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Simple, funny action words and onomatopoeia describe three silly ducks'' rather impolite visit to their Auntie Goose''s house. This rollicking, tongue-twisting, rhyming story of three enthusiastic houseguests, paired with the lively artwork of illustrator Viviana Garofoli, is sure to be a speedy favorite of beginning readers everywhere.Step 1 (Ready to Read) is for children who know the alphabet and are ready to read. Step 1 titles have big type and easy words, rhyme and rhythm, and picture clues.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Explains  amp quot ouch moments amp quot in kid-friendly terms, offers practical strategies for what kids can do to help, and empowers kids to stand up to mean and hurtful language.Microaggressions or amp ldquo ouch moments, amp rdquo as they are referred to in the story, are brief exchanges where an indignity, insult, or slight is expressed-whether intentionally or not-from one person to another. For instance, when children use words like amp ldquo lame amp rdquo or amp ldquo gay amp rdquo to mean that something is bad, weird, or different, they communicate a message that having a disability or being part of LGBTQ+ community is equal to being bad, weird, or different. Children likely are not trying to be hurtful they may just be repeating words that they have heard in the past and may not realize the discriminatory connotations.Young people have a wonderful capacity to care about each other. However, they need guidance, mentoring, and modeling from adults to understand the impact of their words and behaviors.  A Note to Parents and Caregivers by Kevin L. Nadal, PhD, provides more information about microaggressions, and strategies for talking to children about hurtful language, discrimination, and bias.Excerpt:When a bee stings, Ouch! That hurts!When your finger gets caught in a closing door, that hurts a lot.Hearing a mean or hurtful word hurts a lot, too. When other kids say something mean or hurtful, it is hard to know what to do.

Roll dough, not too thick. Which fillings to pick? Purim is coming!The fifth in the popular Jewish holiday board book series by Newman and Garofoli, a family and their adorable dog celebrate the kid-friendly holiday of Purim with its megillah reading, parade, cookie baking, and carnival.

Roll dough, not too thick. Which fillings to pick? Purim is coming!The fifth in the popular Jewish holiday board book series by Newman and Garofoli, a family and their adorable dog celebrate the kid-friendly holiday of Purim with its megillah reading, parade, cookie baking, and carnival.

Readers join a cute family and their dog as they light the menorah, eat latkes, unwrap gifts, sing songs, play dreidel, eat chocolate Hanukkah gelt, and march like Maccabees during the eight nights of Hanukkah in this cute 12-page board book. Includes "3D-feeling"art by Viviana Garofoli.Introduce young children to Jewish life, Jewish holidays, and Shabbat with Very First Board Books.

Passover is coming!Readers join a cute family and their dog as they prepare for and celebrate the spring holiday of Passover, cleaning the house, making matzah ball soup, assembling the seder plate, saying the Four Questions, and looking for the afikomen at the end of the seder.This 12-page board book features ''3D-feeling'' art by Viviana Garofoli, who illustrates all the books in this Jewish holiday series including Shabbat is Coming!, Hanukkah is Coming! and Rosh Hashanah is Coming!. Introduce young children to Jewish life with these Very First Board Books.

Introduce young children to Jewish life with Very First Board Books.Crack the eggs. Hear the sound?Make this braided challah round.Rosh Hashanah is coming.This sweet board book celebrates the Jewish New Year, and is the fourth in Tracy Newman''s Jewish holiday series. As Kirkus said of Shabbat is Coming!, a previous book in this series, ". . . the bouncy verse and Garofoli''s richly colored, slightly three-dimensional cartoons against canvas-textured background provide a compelling introduction to the weekly celebration."

Friday''s here. Jump and cheer. Shabbat is coming!Told in simple rhyme, a family and their pet puppy eagerly prepare for Shabbat.Introduce young children to Jewish life, Jewish holidays, and Shabbat with Very First Board Books.

The ninth in the popular Jewish holiday board book series by Newman and Garofoli, a family and their puppy celebrate Havdalah, the weekly ritual celebrating the end of Shabbat and welcoming the new week.

The ninth in the popular Jewish holiday board book series by Newman and Garofoli, a family and their puppy celebrate Havdalah, the weekly ritual celebrating the end of Shabbat and welcoming the new week.

Friendly, colorful trucks and other vehicles prepare for Jewish Friday night sabbath celebration of Shabbat dinner.A fun read-alound, this rhyming picture book includes steam rollers, excavators and cement mixers as all the trucks come together on Shabbat night to prepare. They clean and set the table. They braid challah and light candles. And when the night is done, it's time to sleep.

Colorful trucks work together to prepare a Hanukkah celebration in this read-aloud counting book for fans of Where Do Diggers Celebrate Hanukkah? and Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site.This cheerful, rhyming picture book pairs the functions of a variety of trucks and vehicles to the rituals and practices that families do to celebrate Hanukkah, while also building counting skills. Whether it’s one trailer truck or eight garbage trucks, everyone pitches in to help, and their teamwork is what makes the holiday one of joy and warmth.A perfect companion to Shabbat Shalom, the Trucks Come Home.

“Peek-a-boo!” says a child on each page of this Passover board book, as little readers get a glimpse of all the items that appear on the Passover seder table. Turn the page to find out what each item is!

“Peek-a-boo!” says a child on each page of this Passover board book, as little readers get a glimpse of all the items that appear on the Passover seder table. Turn the page to find out what each item is!

Amira loves cholent—the special stew her family eats on Shabbat. And this year, she and Nana are competing in the big cholent competition! They use their Iraqi family’s special recipe. But when people see the ingredients, they say, “This is not a cholent!” Even the judges don’t know what to do. Can Amira and Nana show that their cholent is a winner?