Janet S Wong

A family prepares to celebrate the Lunar New Year and looks forward to the good luck they hope it will bring.

Fifth-grader Minn, the tallest girl in school, begins a rocky friendship with Jake, a new student who is not only very short, but is also afraid of the worms and lizards that Minn likes to collect.

Once a month--every week in the summer--Steve the electrician dons special gear and, with the help of youngsters who live in his building, dives into a dumpster seeking useful objects that they can transform into imaginative new ones.

As Mommy and Daddy begin their day and get ready for work, a child observes this morning routine at home as well as the buzzing of a busy bee outside the window.

A very tired and slightly grumpy Mommy falls asleep before Baby at naptime.

In this counting book, a child and parent play hide-and-seek while they bake cookies.

A family prepares to celebrate the Lunar New Year and looks forward to the good luck they hope it will bring.

A collection of poems describing a variety of dreams, some familiar, some strange, some beautiful, and some on the darker side.

An unpopular girl cheats on a math test when the most popular girl in school asks her to give her answers.

Hop to It: Poems to Get You Moving is an anthology of 100 poems by 90 poets--with fun factoids sprinkled throughout, thematic mini-lessons, and extensive back matter featuring useful tips to help maximize student learning. You can share a new poem or two each week of the school year--and come back to share your students' favorite poems over and over! Poems involve the whole body and incorporate a wide variety of movements--including deskercise! You'll...