"Simple words accompany descriptive illustrations in this read-alone book."--

Letta, charged with collecting and saving words, uncovers a sinister plan to suppress language, robbing the people of Ark of the power of speech, and realizes she must also save the culture, itself.

"Dictionary wishes she could tell a story like other books. So one day, she decides to bring her words to life. How exciting it is to finally have an adventure on her very own pages! But what will she do when her characters collide and everything gets all in a jumble, causing the most enormous tantrum to explode? This isn't what she wanted at all! Luckily her friend Alphabet knows exactly what to do and sings a song that brings calm and order to Dictionary's...

Rocket the dog is excited to discover new words with his teacher, but when they identify a red boot, he does not want to let it go.

"Time for an adventure! Families will join Sam as they explore the young adventurer's city's park, from the bandstand and the greenhouse to the great lawn and the animal farm. Starting with a bustling map of the park, young readers follow along to fourteen park destinations and discover fascinating people, activities, animals, and plants, with helpful illustrations and labels to expand their vocabulary. Families will enjoy comparing their own park...

Nancy makes the best of not dancing the lead in her ballet school's Deep Sea Dances show, but becomes jealous when her best friend gets a better role than hers.

Nancy, who likes to use fancy words, is excited to wear her elegant nightgown for Pajama Day at school, until best friend Bree and schoolmate Clara impress everyone by wearing matching pink polka-dot pajamas.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text reveal the secrets of letters, including their power to create words of all kinds.

Fancy Nancy provides one or more of her favorite fancy words for each letter of the alphabet, defines them, and uses some in sentences that show what they mean to her, such as that she yearns--wants really badly--to visit Paris someday.

As her third-grade class makes its selections for the "Graveyard of Boring Words" and learns about "superb synonyms," slow-footed Nancy enthusiastically plays on the soccer team, with the goal of just being mediocre, or maybe even a little better than average.