Contains Canadian read-aloud picture books and promotes learning through talk and play. Materials are cross-curricular and can be used for oral language and vocabulary development. A strong foundation for emergent literacy. Suitability: Grade K Language Arts, Science, Literacy.

Educational Resource Acquisition Consortium (ERAC) evaluated. "Kindergarten cross-curricular kit."

Book titles: 1. The delicious bug / Janet Perlman -- 2. Have you ever seen a duck in a raincoat? / Etta Kaner -- 3. Hungry animals : my first look at a food chain / Pamela Hickman & Heather Collins -- 4. I went to the bay / Ruth Miller. Shared reading cards: 1. A bug sat in a silver flower (Let's read and join in) -- 2. Oats, peas, beans, and barley grow (Let's read and sing) -- 3. What am I? (Let's read and talk) -- 4. What comes from a tree? (Let's read, talk, and write) -- 5. What is alive? (Let's read, talk, and write) -- 6. What is an environment? (Let's read and talk).