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Back-to-school transitions can trigger feelings of anxiety in students, families, and teachers, even in typical school years. Learn some SEL based techniques to manage anxiety.
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is crucial to mental health, well-being, and long-term success for people of all ages. Now, more than ever, SEL is needed to help children overcome stress and traumatic events, to build relationships, and navigate big emotions.
Today, November 13, is World Kindness Day. All acts of kindness can make a BIG difference in your family, your classroom, your community, and in our world! To help celebrate this special day, MVP Kids Activate Monthly Book Club is highlighting stories about kindness. Sign up for this month’s bundle of books here and learn more about being kind just like Olivia, Leo, Miriam, Ezekiel, LeBron and the rest of the MVP Kids.
Make a new tradition, and join our MVP Kids community as we celebrate this Halloween! Download these free coloring pages from Sophia Day’s book, Celebrate! A Heroic Halloween.
The third book of the Mighty Tokens series, Light of Kindness, was recently released. Learn more about this great series for emerging readers and get to know the author’s inspiration behind the series.
We all have so many questions right now. It can be overwhelming as a parent, teacher, or caregiver to navigate life with our children and families when it all seems so uncertain.
Help young kids learn to brush and floss teeth with this fun activity! Featured in MVP Kids “Smile for the Dentist” book for children ages 4-8 years old, this fun and simple activity helps children learn the importance of brushing and flossing!
Looking for an activity to do with your kids today? You can create your own little monster at home with whatever supplies you have on hand!
Let’s face it - when families are confined into tight spaces, tensions rise as people start to rub each other the wrong way. It’s bound to happen at one point or another. How can your family turn this social distancing situation around and into something that can make your family even stronger?
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Start your collection of the Let’s Celebrate!™ Interactive Board Book series for toddlers with the available 5 titles!
-Let’s Celebrate! Playing
-Let’s Celebrate! Getting Around
-Let’s Celebrate! Helping
-Let’s Celebrate! Favorite Foods
-Let’s Celebrate! Music
Start your collection of the Celebrate!™ Board Book series for toddlers and preschoolers with the available 20 titles!
-Celebrate! My Senses
-Celebrate! My Growing Family
-Celebrate! Feelings (currently unavailable)
-Celebrate! Changing Seasons
-Celebrate! A Heroic Halloween
-Celebrate! Thanksgiving
-Celebrate! Christmas
-Celebrate! The Holidays
-Celebrate! Counting Critters
-Celebrate! Flying Colors
-Celebrate! Our Differences
-Celebrate! Grandmas and Grandpas
-Celebrate! The Way I’m Made
-Celebrate! Mommies and Daddies
-Celebrate! MealTime
-Celebrate! BedTime
-Celebrate! Going to the Dentist
-Celebrate! Going to the Doctor
-Celebrate! Our Community
-Celebrate! Shapes in the Sea
Kick off your holidays collection of the Celebrate!™ board book series for toddlers and preschoolers with these four titles!
-Celebrate! A Heroic Halloween
-Celebrate! Thanksgiving
-Celebrate! Christmas
-Celebrate! The Holidays
Celebrate your child’s early years with books that encourage kind hearts, helpful hands, and serving our communities and families.
-Let’s Celebrate! Helping
-Celebrate! The Way I’m Made
-Celebrate! Our Community
-Treasured Wisdom
Celebrate your child’s early years with books that encourage playing together, loving others, and appreciating nature.
-Let’s Celebrate! Playing
-Celebrate! Shapes in the Sea
-Celebrate! Changing Seasons
-Out on the Trail
Start your collection of the Celebrate!™ Paperback series for Pre-K with the available 13 titles in paperback!
Celebrate!™ Paperback titles included:
A Year of Seasons
I Know How I Feel
Holidays Together
The Way We’re Made
Counting Critters
We’re More Alike Than Different
Treasured Wisdom
Smile for the Dentist
Check Up with the Doctor
My Family Loves Me
Our Family is Growing
I’m Part of My Community
Out on the Trail
Start your collection of the Help Me Become™ series for Early Elementary ages with the available 15 titles in hardback!
