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Great Brands - Acorn   New Series

Acorn  Acorn books engage early readers in content area literacy, featuring 3 New Series with 20 Titles!

Our most popular brand of leveled nonfiction introduces science and social studies curriculum concepts to your PreK-1 students.  The text is developed with the advice of a literacy expert, enabling beginning readers success while reading independently or with moderate support.  Curriculum consultants are also consulted to provide interesting, accurate, and developmentally appropriate content.

Acorn books offer:

  • Carefully matched pictures and text, helping readers identify and understand key vocabulary.
  • Predictable page design and positioning of text, so readers will always know what to expect.
  • An introduction to key nonfiction features such as contents pages, labels, glossaries, and indexes.
  • Also available in Spanish with our Bellota brand!
New Titles for Spring 2012:  

A WORLD OF FIELD TRIPS: Going to a Beach, Going to a Concert, Going to a Farm, Going to a Library, Going to a Museum, Going to a Park, Going to a Stadium, Going to a Zoo

HEALTHY EATING WITH MYPLATE: Dairy, Fruits, Grains, Protein, Using MyPlate, Vegetables

WHY LIVING THINGS NEED: Air, Food, Homes, Light, Water

Complete list of titles: 

ACORN READ ALOUD PACKAGE: A World of Bugs, A World of Festivals, Animal Spikes and Spines, Animals, Being A Good Citizen, Changing Seasons, Comparing Bodies of Water, Comparing Body Coverings, Comparing Colors, Comparing Creatures, Comparing Materials, Comparing Properties, Comparing Shapes, Exploring Space, Farms Around the World, How Does My Body Work?, How We Get Around, Instruments and Music, Is It Living or Nonliving?, Life Cycles, Making Things Move, People Who Help Us, Plants, Sound and Hearing, Using Money, Using Your Senses, We Are All Different, We Can Help the Environment, We Can Stay Safe, Weather, What Is a Community?, What Is A Family?, What Is a Landform?, What is Math?, What is Time?, What Were Dinosaurs?

ANIMALS ACORN SET: Animals, Ears, Eyes, Feet, Legs, Mouths, Noses, Tails, Wings

BEING A GOOD CITIZEN ACORN SET: Being A Good Citizen, Being a Leader, Being Fair, Being Helpful, Being Honest, Being Responsible, Following Rules, Making Friends

BODIES OF WATER READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Canals, Comparing Bodies of Water, Lakes and Ponds, Oceans and Seas, Rivers and Streams

BODY COVERINGS READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Comparing Body Coverings, Feathers, Fur, Scales, Shells, Skin

CITIZENSHIP READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Being A Good Citizen, Being a Leader, Being Fair, Being Helpful, Being Honest, Being Responsible, Following Rules, Making Friends

COLORS KIT: Black, Blue, Brown, Green, Orange, Red, Violet, White, Yellow

COLORS READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Black, Blue, Brown, Comparing Colors, Green, Orange, Red, Violet, White, Yellow

COMPARING BODIES OF WATER ACORN SET: Canals, Comparing Bodies of Water, Lakes and Ponds, Oceans and Seas, Rivers and Streams

COMPARING BODY COVERINGS ACORN SET: Comparing Body Coverings, Feathers, Fur, Scales, Shells, Skin

COMPARING BUGS READ ALOUD COLLECTION: A World of Bugs, Bug Babies, Bug Food, Bug Homes, Bug Parts, Bug Senses, Bugs on the Move

COMPARING CREATURES ACORN SET: Bears, Birds, Comparing Creatures, Fish, Frogs, Monkeys, Snakes

COMPARING CREATURES READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Bears, Birds, Comparing Creatures, Fish, Frogs, Monkeys, Snakes

COMPARING MATERIALS ACORN SET: Comparing Materials, Glass, Metal, Plastic, Rock, Rubber, Soil, Water, Wood

COMPLETE ACORN EARLY SCIENCE COLLECTION: Black, Blue, Brown, Clouds, Comparing Colors, Comparing Materials, Glass, Green, Metal, Orange, Plastic, Rain, Red, Rock, Rubber, Snow, Soil, Sunshine, Thunder and Lightning, Violet, Water, Weather, White, Wind, Wood, Yellow

DINOSAURS READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Brachiosaurus, Diplodocus, Pterodactyl, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Velociraptor, What Were Dinosaurs?

DISABILITIES AND DIFFERENCES READ ALOUD COLLECTION: We All Communicate, We All Learn, We All Move, We All Play, We All Read, We Are All Different

FAMILIES READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Aunts and Uncles, Brothers and Sisters, Cousins, Foster Parents, Grandparents, Parents, Role Models, What Is A Family?

