Easy reader

Scripps National Spelling Bee champion Zaila Avant-garde teaches young readers about the joy of learning new words in this Step 1 leveled reader.

Ava loves rocks! But what she really really loves are fossils! Ava and her family are on a mission to dig up some fossils. They dig in their backyard, in the park, and by the creek but still no fossils. But Ava will not give up! The family head out to the beach for one more fossil hunting adventure! Will Ava finally be able to dig up her very own fossil?

When friends and roommates Bat, Cat, and Rat decide to take a vacation, they have trouble agreeing on a destination until Rat finds the perfect solution.

Ty loves superheroes. He watches them on TV and reads books about them. When he puts on a cape and a mask, he becomes Super Ty! Super Ty helps Momma and others. But even his super skills can't solve all problems by himself. That's what Ty's super friend is for--his brother!

Mom and Dad Owl are exhausted, their three owlets refuse to go to sleep and they need pillow tarts for their babies and quickly, so they see if Ginger, Tom and Piper and the Mouse and Spoon Bakery can help.

During a blackout, a parent gathers stars to comfort their child, then returns them to the sky, and together they sleep under the stars outside.

Pickle thinks he needs a new car, and tries several that are either too fast, too large, or too expensive--until Coco the mechanic shows him what is wrong with the car he already had.

It's Market Day! Everyone wants Mama Cat's magical desserts, but her kittens think she deserves a treat of her own. Will they find the perfect gift among the stalls?

Bringing Subway, the class guinea pig, home for the weekend, exuberant seven-year-old problem-solver Makeda makes him a fun new cage to cheer him up, but she soon discovers that what is fun for her might not be fun for Subway.

Grumpy Wolf wants jellybeans, and it seems that the only way he can get some is to win the local Best Pet Competition, but first he has to find a pet who will cooperate.