Our books are chosen by a staff with experience in education as well as the world of bookselling. You’ll find we have high standards for choosing our titles.

• We believe in trade book literature which provides a rich language experience.

• We look for basic building blocks to literacy such as sight word development. and numerous opportunities for additional vocabulary development with context sentences and illustrations which provide strong support.

• We also believe that a balance between phonics and meaning in reading instruction is important. We look for books that provide a good, satisfying story in which kids can try out their letter-sound correspondence skills.

• We also want to ensure our titles give children the motivation for learning to read. So our books give you plenty of fuel for talking about meaningful topics in the storyline.

• Whether enjoying a good book with their teacher, parents or guardians we want kids to have every opportunity to hear and use good language models, develop the concept of print, and a sensitivity to language patterns.

• Just as important to our children’s reading experience is the quality of the storyline. We make it easy for you to order beautiful books that are filled with opportunities for children to think creatively, respond critically, and use their imaginations.