-Stomp Out Selfishness
-Defeat Disobedience
-Lock Up Lying
-STAND Up to Bullies
-STAND Together Against Bullying
-STAND Down, Bullies
-Away With Wastefulness
-Cure Complaining
-Phase Out Forgetfulness
-Block Bad Sportsmanship
-Limit Laziness
-Pick Your Promises
-Give Up Greed
-Throw Away Theft
-Spick & Span Master Plan
Start your collection of the Help Me Become™ series for Early Elementary ages with the available 13 titles in paperback!
-Stomp Out Selfishness
-Cure Complaining
-Phase Out Forgetfulness
-Block Bad Sportsmanship
-Limit Laziness
-Pick Your Promises
-Stand Up to Bullies
-Give Up Greed
-Lock Up Lying
-Throw Away Theft
-Defeat Disobedience
-Stand Together Against Bullying
-Stand Down, Bullies
Help your child understand anti-bullying with this set of three STAND books from our Help Me Become™ series for early elementary ages!
-STAND Up to Bullies
-STAND Together Against Bullies
-STAND Down, Bullies
Start your collection of the Help Me Understand™ series for Elementary ages with the available 12 titles in hardback!
Help Me Understand™ – Elementary titles included:
-Lucas Tames the Anger Dragon
-Miriam Lassoes the Worry Whirlwind
-Blake Rewires the Failure Circuit
-Sarah Sizes Up the Insecure Ant
-Yong Breaks Out of the Boredom Box
-Olivia Uproots the Arrogant Weed
-Ezekiel Builds on his Mistakes
-Gabby Bears with Embarrassment
-Leo’s Pent-Up Feelings
-Annie’s Jar of Patience
-Liam Conquers Fort Grudge
-Faith’s Stress Rehearsal
Start your collection of the Help Me Understand™ series for Elementary ages with the available 12 titles in paperback!
-Lucas Tames the Anger Dragon
-Ezekiel Builds on his Mistakes
-Gabby Bears with Embarrassment
-Leo’s Pent-Up Feelings
-Annie’s Jar of Patience
-Miriam Lassoes the Worry Whirlwind
-Blake Rewires the Failure Circuit
-Liam Conquers Fort Grudge
-Yong Breaks Out of the Boredom Box
-Faith’s Stress Rehearsal
-Sarah Sizes Up the Insecure Ant
-Olivia Uproots the Arrogant Weed
Get the complete collection of Celebrate! Paperbacks (12 titles), Mighty Tokens (5 titles), and Playful Apprentice books (3 titles). Celebrate the little things in life, understand how jobs benefit society, and learn to read with these mix of titles covering a variety of topics.
-A Year of Seasons
-I Know How I Feel
-Holidays Together
-The Way We’re Made
-Counting Critters
-We’re More Alike Than Different (currently unavailable)
-Treasured Wisdom
-Smile for the Dentist
-Check Up with the Doctor
-My Family Loves Me
-I’m Part of My Community
-Out on the Trail
-Our Family is Growing
Mighty Tokens™ - Learn to Read Ages 4-8 titles include:
-Stick to the Beat
-Full of Flavor
-Light Of Kindness
-The Superhero in You
-Report, Jet Leader
Playful Apprentice™ - Ages 4-10
-Police Protect and Serve
-Teachers Explain it All
-Hello, World! I’m a Programmer!
Get the complete collection of Celebrate! Paperbacks (12 titles), Mighty Tokens (5 titles), and Playful Apprentice books (3 titles) with 3 BONUS “I Can Be an MVP” books. Celebrate the little things in life, understand how jobs benefit society, and learn to read with these mix of titles covering a variety of topics.
Mighty Tokens™ - Learn to Read Ages 4-8 titles include:
-Stick to the Beat
-Full of Flavor
-Light Of Kindness
-The Superhero in You
-Report, Jet Leader
Playful Apprentice™ - Ages 4-10
-Police Protect and Serve
-Teachers Explain it All
-Hello, World! I’m a Programmer!
I Can Be an MVP - Ages 2-4
-I Can Take Time to Think
-I Can Wash My Hands
-I Can Brush My Teeth
This show special offers our Instill SEL Gold Package plus 20 Celebrate! Board Books.
Perfect for educators and preschool classrooms (ages 2-6) that need a flexible, low-cost, and representative social and emotional learning curriculum, this package has everything you need to implement comprehensive SEL in your classroom.
