Katharine Kenah – författare

This heartfelt story is just right for all children getting ready for first grade and other big early steps!On the first day of first grade, Sam is excited to share his news with the class. While some kids report losing a tooth or going to soccer camp, Sam tells the class that his elephant had a baby. "No way!" cry his classmates. "No one has an elephant." Will Sam be able to convince his classmates that he's telling the truth?First graders and first graders to be will root for Sam, who is so excited to share his news that he can't sit still and nearly falls off his chair. First graders will relate, and their parents, caregivers, and teachers will smile in fond recognition.The team that wrote and illustrated the I Can Read favorites The Best Chef in Second Grade and The Best Seat in Second Grade knows how to create a gentle, believable, sweet story that helps kids explore their emotions and reflect on their own experiences.The Best Seat in First Grade is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. Whether shared at home or in a classroom, the short sentences, familiar words, and simple concepts of Level One books support success for children eager to start reading on their own.

A pair of eyes glows out at you from the darkness. You hear the flapping of wings. Shh! Night Animals introduces fascinating facts about some of the most interesting animals ever to roam the night.The Spectrum(R) Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of nonfiction reading skills crucial to a young reader’s success. Each leveled reader features high-interest informational content, exciting full-color photo illustrations and Common Core aligned comprehension practice focused on the development of critical thinking skills. This multilevel series is the perfect addition to any library at school or home.

A humming sound grows louder and louder. Suddenly, a bug the size of your hand is resting on your shoulder! Wow! Big Animals introduces some of the largest, and most interesting, creatures on planet earth.Spectrum(R) Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of nonfiction reading skills crucial to a young reader’s success. Each leveled reader features high-interest informational content, exciting full-color photo illustrations and Common Core aligned comprehension practice focused on the development of critical thinking skills. This multilevel series is the perfect addition to any library at school or home.

A gray fin suddenly rises out of the still blue water. Watch out! A great white shark is looking for its next meal. Cool! Sea Life introduces some of the most interesting and unusual creatures that live beneath the ocean’s surface.Spectrum(R) Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of nonfiction reading skills crucial to a young reader’s success. Each leveled reader features high-interest informational content, exciting full-color photo illustrations and Common Core aligned comprehension practice focused on the development of critical thinking skills. This multilevel series is the perfect addition to any library at school or home.

Zap! The sea anemone stings and paralyzes a passing small fish. It has just captured dinner for itself and the clown fish. Look! Nature''s Helpers introduces some of the most remarkable, and unexpected, symbiotic animal partnerships in the natural world.Spectrum(R) Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of nonfiction reading skills crucial to a young reader’s success. Each leveled reader features high-interest informational content, exciting full-color photo illustrations and Common Core aligned comprehension practice focused on the development of critical thinking skills. This multilevel series is the perfect addition to any library at school or home.

Thunder booms. Lightning crashes in the sky. Watch out! Alert! Wild Weather introduces fascinating facts about some of the fiercest weather conditions on earth.The Spectrum Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of non-fiction reading skills crucial to a young reader’s success. Each leveled reader features high-interest informational content, exciting full-color photo illustrations and Common Core aligned comprehension practice focused on the development of critical thinking skills. This multi-level series is the perfect addition to any library at school or home.

Your breath quickens as you stand atop the Empire State Building. Over a thousand feet below you, the ground appears to spin. Amazing! Structures introduces some of the most awe-inspiring, man-made creations in the world.Spectrum(R) Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of nonfiction reading skills crucial to a young reader’s success. Each leveled reader features high-interest informational content, exciting full-color photo illustrations and Common Core aligned comprehension practice focused on the development of critical thinking skills. This multilevel series is the perfect addition to any library at school or home.

