Paige Billin-Frye

A young girl says this classic rhyme as she serves her dolls pease porridge at a tea party. Activities for further learning Author/Illustrator biography Educational front/back matter Some poems and songs are time-tested favorites with very young kids. The simple rhymes and catchy melodies help youngsters develop key verbal skills and learn the essentials of storytelling--all while having fun! These cheery editions feature bright, whimsical, original...

Every February 2nd, people in the United States wait to see if Punxsutawney Phil, a groundhog living in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, will see his shadow and predict six more weeks of cold weather. But how can a groundhog predict the weather? And if it's winter, shouldn't he be hibernating? Are such predictions really accurate? Why is February 2nd so special? And do other groundhogs predict the weather?

Explains the historical background of Halloween and provides tips for celebrating Halloween safely.

When a little girl's caterpillar becomes a butterfly during a snowfall, she sends it off to California where it can find flowers to drink from.

A young girl's lucky ring helps her be the perfect flower girl in her sister's wedding.

"Ben really wants to answer the riddle that would win him a big jar of jelly beans, but he is too shy to say it out loud"--

When Dan accidentally brings an earthworm to school, he gets a homework assignment that helps him solve a nagging problem--what to give his mother for her birthday.

In an attempt to reclaim the playground, Trevor figures out how to use an uneven seesaw to teach Buzz and his bully buddies a lesson.

Seth cannot forgive his friend Jacob for breaking a favorite toy until he learns first hand that friends and family are more valuable than anything.

How did the clouds get their names? The story of Luke Howard and his interest in the weather with a modern day student's weather journals added in.