Jon Stewart, Ellen DeGeneres, Rachel Ray, and Anderson Cooper have all hosted “What’s the Word on the Street?” the new segment on Sesame Street that introduces words and provides their meaning, context and uses to children. In book form it presents a spread for one of five words. The word “home,” for example, has readers looking at Elmo and his family in their living room, illustrating the word as well as giving context through labels that highlight the practical everyday things in homes, like “couch”, “lamp”, and “rug”. Other “words on the street” include “neighborhood”, “machine”, “travel”, and “conversation”. Each page has die-cuts that reveal fun elements on the subsequent spread; making the landscape more engaging and adding activity to the reading. The shaped form of this board book makes for a truly attractive learning tool that ties into an already familiar segment on the most trusted and respected show on television.

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Five adorable ocean friends are waiting for kids to ?guess who? in this fun and engaging book. Hidden behind ?peekaboo? flaps, a sea-turtle, sea lion, lobster, clownfish, and shark are just waiting to be discovered. Inviting rhymes offer simple clues to help readers guess who's hiding. A special, shiny surprise under each flap and big pop-up at the end add to the charm of this delightful book.

Young children love to play guessing games and with the fun rhyming text in Ocean Friends, they will learn animal identification. Rhymes on each spread prompt kids to guess who is hiding behind the big peek-a-boo flap.

? Features 5 familiar ocean creatures ? a sea-turtle, sea lion, lobster, clownfish, and shark

? Fun, rhyming text gives clues to help kids ?guess who? is beneath—Readers play peek-a-boo with a different animal on each page, guessing what it is, then lifting the flap to find out.

? Learning concept: Kids learn ocean creature identification as they read the fun rhyming text.

? Pop-up which includes all of the animals featured in the story is on the last spread, making this book extra special

? Great follow up title to GUESS WHO FARM FRIENDS (pub 6/06) and GUESS WHO SAFARI FRIENDS (pub 12/06)...

Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone join Princess Tasha for a royal fair at her castle. This should be a merry day, but the princess isn't merry at all. Can the Backyardigans make her smile? This Level 1 Ready-to-Read features rebus icons throughout....

Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone join Princess Tasha for a royal fair at her castle. This should be a merry day, but the princess isn't merry at all. Can the Backyardigans make her smile? This Level 1 Ready-to-Read features rebus icons throughout....

Austin is a robot repairman in Mega City, where robots never seem to break down. Then Uniqua calls and says Robot Reba is broken and on a rampage--she won't stop making cookies and refuses to share her cookies with anyone. Then, one robot after another has a breakdown. Professor Bug (Pablo) announces that he is controlling all of the robots, and he's going to rule Mega City! Can Austin and Uniqua save Mega City?...