A female sea turtle swims slowly and steadily against the ocean tide. With each stroke, she is a little bit closer to completing her thousand-mile journey back to the beach where she was born. Wild! Animal Journeys investigates the incredible migrations that some animals make each year.Spectrum(R) Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of nonfiction reading skills crucial to a young reader’s success. Each leveled reader features high-interest informational content, exciting full-color photo illustrations and Common Core aligned comprehension practice focused on the development of critical thinking skills. This multilevel series is the perfect addition to any library at school or home.

Brace yourself. Nearby, a volcano spews red-hot molten lava that is flowing right toward you! Warning! Disasters introduces electrifying facts about natural disasters and other events that rock the earth.Spectrum(R) Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of nonfiction reading skills crucial to a young reader’s success. Each leveled reader features high-interest informational content, exciting full-color photo illustrations and Common Core aligned comprehension practice focused on the development of critical thinking skills. This multilevel series is the perfect addition to any library at school or home.

You step up to a ledge and look down into a canyon that is two miles deep. Where on earth are you? Extreme! Earth introduces some of the most radical locations on planet Earth.Spectrum(R) Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of nonfiction reading skills crucial to a young reader’s success. Each leveled reader features high-interest informational content, exciting full-color photo illustrations and Common Core aligned comprehension practice focused on the development of critical thinking skills. This multilevel series is the perfect addition to any library at school or home.

Don’t move. A hairy spider is lurking right behind you! Danger! Deadly Animals introduces spine-tingling facts about some of the smallest, and deadliest, animals in the world.Spectrum(R) Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of nonfiction reading skills crucial to a young reader’s success. Each leveled reader features high-interest informational content, exciting full-color photo illustrations and Common Core aligned comprehension practice focused on the development of critical thinking skills. This multilevel series is the perfect addition to any library at school or home.

You see something move out of the corner of your eye. Is anything out there? Look Closely! Hidden Animals introduces some of the incredible animals that utilize camouflage to survive in the wild.Spectrum(R) Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of nonfiction reading skills crucial to a young reader’s success. Each leveled reader features high-interest informational content, exciting full-color photo illustrations and Common Core aligned comprehension practice focused on the development of critical thinking skills. This multilevel series is the perfect addition to any library at school or home.

A human being loses an average of 70–100 strands of hair a day. A sneeze travels at speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour. Fascinating! Human Bodies delves inside the human body and introduces these extraordinary facts and more!Spectrum(R) Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of nonfiction reading skills crucial to a young reader’s success. Each leveled reader features high-interest informational content, exciting full-color photo illustrations and Common Core aligned comprehension practice focused on the development of critical thinking skills. This multilevel series is the perfect addition to any library at school or home.

You hear a growl. Something rustles in the leaves. A giant predator has just found its next victim! Run! Predators introduces amazing facts about some of the most fascinating predators on earth.Spectrum(R) Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of nonfiction reading skills crucial to a young reader’s success. Each leveled reader features high-interest informational content, exciting full-color photo illustrations and Common Core aligned comprehension practice focused on the development of critical thinking skills. This multilevel series is the perfect addition to any library at school or home.

Thousands of stars sparkle in the sky. A bolt of light streaks across the darkness. Mysterious! Outer Space introduces some of the most fascinating facts about outer space.Spectrum(R) Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of nonfiction reading skills crucial to a young reader’s success. Each leveled reader features high-interest informational content, exciting full-color photo illustrations and Common Core aligned comprehension practice focused on the development of critical thinking skills. This multilevel series is the perfect addition to any library at school or home.

A bug softly lands on a small plant. Whoosh! It has just been caught inside the mouth of a meat-eating pitcher plant. Strange! Plants introduces some of the most shocking plants on earth. Spectrum(R) Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of nonfiction reading skills crucial to a young reader’s success. Each leveled reader features high-interest informational content, exciting full-color photo illustrations and Common Core aligned comprehension practice focused on the development of critical thinking skills. This multilevel series is the perfect addition to any library at school or home.