GETTING AROUND READ ALOUD COLLECTION: By Bicycle, By Boat, By Car, By Plane, By Train, How We Get Around, On Foot

HELP THE ENVIRONMENT READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Caring for Nature, Cleaning up Litter, Reusing and Recycling, Saving Energy, Saving Water, We Can Help the Environment

HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS READ ALOUD COLLECTION: A World of Festivals, Arbor Day, Chinese New Year, Christmas, Cinco de Mayo, Diwali, Earth Day, Easter, Election Day, Hanukkah, Independence Day, Kwanzaa, Labor Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Presidents' Day, Ramadan and Id-ul-Fitr, Thanksgiving, Veterans Day

HOW THINGS MOVE READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Changing Direction, Fast, Making Things Move, Pulls, Pushes, Slow

HOW WE GET AROUND ACORN SET: By Bicycle, By Boat, By Car, By Plane, By Train, How We Get Around, On Foot

INSTRUMENTS AND MUSIC READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Brass, Instruments and Music, Keyboards, Percussion, Strings, Voices, Woodwind

IS IT LIVING OR NONLIVING? ACORN SET: Desert, Is It Living or Nonliving?, Ocean, Polar Region, Prairie, Rain Forest

LANDFORMS READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Caves, Islands, Mountains, Valleys, Volcanoes, What Is a Landform?

LIVING AND NONLIVING READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Desert, Is It Living or Nonliving?, Ocean, Polar Region, Prairie, Rain Forest

MATERIALS KIT: Glass, Metal, Plastic, Rock, Rubber, Soil, Water, Wood

MATERIALS READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Comparing Materials, Glass, Metal, Plastic, Rock, Rubber, Soil, Water, Wood

MATH AROUND US READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Counting in the City, Measuring in the Garden, Patterns at the Museum, Shapes in the Kitchen, Sorting at the Market, Using Addition at Home, Using Subtraction at the Park, What is Math?

MONEY AROUND THE WORLD READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Earning Money, Saving Money, Spending Money, Using Money, What Is Money?

OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Clothing, Families, Farming, Games, Homes, Markets, Music, Schools, What Is a Community?

PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Dentists, Doctors, Firefighters, People Who Help Us, Police Officers, Teachers, Vets

PEOPLE WHO HELP US ACORN SET: Dentists, Doctors, Firefighters, People Who Help Us, Police Officers, Teachers, Vets

PLANTS ACORN SET: Flowers, Fruits, Leaves, Plants, Roots, Seeds, Stems

PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Comparing Properties, Floating or Sinking, Hard or Soft, Heavy or Light, Hot or Cold, Shiny or Dull, Smooth or Rough, Stiff or Bendable

SEASONS READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Changing Seasons, Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter

SOUNDS ALL AROUND US READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Different Sounds, How Do We Hear?, Making Sounds, Sound and Hearing, What Is Sound?

SPACE READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Astronauts, Earth, Exploring Space, Planets, Stars, The Moon, The Sun

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Animals, Ears, Eyes, Feet, Legs, Mouths, Noses, Tails, Wings

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE: PLANTS READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Flowers, Fruits, Leaves, Plants, Roots, Seeds, Stems

SPOT THE SHAPE READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Comparing Shapes, Shapes in Art, Shapes in Buildings, Shapes in Music, Shapes in Sports, Shapes in the Garden

STAY SAFE READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Home Safety, Road Safety, Water Safety, We Can Stay Safe, Your Own Safety

USING MONEY ACORN SET: Earning Money, Saving Money, Spending Money, Using Money, What Is Money?

WATCH IT GROW READ ALOUD COLLECTION: A Bean's Life, A Bee's Life, A Butterfly's Life, A Chicken's Life, A Dog's Life, A Frog's Life, A Penguin's Life, A Sunflower's Life, A Turtle's Life, An Apple's Life, An Oak Tree's Life, Life Cycles

WE CAN HELP THE ENVIRONMENT ACORN SET: Caring for Nature, Cleaning up Litter, Reusing and Recycling, Saving Energy, Saving Water, We Can Help the Environment

WEATHER ACORN SET: Clouds, Rain, Snow, Sunshine, Thunder and Lightning, Weather, Wind

WEATHER WATCHERS KIT: Clouds, Rain, Snow, Sunshine, Thunder and Lightning, Wind

WEATHER WATCHERS READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Clouds, Rain, Snow, Sunshine, Thunder and Lightning, Weather, Wind

WHAT IS A COMMUNITY? ACORN SET: Clothing, Families, Farming, Games, Homes, Markets, Music, Schools, What Is a Community?

WHAT IS A LANDFORM? ACORN SET: Caves, Islands, Mountains, Valleys, Volcanoes, What Is a Landform?

