Annotation:This book describes the many ways that teachers help children learn and grow, from reading and instructing to helping with a student's work and well being.

Annotation:Illustrations and alphabet text introduce readers to the equipment firefighters use and the jobs that they do.

Annotation:Explores the way the children around the world travel to school.

Annotation:An abandoned bus appears in front of Stella's house one day, with a sign on front marked "Heaven", and it brings positive changes in the outlook of Stella and all who pass by in the community.

Annotation:Explores a neighborhood that has only one of several kinds of buildings, but within each there are many things, such as different kinds of breads in the bakery, then shows that the neighborhood itself is just one of many in a world united by a single wish.

Annotation:A young girl takes a walk through her urban neighborhood, observing items representing every letter of the alphabet, from her abuela to loud, zooming cars.

Annotation:Introduces children to the important people who make our communities cleaner, safer, and better. Action shots feature people working in construction, at schools, in hospitals, fighting fires, doing police work, and volunteering.

Annotation:Explains modern supermarkets and how they work, discussing how they organize, display, and keep track of the items they sell.

Annotation:El narrador mira y describe la gente en su barrio, desde Amelia a Zacarias. The narrator observes and describes the many people and activities in his Mexican American neighborhood, from Amelia arguing with Anita to Zacarias who lives on Zachary Street.

Annotation:Discusses the ways in which people all over the world move from place to place, including walking, riding on animals, and traveling on wheels and water.

Annotation:Two cousins, one from the city and one from the suburbs, spend a day and a night together at each other's house, and decide that each likes his own home better.

Annotation:Each child in Mrs. Madoff's class brings a visitor who tells the group about his or her job.

Annotation:"Following a friendly tabby cat, children will pounce and prance through the stacks from A-Z as they discover everything there is to do and see in the library." -- publisher's web site

Annotation:Take students on a journey to early Native American communities, Colonial towns and early American cities to explore the variety of communities, as they existed in the past. They'll learn how schools of the past differed from their own. They'll discover how inventions impacted transportation which in turn changed the face of communities.

Annotation:Whether students live near an ocean, the mountains or the dessert, this exciting program will show them how the geography shapes and molds the daily life and economics of a community. Students learn about land formation as well as different regions and climates.

Annotation:Little by little, can by can, Mr. Gillie, the trash man, cleans up his town.