Step into reading. Step 1

Winnie the Pooh goes on an Easter egg hunt with a hole in the bottom of his basket.

A panda cub tries to find out what kind of kiss is just right for him, with help from his parents.

Rhyming text explores the many options that summer presents to two best friends, from swimming in a pool versus swimming in the sea, to wearing flip flops versus going barefoot.

Who doesn't love to go apple picking at the first sign of fall? A sister and brother celebrate autumn with a trip to a local apple orchard in this simple, rhyming Step 1 early reader.

In February of 1908, six cars from four countries gathered in Times Square for the pistol shot that began the first around-the-world automobile race.

While kite flying one beautiful summer day, Sister Bear and Brother Bear encounter kites of many different shapes and sizes.

A boy and his family visit a pumpkin patch, where they ride on a cart, see animals, and pick out a pumpkin that is just right for carving.

A simple poem describing all kinds of stars that appear in the night sky. ''I like stars. Blue stars. Far stars. Shooting stars. I like stars!'' Poem originally pub. in The Friendly Book, 1954. Margaret Wise Brown wrote hundreds of books and stories during her life, but she is best known for Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny. Even though she died over 45 years ago, her books still sell very well. Margaret loved animals. Most of her books have animals as characters in the story. She liked to write books that had a rhythm to them. Sometimes she would put a hard word into the story or poem. She thought this made children think harder when they are reading. She wrote all the time. There are many scraps of paper where she quickly wrote down a story idea or a poem. She said she dreamed stories and then had to write them down in the morning before she forgot them. She tried to write the way children wanted to hear a story, which often isn't the same way an adult would tell a story. She also taught illustrators to draw the way a child saw things. One time she gave two puppies to someone who was going to draw a book with that kind of dog. The illustrator painted many pictures one day and then fell asleep. When he woke up, the papers he painted on were bare. The puppies had licked all the paint off the paper. Margaret died after surgery for a bursting appendix while in France. She had many friends who still miss her. They say she was a creative genius who made a room come to life with her excitement. Margaret saw herself as something else - a writer of songs and nonsense.

Simple text and illustrations portray a small dog waking up, having breakfast, and getting ready to play.

In brief rhyming text, lists all the types of fish the narrator likes.

Three little monkeys swing through a market in India causing mayhem as they playfully pass through the stalls.

In this adaptation of a familiar story, a father and son take the advice of different people on how they should carry their chiles to market.

The Berenstain Bears go up and down on an escalator.

Simple text and illustrations portray a small dog getting ready for bed, sleeping, dreaming, and waking up.

Aaron the alligator gets stuck in a snowball, falls through the ice, and sleeps through the New Year celebration.

"Aaron the Alligator loves to play sports--but isn't quite an all-star athlete"--Provided by publisher.

Sulley and Mike introduce young readers to the concept of opposites.