WORLD OF FARMING READ ALOUD COLLECTION: Farm Animals, Farm Machines, Farms Around the World, Food From Farms, Jobs on a Farm, Plants on a Farm, Seasons on a Farm

A WORLD OF FIELD TRIPS: Going to a Beach, Going to a Concert, Going to a Farm, Going to a Library, Going to a Museum, Going to a Park, Going to a Stadium, Going to a Zoo

ANIMAL SPIKES AND SPINES: Antlers, Beaks, Claws, Horns, Spines, Teeth

BODIES OF WATER: Canals, Lakes and Ponds, Oceans and Seas, Rivers and Streams

BODY COVERINGS: Feathers, Fur, Scales, Shells, Skin

CITIZENSHIP: Being a Leader, Being Fair, Being Helpful, Being Honest, Being Responsible, Following Rules, Making Friends

COLORS: Black, Blue, Brown, Green, Orange, Red, Violet, White, Yellow

COMPARING BUGS: Bug Babies, Bug Food, Bug Homes, Bug Parts, Bug Senses, Bugs on the Move

CREATURE COMPARISONS: Bears, Birds, Fish, Frogs, Monkeys, Snakes

DINOSAURS: Brachiosaurus, Diplodocus, Pterodactyl, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Velociraptor

DISABILITIES AND DIFFERENCES: We All Communicate, We All Learn, We All Move, We All Play, We All Read

FAMILIES: Aunts and Uncles, Brothers and Sisters, Cousins, Foster Parents, Grandparents, Parents, Role Models

FIRST BIOGRAPHIES: Abigail Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, Frederick Douglass, George Washington, Harriet Tubman, Tecumseh, Thomas Jefferson

GETTING AROUND: By Bicycle, By Boat, By Car, By Plane, By Train, On Foot

HEALTHY EATING WITH MYPLATE: Dairy, Fruits, Grains, Protein, Using MyPlate, Vegetables

HELP THE ENVIRONMENT: Caring for Nature, Cleaning up Litter, Reusing and Recycling, Saving Energy, Saving Water

HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS: Arbor Day, Chinese New Year, Christmas, Cinco de Mayo, Diwali, Earth Day, Easter, Election Day, Hanukkah, Independence Day, Kwanzaa, Labor Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Presidents' Day, Ramadan and Id-ul-Fitr, Thanksgiving, Veterans Day

HOW THINGS MOVE: Changing Direction, Fast, Pulls, Pushes, Slow

INSTRUMENTS AND MUSIC: Brass, Keyboards, Percussion, Strings, Voices, Woodwind

LANDFORMS: Caves, Islands, Mountains, Valleys, Volcanoes

LIVING AND NONLIVING: Desert, Ocean, Polar Region, Prairie, Rain Forest

MATERIALS: Glass, Metal, Plastic, Rock, Rubber, Soil, Water, Wood

MATH AROUND US: Counting in the City, Measuring in the Garden, Patterns at the Museum, Shapes in the Kitchen, Sorting at the Market, Using Addition at Home, Using Subtraction at the Park

MEASURING TIME: Clocks and Calendars, Days of the Week, Hours, Minutes, and Seconds, Months of the Year, Seasons of the Year, Times of the Day

MONEY AROUND THE WORLD: Earning Money, Saving Money, Spending Money, What Is Money?

OUR BODIES: Our Blood, Our Bones, Our Brains, Our Hearts, Our Lungs, Our Muscles, Our Skin, Our Stomachs

OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY: Clothing, Families, Farming, Games, Homes, Markets, Music, Schools

PATRIOTIC SYMBOLS: Mount Rushmore, The American Flag, The Bald Eagle, The Capitol Building, The Liberty Bell, The Lincoln Memorial, The National Anthem, The Pledge of Allegiance, The Statue of Liberty, The Washington Monument, The White House

PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY: Dentists, Doctors, Firefighters, Police Officers, Teachers, Vets

PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS: Floating or Sinking, Hard or Soft, Heavy or Light, Hot or Cold, Shiny or Dull, Smooth or Rough, Stiff or Bendable

SEASONS: Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter

SOUNDS ALL AROUND US: Different Sounds, How Do We Hear?, Making Sounds, What Is Sound?

SPACE: Astronauts, Earth, Planets, Stars, The Moon, The Sun

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE: Ears, Eyes, Feet, Legs, Mouths, Noses, Tails, Wings

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE: Flowers, Fruits, Leaves, Roots, Seeds, Stems

SPOT THE SHAPE!: Shapes in Art, Shapes in Buildings, Shapes in Music, Shapes in Sports, Shapes in the Garden

STAY SAFE: Home Safety, Road Safety, Water Safety, Your Own Safety

THE FIVE SENSES: Hearing, Seeing, Smelling, Tasting, Touching

THEN AND NOW: Buildings, Communication, Having Fun, Life at Home, Life at School, Life at Work, Travel

WATCH IT GROW: A Bean's Life, A Bee's Life, A Butterfly's Life, A Chicken's Life, A Dog's Life, A Frog's Life, A Penguin's Life, A Sunflower's Life, A Turtle's Life, An Apple's Life, An Oak Tree's Life

WEATHER WATCHERS: Clouds, Rain, Snow, Sunshine, Thunder and Lightning, Wind

WHY LIVING THINGS NEED: Air, Food, Homes, Light, Water

WORLD OF FARMING: Farm Animals, Farm Machines, Food From Farms, Jobs on a Farm, Plants on a Farm, Seasons on a Farm