Our focus with Instill SEL is to positively impact the lives of young children by providing them with skills to understand and manage their emotions; respect themselves, others, and the environment; show compassion for others; have positive relationships; and make confident choices.
Written with CASEL standards and based on current research and best practices, the package includes easy-to-implement activities focused on the five core competencies: Self-Awareness, Responsible Decision-Making, Self- Management, Social Awareness, and Relationship Skills.
Each activity comes with a corresponding Family Message with easy ways to continue the learning at home.
The Gold Package includes:
• Easel-design notebook for hands-free use
• 8 MVP Kids® plush puppets
• Emotions cards
• Solve It! Cards
• Values display
• MVP Kids® Positivity Posters
• MVP Kids® book set
• Digital soundtrack – 11 original songs
• Reproducible activity resources
Celebrate! Board Books
-Celebrate! My Senses
-Celebrate! My Growing Family
-Celebrate! Feelings (currently unavailable)
-Celebrate! Changing Seasons
-Celebrate! A Heroic Halloween
-Celebrate! Thanksgiving
-Celebrate! Christmas
-Celebrate! The Holidays
-Celebrate! Counting Critters
-Celebrate! Flying Colors
-Celebrate! Our Differences
-Celebrate! Grandmas and Grandpas
-Celebrate! The Way I’m Made
-Celebrate! Mommies and Daddies
-Celebrate! MealTime
-Celebrate! BedTime
-Celebrate! Going to the Dentist
-Celebrate! Going to the Doctor
-Celebrate! Our Community
-Celebrate! Shapes in the Sea
Limitless: Bouncing Foward
After making a blunder in a game, Sarah quickly finds herself making mistake after mistake. As a result, her coach benches her. Sarah is consumed with negative thoughts of what her teammates must think, and her self-doubt begins to grow. She doesn’t know how to shake this losing streak and return to being the capable player she used to be. Can Sarah overcome her own thoughts to get back in the game?
About Limitless™
Do you ever feel limited? Do you want to throw off the thoughts and habits that make you feel stuck and find the freedom to take a risk, push your skills, or even just feel like it’s okay to be yourself? Do you long to feel limitless?
In the Limitless series, our MVP Kids find themselves in that very position, limited. Our books use sport as the primary setting but these struggles can happen in any area of life. The characters face challenges like being part of a team, personal identity, empowerment, forgiveness, and stepping outside of their comfort zones. They face off with their weaknesses, limitations, and failures, building the courage and skills to overcome. Now, it’s your turn to conquer. This is your moment to become a Real MVP® and become limitless.
Chapter book
124 pages
Recommended ages: 8 and up
DNA Chronicles™
Blake’s Mysterious Coin - Book 1
Blake discovers the truth about his ancestors and their quest for freedom in a wild and dangerous land. Travel with him as he wakes up on the Mayflower and struggles to find his new identity, not as Blake, but as his ancestor Henry Samson. Experience firsthand the riveting life-and-death struggles on the voyage across the Atlantic, surviving the bitter winter. Will he ever find his way home again?
About DNA Chronicles™
Stepping back through generations of time, our MVP Kids experience the history and culture of their ancestors. What happened in their lives? How did their great-great-great grandparents participate in the progress and development of their ancestral countries and communities? Each new adventure weaves the past with the present, reliving actual historical events and firsthand accounts of real people. Readers discover the fortitude required to commit to life’s most important values, life skills, and accomplishments, and will be inspired to embrace history while forging their own future.
Chapter book
180 pages
Recommended ages: 10 and up
El paquete especial de seis libros incluye los siguientes libros de bolsillo de SEL:
- Somos más parecidos que diferentes
- La forma como estamos hechos
- Contando bichos
- Puedo tomar tiempo para pensar
- Sabiduría atesorada
- Se como me siento
Instill SEL Gold Package plus 21 paperback books. This includes 13 of our Celebrate!, 5 Mighty Token, and 3 Playful Apprentice books.
Perfect for educators and preschool classrooms (ages 2-6) that need a flexible, low-cost, and representative social and emotional learning curriculum, this package has everything you need to implement comprehensive SEL in your classroom.
Our focus with Instill SEL is to positively impact the lives of young children by providing them with skills to understand and manage their emotions; respect themselves, others, and the environment; show compassion for others; have positive relationships; and make confident choices.
