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Nothing fazes Pete the Cat with his rocking red high top tennis shoes. Pete takes the first day of school in stride as he discovers new places such as the library, the cafeteria, and the playground. The text is made up of the lyrics to the song he sings throughout the school day as he reads, eats, plays, paints, adds and writes in his school shoes.

Learn all about squid anatomy and build big blue squids from plastic bottles and bubble wrap!

Big Blue Squid Bottle Craft and Science Activity

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This story about Gerald—a friendly, yet clumsy giraffe—is told in rhythmic, rhyming text that keeps its own beat as it is read aloud. After Gerald is humiliated at the Jungle Dance, he meets a wise, violin-playing cricket who teaches him to discover his own unique and wonderful moves.

This playful book is written in simple, repetitive text, a perfect choice for emergent readers.

Children think about what it means to be big, bigger, and biggest in this language and fine motor skills activity--a perfect fit after reading Kevin Sherry's hilarious book I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean.