Learning center emergent readers

Examines the many things that reading a book can help you do, from fixing a bike to finding a friend's phone number to playing pretend.

Photographs and simple text tell how to use each of the five senses to learn more about the world.

Simple text and photographs introduce the materials artists use to create their work, including paint, chalk, and thread.

Presents different animal sculptures and their materials, including a rock fish, metal horse, and wooden pig.

Shows how Gloria Elliott uses clay to make sculptures, mobiles, music boxes, necklaces, and finger puppets.

A counting book presenting children engaged in various sports, including swimming, football, and rollerblading.

Photographs and simple text explore the world of babies and their needs.

Simple text and photographs depict the numbers one to twelve in interesting places.

Paintings by such artists as Matisse, Edward Hopper, and Georgia O'Keeffe introduce the variety of subjects, colors, and styles that can be found in art.

Simple text and photographs explore the world of science outdoors and how it can involve observing, experimenting, and testing.

A simple introduction to some of the tools that help us make scientific discoveries, including the funnel, ruler, magnifier, and eyedropper.

Depicts various shapes that can be found in buildings, including triangles, squares, circles, and rectangles.

Examines the daily activities of author-illustrator Tedd Arnold and his creation Huggly, a little monster.