Written with CASEL standards and based on current research and best practices, the package includes easy-to-implement activities focused on the five core competencies: Self-Awareness, Responsible Decision-Making, Self- Management, Social Awareness, and Relationship Skills.
Each activity comes with a corresponding Family Message with easy ways to continue the learning at home.
The Gold Package includes:
• Easel-design notebook for hands-free use
• 8 MVP Kids® plush puppets
• Emotions cards
• Solve It! Cards
• Values display
• MVP Kids® Positivity Posters
• MVP Kids® book set
• Digital soundtrack – 11 original songs
• Reproducible activity resources
Perfect for educators and preschool classrooms (ages 2-6) that need a flexible, low-cost, and representative social and emotional learning curriculum, this package has everything you need to implement comprehensive SEL in your classroom.
Our focus with Instill SEL with LUV is to positively impact the lives of young children by providing them with skills to understand and manage their emotions; respect themselves, others, and the environment; show compassion for others; have positive relationships; and make confident choices.
Written with CASEL standards and based on current research and best practices, the package includes easy-to-implement activities focused on the five core competencies: Self-Awareness, Responsible Decision-Making, Self- Management, Social Awareness, and Relationship Skills.
Each activity comes with a corresponding Family Message with easy ways to continue the learning at home.
The Gold Package includes:
• Easel-design notebook for hands-free use
• 8 MVP Kids® plush puppets
• Emotions cards
• Solve It! Cards
• Values display
• MVP Kids® Positivity Posters
• MVP Kids® book set
• Digital soundtrack – 11 original songs
• Reproducible activity resources
The Silver Package includes:
• Easel-design notebook for hands-free use
• Emotions cards
• Solve It! Cards
• Values display
• MVP Kids® Positivity Posters
• MVP Kids® book set
• Digital soundtrack – 11 original songs
• Reproducible activity resources
Sophia Day’s Instill® SEL at Home toolkit blueprint is the manual for all things social and emotional learning right at your fingertips. Your family will be equipped with tools to process emotions and grow in social situations. Using concepts from CASEL, the toolkit blueprint provides detailed descriptions of how to apply social and emotional learning concepts within your home.
This simple and effective program provides families with tools and strategies to support:
• Decreased frustration
• Less challenging behavior
• Better communication
• Stronger relationships
by increasing emotional understanding, practicing problem-solving skills, developing healthy habits, and strengthening social skills.
Deluxe toolkit Includes:
• 2 MVP Kids plush puppets of your choice included ($50 value!)
• Toolkit blueprint – this interactive and simple instruction manual will guide you in implementing the included 10 SEL tools.
• Values display
• English/Spanish emotion cards and poster
• Feelings journal
• Frustration station calming strategies
• English/Spanish Solve It! Cards and poster
• 16 stick puppets
• MVP Kids paperback books
• Positivity builders
• Creating a We Care! Bag
• Audio tracks
Toolkit recommended for families with children ages 2-8.
This simple and effective program provides families with tools and strategies to support:
• Decreased frustration
• Less challenging behavior
• Better communication
• Stronger relationships by increasing emotional understanding, practicing problem-solving skills, developing healthy habits, and strengthening social skills.
Standard toolkit Includes:
• Toolkit blueprint – interactive and simple instruction manual, the toolkit blueprint will guide you in implementing the included 10 SEL tools.
• Your toolkit Includes:
• Values display
• Bilingual emotion cards and poster
• Feelings journal
• Frustration station calming strategies
• Bilingual Solve It! Cards and poster
• 16 stick puppets
• MVP Kids paperback books
• Positivity builders
• Creating a We Care! Bag
• Audio tracks
Toolkit recommended for families with children ages 2-8.
Bring Keon’s stories to life with his cuddly, plush puppet that all kids love! From learning about our uniqueness to learning about kindness, your young children will grow so much by playing with Keon in real life next to the illustrations in each story.
Playing with puppets does wonders for children’s language, cognitive, physical, and social-emotional development. When children engage with puppets, they learn to share, take turns, be patient, control impulses, and to recognize and relate to their feelings and emotions and the feelings and emotions of others.
