Synopses & Reviews
Scholastic First Discovery: The Rain Forest, with its fresh cover design, kid-friendly paperback format, and larger trim size, offers young readers and easy-to-use, easy-to-understand introduction to this exciting ecosystem. Full-color, highlighted illustrations are accompanied by brief, simple text full of fun facts. Four transparent acetate pages in this title add a fun visual kick.
Critical acclaim for the original First Discovery series includes:
"Each of the titles in this outstanding series is dramatic enough to enthrall even nonreading youngsters." -- Parenting magazine
"Visually delightful...the simple narration is informative and impressive." -- School Library Journal
First Discovery is one of the great phenomena of children's publishing -- often copied and never equaled -- with over 42 million copies sold worldwide.
Synopsis
The endearing blue Dragon is back in bestselling author Dav Pilkey's humorous story about friendship and taking care of pets.When Dragon finds a stray cat, he brings it home and learns to take care of it through many silly mishaps. But, then Dragon is in for a big surprise when Cat has a litter of kittens!
Dav Pilkey is the creator of the enormously popular Captain Underpants books, The Hallo-Wiener, Dogzilla, Kat Kong, 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving, When Cats Dream, The Moonglow Roll-O-Rama, Dog Breath, the Dumb Bunnies stories, and the 1997 Caldecott Honor Book, The Paperboy.
*Sales note:
DRAGON'S FAT CAT has sold a total of 195,704 copies.
DRAGON GETS BY has sold a total of 155,705 copies.
DRAGON'S HALLOWEEN has sold a total of 372,101 copies.
DRAGON'S MERRY CHRISTMAS has sold a total of 143,775 copies
A FRIEND FOR DRAGON has sold a total of 246,089 copies.
Synopsis
Beginning readers will love this charming story by Dav Pilkey, the award-winning author/illustrator of the Captain Underpants series, featuring his gentle blue Dragon and his pet cat.
The endearing blue Dragon is back in bestselling author Dav Pilkey's humorous story about friendship and taking care of pets.When Dragon finds a stray cat, he brings it home and learns to take care of it through many silly mishaps. But, then Dragon is in for a big surprise when Cat has a litter of kittens!
About the Author
Dav Pilkey has written and illustrated numerous popular, award-winning books for children, including the Captain Underpants and Dumb Bunnies series; DOG BREATH, winner of the California Young Reader Medal; and THE PAPERBOY, a Caldecott Honor Book. He lives with his wife in the Pacific Northwest. Visit him online at www.pilkey.com.