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Anna Jane Hays
Anna Jane Hays has had firsthand experience with seven preschoolers–her own two children and five grandchildren–as well as over 30 years experience in creating educational picture books, storybooks, and print activity books for preschoolers. She joined the Children’s Television Workshop in 1970 and used her creativity and expertise to help develop publishing based on Sesame Street, the then-new, innovative, PBS preschool educational television series. She was first managing editor of the Sesame Street magazine start-up and developed original Sesame Street Book publishing in partnerships with Golden Press and Random House. After 29 years at Sesame Street, she retired as Vice President/Editor in Chief... Read More
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Happy Alphabet!
Written by Anna Jane Hays
Illustrated by Joe Mathieu
Trade Paperback
A string of wacky people, animals, and objects, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet, gather to celebrate a birthday! Each page presents a letter of the alphabet, and every phrase rhymes with the next to help beginning readers anticipate words! Read More
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Here Comes Silent E!
Written by Anna Jane Hays
Illustrated by Joann Adinolfi
Trade Paperback
Research shows that early instruction in phonics is the first step to reading success. Well, here “e” comes! This Step 2 Phonics Reader uses rhyme and visual clues to illustrate the important concept of the “silent e”—personified here in our main character!
Anna Jane Hays is a former editorial director and child... Read More
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Kindergarten Countdown
Written by Anna Jane Hays
Illustrated by Linda Davick
Trade Paperback
"MY SCHOOL STARTS in one week so—I have SEVEN DAYS to go. Mom says be patient, do not worry. But I can't wait! I'm in a hurry!"In this delightful book a little girl counts off the days by naming what she'll do in kindergarten. "I'll be ready, I'll be smart. I... Read More
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Kindergarten Countdown
Written by Anna Jane Hays
Illustrated by Linda Davick
eBook
"MY SCHOOL STARTS in one week so—I have SEVEN DAYS to go. Mom says be patient, do not worry. But I can't wait! I'm in a hurry!"In this delightful book a little girl counts off the days by naming what she'll do in kindergarten. "I'll be ready, I'll be smart. I... Read More
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The Pup Speaks Up
Written by Anna Jane Hays
Illustrated by Valeria Petrone
Trade Paperback
Pal is a pup who’s a bit on the quiet side. But after some gentle prodding and encouragement from a few “talkative” friends, the pup finds the courage to speak up and take his final bow-wow! Read More
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Ready, Set, Preschool!
Written by Anna Jane Hays
Illustrated by True Kelley
Trade Paperback
Here in one big lap book is everything a child AND his or her parent needs to know before the first day of preschool! The stories, poems, and activities involve not only basic early learning concepts--letters and early phonics, numbers and counting, shapes, colors, opposites, etc.--but also address important aspects of... Read More
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Silly Sara: A Phonics Reader
Written by Anna Jane Hays
Illustrated by Sylvie Wickstrom
Trade Paperback
Silly Sara spills and slips and trips! Sara is sick of being silly, so she decides to become Super Sara in this beginning phonics reader that promotes word recognition through rhyme. Read More
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Smarty Sara
Written by Anna Jane Hays
Illustrated by Sylvie Wickstrom
Trade Paperback
SARA HAS A surprise for her friends. With her journal at her side, Sara plots and plans, draws maps, and writes a poem as she makes her way from home to the secret destination. This sweet, sunny, rhymed reader—a companion book to the Step into Reading Phonics Reader Silly Sara— celebrates... Read More
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Spring Surprises
Written by Anna Jane Hays
Illustrated by Hala Swearingen Wittwer
Trade Paperback
Say goodbye to winter and celebrate all the fun and exciting surprises springtime offers—like flying kites, making mud pies, watching new baby animals take their first steps, and dancing among the raindrops! This joyful ode to all things spring is filled with easy-to-decode rhymed text and bright, inviting art. Spring Surprises... Read More
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Spring Surprises
Written by Anna Jane Hays
Illustrated by Hala Swearingen Wittwer
eBook
Say goodbye to winter and celebrate all the fun and exciting surprises springtime offers—like flying kites, making mud pies, watching new baby animals take their first steps, and dancing among the raindrops! This joyful ode to all things spring is filled with easy-to-decode rhymed text and bright, inviting art. Spring Surprises... Read More
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Kindergarten Phonics Readers Boxed Set
Written by Martha Weston, Anna Jane Hays, Terry Pierce and Kathryn Heling
Illustrated by Valeria Petrone
Boxed Set
Help your kindergartener learn to read with 5 books from the #1 early reader line, Step into Reading! Remember, a lifetime love of reading starts with a single Step!
This boxed set of five Phonics Readers is perfect for sharing at home or in the classroom. These books are designed to help... Read More
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