PUPPET SPECIFICS:
• 14” long
• Meets child safety requirements
• Soft, plush material
• Movable mouths
• Embroidered eyes
PUPPET BOOK BUNDLE INCLUDES:
• Keon puppet
• Four paperback titles:
• The Way We’re Made
• Light of Kindness
• I Can Take Time to Think
• Stomp Out Selfishness
Ready to play? Our MVP Kid puppets are ready for children to learn to express emotions through imaginary play! Puppets are great for social and emotional learning for early learners! Save $40 and bring 8 of our MVP Kids to life through puppet play.
Puppet specifics:
• 14” long
• Meets child safety requirements
• Soft, plush material
• Movable mouths
• Embroidered eyes
Are you a dentist? I Can Brush My Teeth is a great book to have in your office waiting room or as a gift to hand out to first-time patients. Consider buying at a case (QTY: 140) to help your patients with their upcoming visits!
About the Book:
In I Can Brush My Teeth™, Yong learns that brushing his teeth is an important part of being healthy. Yong explains when he should brush his teeth and three simple steps to getting teeth clean.
I Can Be an MVP™ series
The I Can Be an MVP series paperback books help children ages 2-8 practice social-emotional skills and self-help routines. These short stories are designed with simple, memorable scripts, and illustrations focus on a singular behavior or process. Children will feel empowered as they begin to understand how to navigate new or unfamiliar situations or learn a new pattern of behavior. Each title includes teaching tips and practice strategies.
We Recommend: Ages 2-6
Lucas is ready to jump into action and bring your stories to life! From learning 12 different ways to say “I love you” to slaying his anger dragon, your young children will grow so much by playing with Lucas in real life next to the illustrations in each story.
Playing with puppets does wonders for children’s language, cognitive, physical, and social-emotional development. When children engage with puppets, they learn to share, take turns, be patient, control impulses, and to recognize and relate to their feelings and emotions and the feelings and emotions of others.
PUPPET SPECIFICS:
• 14” long
• Meets child safety requirements
• Soft, plush material
• Movable mouths
• Embroidered eyes
Puppet Book Bundle includes:
• Lucas puppet
• Four paperback titles:
• My Family Loves Me
• Counting Critters
• Block Bad Sportsmanship
• Lucas Tames the Anger Dragon
Leo is sure to bring love and friendship to your child’s reading and playtime. From learning about our how to celebrate differences to learning about handling feelings, your young children will grow so much by playing with Leo in real life next to the illustrations in each story.
Playing with puppets does wonders for children’s language, cognitive, physical, and social-emotional development. When children engage with puppets, they learn to share, take turns, be patient, control impulses, and to recognize and relate to their feelings and emotions and the feelings and emotions of others.
PUPPET SPECIFICS:
• 14” long
• Meets child safety requirements
• Soft, plush material
• Movable mouths
• Embroidered eyes
PUPPET BOOK BUNDLE INCLUDES:
• Leo puppet
• Four paperback titles:
• We’re More Alike Than Different (currently unavailable, will be substituted)
• Full of Flavor
• Give Up Greed
• Leo’s Pent-Up Feelings
Bring each story to life by using our Gabby puppet! From learning about motivation to bearing with embarrassment, your young children will grow so much by playing with Gabby in real life next to the illustrations in each story.
Playing with puppets does wonders for children’s language, cognitive, physical, and social-emotional development. When children engage with puppets, they learn to share, take turns, be patient, control impulses, and to recognize and relate to their feelings and emotions and the feelings and emotions of others.
PUPPET SPECIFICS:
• 14” long
• Meets child safety requirements
• Soft, plush material
• Movable mouths
• Embroidered eyes
PUPPET BOOK BUNDLE INCLUDES:
• Gabby puppet
• Four paperback titles:
• I Know How I Feel
• The Superhero in You
• Throw Away Theft
• Gabby Bears with Embarrassment
Are you a dentist? Celebrate! Going to the Dentist is a great book to have in your office waiting room or as a gift to hand out to first-time patients. Consider buying at a case (QTY: 40) to help your patients with their upcoming visits!
About the book:
Young children anxious about their upcoming dentist visit will love this useful guide for calming nerves and learning about dentists! From start to finish, we will learn about what goes on during a dentist visit in hopes of calming nerves and relieving fears of going to get our teeth cleaned!
Helpful Teaching Tips included.
Formal Leveling: GLE 1, GRL H
We Recommend: Ages 0-6
Get ready to explore the world on planes, trains, automobiles, and more with our MVP Kids!
