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Bakers Dozen, The

At the most charming bakery, the pastry chefs of The Baker's Dozen learn to embrace change--and encounter the delights of the doughnut! The work at The Bakers Dozen bakery goes like clockwork--all twelve bakers have a job to do and the jobs are completed without a hitch. When a new chef shows up looking for a spot on the team, and with a tempting treat too, the bakers insist The Bakers Dozen is ""twelve, no more!"" Even if the doughnuts do look delicious... Luckily, the new chef knows something surprising about a baker's dozen.

Baking Up Love

Esther and her mom are supposed to bake cupcakes after school this afternoon for tomorrow's Literacy Feast. But when Esther arrives home, her mom is still at work, and she finds Grandpa snoozing in his favourite reading chair. ""Grandpa! Wake up!"" Grandpa reassures a doubtful Esther that he does in fact know how to bake, a skill he learned from Esther's late grandmother. Grandpa and Esther bake, dance, and sing, filling the kitchen, and their hearts, with Grandma's special ingredientClove.

Balance and Motion (First Step Nonfiction)

This series introduces students to different motion concepts—from spinning and rolling and staying still to going from here to there. Colorful photos and simple sentence constructions support beginning readers while teaching key science content. This series meets both science and reading standards.

Band Together

Duck is a solo act. He loves the peace and solitude of his beachside home, strumming his ukulele beneath the stars. After helping stranded band players Bear, Fox, and Seagull fix their broken-down tour van, he has tons of fun playing songs and hanging out with his new friends. Maybe he could ask the Band if they want to play with him again. But why would they want to be friends with Duck? When Seagull gets sick, it looks like the concert will get canceled. Or will Duck drum up the courage and accept Bear's invitation to join the Band? Will Duck help his new friends out?

Bandia Novel, A

Bands

Early readers will discover the styles and origins of the many kinds of bands popular in the United States in the Bands series. Easy-to-read text and exciting images illustrate the history, function, and people who play in each kind of band. Each title in the series has been developed for children ages 5 to 7 and is designed to inspire beginning readers to become independent readers. The titles promote literacy and fluency through a focus on key concepts and sight words. All sight and content words used in a title are listed for quick reference on page 24. Bands is a series of AV2 media enhanced books. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. These books come alive with video, audio, weblinks, slideshows, activities, hands-on experiments, and much more.

Bands That Rock!

Students will learn about each member before the band, how the individuals came together, the inspiration behind their greatest hits, trials and tribulations, breakups and reunions, and where they are now. The series also explores major events and culture shifts at the time of the band's fame, how they used entertainment to share social messages with their fans around the world, and their lasting influence on today's society.

Bang

From the acclaimed author of The Magical Life of Mr. Renny, this nearly-wordless picture book is guaranteed to make pre-schoolers giggle. Filled with bright colours, car crashes, and animal mix-ups, young readers will delight in every humorous detail!

Banned Book

The words were dangerous. For as long as people have been expressing their opinions in writing, there have been those in positions of power who have succeeded in censoring those thoughts. In this timely and provocative parable, a book is first subjected to redaction, then removal from a library. What becomes of a banned book? Is it really just landfill fodder in the end? Readers must decide for themselves.

Banned Books: The Controversy Over What Students Read

Public and school libraries around the nation are experiencing a rash of efforts to ban books. Behind these efforts are parents and politicians who believe that hundreds of books and topics are not fit for young readers. Though this group is vocal, recent polls show that a majority of Americans oppose book bans. This book examines the types of books that are being challenged or banned-and why-as well as who should decide what America’s young people read.