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A fun and engaging way to teach 100 top sight words to kids ages 3 to 5! Give kids the building blocks necessary for reading success with Preschool Sight Words Activity Book. The activities inside make it fun and accessible for kindergarten students to learn the most common sight words and increase both their reading speed and comprehension. Sight words are common words like "be, " "have, " and "from" that don't fit standard rules of phoni...

Illustrated with beautiful chapter headings that match the book cover! From the mysterious Druids and noble King Alfred to the notorious Henry VIII and the Glorious Revolution of 1688, Charles Dickens traced his country's history for the benefit of young Victorians. Written with the beloved storyteller's customary panache, this series of historical vignettes reads like a fast-paced novel, rich in anecdotes and colorful stories. Dickens' unsp...

Illustrated with beautiful chapter headings that match the book cover! Escapists of the world, rejoice! This collection of golden-age fantasy from renowned Irish author Lord Dunsany is just the ticket if you're looking for a fictional portal to transport you out of the stresses and strains of everyday life. From weird tales in a Lovecraftian vein to sword-and-steed fantasy, A Dreamer's Tales has something to suit every reader's taste. As p...

Illustrated with beautiful chapter headings that match the book cover! A writer of remarkably diverse talents, Elizabeth Gaskell produced fiction and non-fiction ranging from short stories that offered detailed cross-sections of Victorian life and society to a well-regarded biography of author Charlotte Bronte. The novel A Dark Night's Work is the engrossing apogee of Gaskell's foray into Gothic ghost stories and tales of horror. Fans of the...

Illustrated with beautiful chapter headings that match the book cover! Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol under financial duress, but it became one of his most popular and enduring stories. The old miser Ebenezer Scrooge cares nothing for family, friends, love or Christmas. All he cares about is money. Then one Christmas Eve he is visited by three ghosts: Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet To Come. These encounters leave Scroog...

Illustrated with beautiful chapter headings that match the book cover! In Mark Twain's 1889 novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Hank Morgan awakes from a blow to the head only to find that he has been mysteriously transported back in time. It is early medieval England, the time of King Arthur and Hank is taken to the Camelot castle by a Knight of the King's. Ridiculed for his funny manner and dress sense, and sentenced to burn...

Illustrated with beautiful chapter headings that match the book cover! A Group of Noble Dames is a collection of short stories written by Thomas Hardy. The stories are contained by a frame narrative in which ten members of a club each tell one story about a noble dame in the 17th or 18th century. All ten stories were published in serial magazines before Hardy collected them into book form. As part of our mission to publish great works of ...

Illustrated with beautiful chapter headings that match the book cover! Renowned Baptist preacher Frank W. Boreham was known for his unusual ability to spin moving religious lessons from the stuff of everyday life. In the unique collection A Handful of Stars, Boreham takes this approach a step further. Drawing on excerpts from famous novels and nonfiction works, the author summarizes each work's theme and then relates it to a Christian concep...

Illustrated with beautiful chapter headings that match the book cover! British author Arnold Bennett was well acquainted with the ups and downs of literary acclaim. In the witty romp A Great Man, he brings his personal experiences to bear in telling the tale of Henry Knight, a shy, eccentric author who begins to make a name for himself on the literary scene and has a difficult time adjusting to his new reality. As part of our mission to p...

Illustrated with beautiful chapter headings that match the book cover! When A Doll's House was first published in 1879 it created a sensation. The play follows the ordinary life of a housewife. Gradually the tensions within her marriage become clear and build to a final, stunning action. The play is widely studied because of its sharp critique of 19th century marriage norms, and its feminist tendencies. As part of our mission to publish gr...

Illustrated with beautiful chapter headings that match the book cover! Jules Verne's classic science fiction story 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea tells the great tale of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus. In 1866 a strange and unknown sea monster is sighted by ships and an ocean liner is attacked. An expedition prepares in New York, to find and destroy the menacing creature. The 20, 000 of the title refers to an overall distance travele...

Illustrated with beautiful chapter headings that match the book cover! An early recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson is considered one of the masters of Norwegian fiction. The short novel A Happy Boy recounts the life of Oyvind, a perpetually jolly child who is able to rise above his family's lack of material wealth and bring true contentment and joy into the lives of many. As part of our mission to publish gre...

Illustrated with beautiful chapter headings that match the book cover! A Guide to Stoicism, which is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early 3rd century BC. The Stoics taught that destructive emotions resulted from errors in judgment, and that a sage, or person of "moral and intellectual perfection", would not suffer such emotions. As part of our mission to publish great works of literary fiction...

Illustrated with beautiful chapter headings that match the book cover! Though American author Winston Churchill often focused on historical events as inspiration for his novels, his later work more often explored the way that events conspired to shape his characters' opinions and values. In A Far Country, protagonist Hugh Paret enters his career as a corporate lawyer full of high-minded ideals, but begins to change his outlook as he gains ex...

Illustrated with beautiful chapter headings that match the book cover! Historian, critic, and horticulturist Francis Parkman was renowned for his analytical acuity and narrative skill. In A Half Century of Conflict, Parkman dissects and explains the tumult that surrounded the birth of the United States. This book is regarded as one of the highest literary achievements in nineteenth-century historical writing. As part of our mission to publ...

This Easter Coloring Book is a DIY coloring activity that's easy, fun, and a great keepsake for anyone who loves to color! A great activity for anyone--artistic or not! You can easily personalize your book by adding your name on the cover and create all the doodles you want. Permanent and washable markers work great on the cover. GREAT GIFT IDEA - the best creative and educational fun for young and older artists. Perfect for school projec...

This Dinos and Dots Coloring Book is a DIY coloring activity that's easy, fun, and a great keepsake for anyone who loves to color! A great activity for anyone--artistic or not! You can easily personalize your book by adding your name on the cover and create all the doodles you want. Permanent and washable markers work great on the cover. GREAT GIFT IDEA - the best creative and educational fun for young and older artists. Perfect for schoo...

This Dinosaur Coloring Book is a DIY coloring activity that's easy, fun, and a great keepsake for anyone who loves to color! A great activity for anyone--artistic or not! You can easily personalize your book by adding your name on the cover and create all the doodles you want. Permanent and washable markers work great on the cover. GREAT GIFT IDEA - the best creative and educational fun for young and older artists. Perfect for school proj...

This Monster Trucks Coloring Book is a DIY coloring activity that's easy, fun, and a great keepsake for anyone who loves to color! A great activity for anyone--artistic or not! You can easily personalize your book by adding your name on the cover and create all the doodles you want. Permanent and washable markers work great on the cover. GREAT GIFT IDEA - the best creative and educational fun for young and older artists. Perfect for schoo...

This Stoner Coloring Book is a DIY coloring activity that's easy, fun, and a great keepsake for anyone who loves to color! A great activity for anyone--artistic or not! You can easily personalize your book by adding your name on the cover and create all the doodles you want. Permanent and washable markers work great on the cover. GREAT GIFT IDEA - the best creative and educational fun for amateur and experienced artists. Perfect for school...