Read the story, then fold out the accordion pages for engaging tummy-time play with high-contrast illustrations that stimulate your baby’s vision.
Bilingual labels help build baby’s vocabulary in Spanish and English!
Interactive book for toddler ages 0-3
Accordion fold-out with a mirror for tummy time
8 pages each side
Swish! Whisk! Vroom! Helping around the house with our MVP Kids is fun and full of funny noises! Simple chores build young children’s hearts for serving others and make them feel capable and included.
Mimic the noises and lift the flaps to reveal tidy rooms and make helping fun!
Interactive board book for toddlers ages 0-3
Lift the flaps for a seek and find activity!
18 pages
Start your MVP Kids library with all of our available books (that’s 77 books!). You will receive 5 Let’s Celebrate!™ titles, 20 Celebrate!™ titles, 13 Celebrate! Paperbacks, 3 I Can Be an MVP™, 5 Mighty Tokens™, 3 Playful Apprentice™, 15 Help Me Become™, 12 Help Me Understand™ titles, 1 Limitless™ chapter book, and 1 DNA Chronicles™ chapter book!
Let’s Celebrate!™ Board Books – Infant and Toddler titles include:
-Let’s Celebrate! Helping
-Let’s Celebrate! Getting Around
- Let’s Celebrate! Playing
- Let’s Celebrate! Music
- Let’s Celebrate! Favorite Foods
Celebrate!™ Board Books – Toddler and Preschool titles include:
-Celebrate! A Heroic Halloween
-Celebrate! Thanksgiving
-Celebrate! Christmas
-Celebrate! The Holidays
-Celebrate! Counting Critters
-Celebrate! Flying Colors
-Celebrate! Our Differences
-Celebrate! Grandmas and Grandpas
-Celebrate! The Way I’m Made
-Celebrate! Mommies and Daddies
-Celebrate! MealTime
-Celebrate! BedTime
-Celebrate! Going to the Dentist
-Celebrate! Going to the Doctor
-Celebrate! Changing Seasons
-Celebrate! Feelings
-Celebrate! My Growing Family
-Celebrate! My Senses
-Celebrate! Our Community
-Celebrate! Shapes in the Sea
Celebrate!™ Paperbacks – Ages 4-8
-Holidays Together
-A Year of Seasons
-I Know How I Feel
-We’re More Alike Than Different (currently unavailable)
-The Way We’re Made
-Treasured Wisdom
-Counting Critters
-My Family Loves Me
-Smile for the Dentist
-Check Up with the Doctor
-I’m Part of My Community
-Out on the Trail
-Our Growing Family
I Can Be an MVP - Ages 2-6
-I Can Take Time to Think
-I Can Wash My Hands
-I Can Brush My Teeth
Mighty Tokens™ - Learn to Read Ages 4-8 titles include:
-Stick to the Beat
-Full of Flavor
-Light Of Kindness
-The Superhero in You
-Report, Jet Leader
Playful Apprentice™ - Ages 4-10
-Police Protect and Serve
-Teachers Explain it All
-Hello, World! I’m a Programmer!
Help Me Become™ – Early Elementary titles include:
-Stomp Out Selfishness
-Defeat Disobedience
-Lock Up Lying
-STAND Up to Bullies
-STAND Together Against Bullying
-STAND Down, Bullies
-Away With Wastefulness
-Cure Complaining
-Phase Out Forgetfulness
-Block Bad Sportsmanship
-Limit Laziness
-Pick Your Promises
-Give Up Greed
-Throw Away Theft
-Spick & Span Master Plan
Help Me Understand™ – Elementary titles include:
-Lucas Tames the Anger Dragon
-Miriam Lassoes the Worry Whirlwind
-Blake Rewires the Failure Circuit
-Sarah Sizes Up the Insecure Ant
-Yong Breaks Out of the Boredom Box
-Olivia Uproots the Arrogant Weed
-Ezekiel Builds on his Regrets
-Gabby Bears with Embarrassment
-Leo’s Pent-Up Feelings
-Annie’s Jar of Patience
-Liam Conquers Fort Grudge
-Faith’s Stress Rehearsal
Limitless™ – Middle School titles include:
-Bouncing Forward
DNA Chronicles™ - Middle School titles include:
-Blake and the Mysterious Coin Book 1 - To the New World and Back