Give thanks with Elmo and celebrate love and joy in this sweet Thanksgiving picture book! All around us, there is so much to be thankful for! From the world-renowned brand Sesame Street comes a special gratitude book for kids in which Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster, and their Sesame Street friends celebrate and say thank you for so many amazing things in the world around them – like food, family, and even giggles! This cozy fall book introduces children to the concept of thankfulness that can be explored and practiced in their own lives and is a heartfelt reminder to us all that there is always so much to appreciate throughout autumn and all year long! Elmo Gives Thanks is a charming read-aloud for toddlers and kids ages 3-7 that parents, grandparents, families, or classrooms will enjoy sharing in together! The perfect Thanksgiving gift or book to read at any time of year to help children learn about the joy of giving thanks! There's so much to be thankful for! Where do you start? Everyday gratitude comes from the heart. We're thankful for kindness, for helping and caring- For those who show love by their giving and sharing.
A sweet book with Teacher Appreciation cards to press out and share—from Sesame Street's Elmo and you! Show your teachers that you love them—just like Elmo! Elmo loves his preschool teacher, his art teacher, his soccer coach, and all the other teachers in his life. This illustrated paperback book features Elmo and his Sesame Street friends showing their appreciation for their teachers. Plus there are press-out cards included for kids to fill out and give to their teachers and coaches on Teacher Appreciation Day, or any day! Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, aims to help kids grow smarter, stronger, and kinder through its many unique domestic and international initiatives. These projects cover a wide array of topics for families around the world.
Sharing can be really tough, as Cookie Monster knows. But when you share with someone else, your friendship only grows! Join Elmo and Cookie Monster as they learn that even though it can be hard, sharing is the best way to build a friendship!
A collection of 19 Sesame Street stories that each take just five minutes to read! Elmo, Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Grover, Oscar the Grouch, Bert, Ernie, and other Sesame Muppets star in sweet, funny stories about friendship, sharing, cooperation, and imagination. Girls and boys ages 1 to 5 will absorb gentle “growing-up” messages conveyed in tales that will make them laugh and say, “More, please!” The story themes highlight Sesame Street’s mission to help kids grow smarter, stronger, and kinder. Sesame Street is the most trusted name in early learning.
Perfect for Back to School, this book features more than 30 flaps that help teach five different early learning concepts: shapes, colors, counting, action words, and matching. Hop aboard the big yellow school bus with Elmo and his friends and join them for an exciting day at school. Familiar preschool activities like arts and crafts, discovery time, and recess are enhanced by more than 30 fun flaps that reinforce classic learning concepts. With colors, counting, shapes, and more to discover, kids will want to visit Elmo’s school again and again
Elmo and his friends play a variation of everyone’ s favorite game, “Simon Says.” “Elmo Says,” is just like the original, except that here, our favorite furry little red monster leads the action. Toddlers and adults can read and join in the play—they just have to be careful to listen for those magic words: Elmo says!
Read along with Disney! Join Olaf on another adventure as he lists the many things he's thankful for. The flowers, the trees, the winter breeze, and all the magical things that every day brings—follow along with word-for-word narration in this enchanting picture book that stars everyone's favorite snowman, features beautiful illustrations, and is told in lyrical rhyme sure to delight young readers.
This adorable book features two plush arms that let Elmo “hug” the front cover. Inside, Elmo practices being a good friend by encouraging, comforting, and celebrating good times with his buddies on Sesame Street. Complete with gift tag, this makes a great gift. Everyone needs a hug sometimes and Elmo loves to give them! Being a good friend means being encouraging, comforting, and happy for others—all good reasons for giving someone a hug, and all expressed in this storybook. Kids will love using the adorable plush arms attached to help Elmo hug all his friends. Extra activities on each spread encourage kids to use the plush arms to pat, blow kisses, and wave.
It's the Bible, now with 68% more humor and 99% fewer begats You've wanted to read the Bible, but it's Uber-long and, let's face it, sometimes boring. You're a busy person with stuff to do. You want the Bible, only funnier. And shorter. Enter The Twible, which brings you every chapter as tweeted in 140 characters or less, from Genesis to Revelation Find out what the Bible says you're supposed to do if a friend starts worshiping another god, your child disrespects you in public, or you break the Sabbath. (The answers to those dilemmas are to stone your friend, stone your child, and stone yourself. In that order.) Learn where Paul swears in the New Testament, and why Jeremiah could benefit from antidepressants. Inside The Twible you'll find: - A tweet for each of the 1,189 chapters of the Bible - A summary of every book of the Bible in seven words or less - Dozens of informative sidebars (print edition only) - More than 50 original cartoons - A glossary telling you who's who in the Bible - Unicorns From start to finish, The Twible brings the Bible to wonderful, wicked, weird life. "The Twible adapts the Old Testament to the light-hearted quipping familiar in everyday Tweets." -- The Guardian, UK "The Twible is the most entertaining version of my dad's book I've read in the last two millennia " -- Jesus Christ] "Twible is the best example I have ever seen of the reverence of irreverence." -- Phyllis Tickle, author of The Divine Hours "I wouldn't object if Twibles were in every hotel room." -- Hemant Mehta, The Friendly Atheist blogger "Forget about reading the Bible in a year. Now you can read it in an hour, thanks to the subversive, somewhat disturbed, mind of Jana Riess." -- Peter Enns, author of Genesis for Normal People "The perfect (surreptitious) iPad or Tablet companion for draggy Sunday (or Saturday) morning services. Caution: Not to be used for congregational Scripture reading." -- Mark I. Pinsky, author of The Gospel According to the Simpsons "Whatever you think of Twitter, there can be no speedier or funnier way to read through the Bible than with Riess's Twible providing spot-on interpretation chapter by chapter." -- Kristin Swenson, author of Bible Babel "The Twible is an indelible book that reads like an oddly religious comedy but has the impact of a brilliant jingle that sticks in your brain to the point of madness." -- Frank Schaeffer, author of And God Said, "Billy " "This is brilliant stuff-hilariously accurate summaries of complex material." -- Debbie Blue, pastor; author of Consider the Birds: A Provocative Guide to the Birds of the Bible "This is absolutely the funniest and most fun Bible 'translation' ever." -- Steven L. Peck, author of The Scholar of Moab
