BOOKS FOR YOUNG LEARNERS  

Collections for Grades PK-2

Books for Young Learners Teacher Resource

                                                     "This publisher is internationally recognized for 
                                                                                          imaginative, charming depiction of childhood." 
                                                                            2002 Children's Writer's & Illustrator's MARKET

This ever expanding collection currently contains 168 titles in English
in and 82 titles in Spanish. Each year we will publish additional titles in
English and titles in Spanish. Books for Young Learners in Spanish are
authentic adaptations from English. The English/Spanish Companion Sets,
provide the same book in English and Spanish so Spanish-speaking parents
can read along as their children learn to read. They are ideal for ESL, LEP
and bilingual programs. 
                                                                  
The Books for Young Learners collection is a broad literacy framework
for developing readers and writers who think critically and communicate
effectively. The collection comprises stand-alone books that increase in
complexity and concepts and complement each other. The individual titles
in the Books for Young Learners collection support teachers in developing
the five essential components for effective reading under Reading First
guidelines, as identified by the National Reading Pane.     No Child Left Behind

Books for Young Learners are charming valuable books, appropriate for 
instructional use with emergent, early, and fluent readers in primary grades.
The Books for Young Learners Teacher Resource by Margaret Mooney offers
a wealth of information on the unique features of each book. Sample questions
and prompts help teachers introduce and support students through some of
the content and some of the skills and understandings that they need when
reading for meaning.

Before publishing a book is first trialled in a black and white version with
teachers and children in American schools. Results of the trialling lead to
refinement in text and illustrations.

The trialling also provides data used to level each book for shared, guided,
and independent reading. That information is reflected in the teacher friendly
leveling bar on the back of each book and in the levels and approaches chart.
For more detailed information about each book in the collection see the
Levels and Approaches Chart.

Books for Young Learners offers variety of trim size and formats across many
genres of writing. The books are uniformly high quality exploration of topics 
of interest to young children worldwide.

Each month we will include the full text and illustrations of one of our books. 
Go to the Feature Book Showcase for the sample of our work.