A pair of eyes glows out at you from the darkness. You hear the flapping of wings. Shh! Night Animals introduces fascinating facts about some of the most interesting animals ever to roam the night.The Spectrum® Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of nonfiction reading skills crucial to a young reader’s success. Each leveled reader features high-interest informational content, exciting full-color photo illustrations and Common Core aligned comprehension practice focused on the development of critical thinking skills. This multilevel series is the perfect addition to any library at school or home.

A humming sound grows louder and louder. Suddenly, a bug the size of your hand is resting on your shoulder! Wow! Big Animals introduces some of the largest, and most interesting, creatures on planet earth.Spectrum® Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of nonfiction reading skills crucial to a young reader’s success. Each leveled reader features high-interest informational content, exciting full-color photo illustrations and Common Core aligned comprehension practice focused on the development of critical thinking skills. This multilevel series is the perfect addition to any library at school or home.

A gray fin suddenly rises out of the still blue water. Watch out! A great white shark is looking for its next meal. Cool! Sea Life introduces some of the most interesting and unusual creatures that live beneath the ocean’s surface.Spectrum® Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of nonfiction reading skills crucial to a young reader’s success. Each leveled reader features high-interest informational content, exciting full-color photo illustrations and Common Core aligned comprehension practice focused on the development of critical thinking skills. This multilevel series is the perfect addition to any library at school or home.

Zap! The sea anemone stings and paralyzes a passing small fish. It has just captured dinner for itself and the clown fish. Look! Nature''s Helpers introduces some of the most remarkable, and unexpected, symbiotic animal partnerships in the natural world.Spectrum® Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of nonfiction reading skills crucial to a young reader’s success. Each leveled reader features high-interest informational content, exciting full-color photo illustrations and Common Core aligned comprehension practice focused on the development of critical thinking skills. This multilevel series is the perfect addition to any library at school or home.

Thunder booms. Lightning crashes in the sky. Watch out! Alert! Wild Weather introduces fascinating facts about some of the fiercest weather conditions on earth.The Spectrum Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of non-fiction reading skills crucial to a young reader’s success. Each leveled reader features high-interest informational content, exciting full-color photo illustrations and Common Core aligned comprehension practice focused on the development of critical thinking skills. This multi-level series is the perfect addition to any library at school or home.

Your breath quickens as you stand atop the Empire State Building. Over a thousand feet below you, the ground appears to spin. Amazing! Structures introduces some of the most awe-inspiring, man-made creations in the world.Spectrum(R) Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of nonfiction reading skills crucial to a young reader’s success. Each leveled reader features high-interest informational content, exciting full-color photo illustrations and Common Core aligned comprehension practice focused on the development of critical thinking skills. This multilevel series is the perfect addition to any library at school or home.

A female sea turtle swims slowly and steadily against the ocean tide. With each stroke, she is a little bit closer to completing her thousand-mile journey back to the beach where she was born. Wild! Animal Journeys investigates the incredible migrations that some animals make each year.Spectrum(R) Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of nonfiction reading skills crucial to a young reader’s success. Each leveled reader features high-interest informational content, exciting full-color photo illustrations and Common Core aligned comprehension practice focused on the development of critical thinking skills. This multilevel series is the perfect addition to any library at school or home.

Brace yourself. Nearby, a volcano spews red-hot molten lava that is flowing right toward you! Warning! Disasters introduces electrifying facts about natural disasters and other events that rock the earth.Spectrum® Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of nonfiction reading skills crucial to a young reader’s success. Each leveled reader features high-interest informational content, exciting full-color photo illustrations and Common Core aligned comprehension practice focused on the development of critical thinking skills. This multilevel series is the perfect addition to any library at school or home.

You see something move out of the corner of your eye. Is anything out there? Look Closely! Hidden Animals introduces some of the incredible animals that utilize camouflage to survive in the wild.Spectrum® Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of nonfiction reading skills crucial to a young reader’s success. Each leveled reader features high-interest informational content, exciting full-color photo illustrations and Common Core aligned comprehension practice focused on the development of critical thinking skills. This multilevel series is the perfect addition to any library at school or home.