can model the language Zakiya and Sami's teacher uses to support them. The author, who hosts workshops and trainings on teaching boundaries and consent for families and early childhood educators around the country, offers additional activities in the back of the book
$24.95
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Lydia Bowers, Isabel Muñoz We Check In With Each Other
We Check In with Each Other follows Harrison as he checks in with himself and with his classmates throughout the day to see if they're still having fun and feeling safe. Using the book as a read-aloud, educators and families can model the language Harrison's teachers use to support children as they learn to listen to their body signals and respect the personal boundaries of others. The author, who hosts workshops and trainings on teaching consent for families and early childhood educators around the country, offers additional activities in the back of the book.
$24.95
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Ryan T. Higgins We Don't Eat Our Classmates
It's the first day of school for Penelope Rex, and she can't wait to meet her classmates. But it's hard to make human friends when they're so darn delicious! That is, until Penelope gets a taste of her own medicine and finds she may not be at the top of the food chain after all. . . . Ages: 3-5
$25.99
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Masiana Kelly, Tamara Campeau We Love You as Much as the Fox Loves Its Tail
This loving bedtime poem shares all the ways in which a family will welcome their long-awaited new member. Sharing love as deep as the beluga dives and as warm as the shaggy hair of the muskox, this poem envelopes a new baby in the embrace of their new home in all its forms — the Arctic landscape and the welcoming arms of family.
$18.95
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Korie Leigh, Mike Malbrough What Does Grief Really Feel Like?
Gentle and reassuring, What Does Grief Feel Like? shares the many ways people can grieve when a loved one dies and validates children’s unique grief experiences. Open-ended questions throughout the book invite children to share what they are thinking, feeling, and going through.
$27.95
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Tina Oziewicz, Aleksandra Zajac What Feelings Like Best
What would feelings do if they were little furry creatures? A picture book for grown-ups and kids to explore the emotions that live inside all of us. Nostalgia decorates the Christmas tree and thinks of yuletides gone by, Curiosity loves listening to all of Anxiety's fascinating worries while Patience enjoys calmly making jam for all her friends... Warm, funny and stunningly inventive, What Feelings Like Best gives us another peek into the lives of our feelings, and is sure to provoke many fascinating conversations about emotions with any child.
$25.95
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Cory Silverberg, Fiona Smyth What Makes a Baby?
Written by sexuality educator Cory Silverberg, and illustrated by award-winning Canadian artist Fiona Smyth, this book is for every kind of family and every kind of kid. This children's picture book about conception, gestation, and birth reflects the reality of our modern time by being inclusive of all kinds of kids, adults, and families, regardless of how many people were involved, their orientation, gender and other identity, or family composition. Ideal for reading with children ages 3 to 8, most parents and families will find it leaves room for them to educate their child without having to erase their own experience.
$24.95
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Julia Cook What's In It For Me?
Noodle is always being told what to do. Pull the weeds. Make his bed. Kick the ball a certain way in soccer. Ugh! But he wonders, why? What's in it for him? Luckily, the adults in Noodle's life are there to teach him the importance of moving 'need tos' into 'I did its!' Join Noodle as he learns the value of practicing small chores now, so he'll be ready for life's big challenges later.
$15.50
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