Formatted as a comic book (24 pages), Peppy's Coral Kingdom is an entertaining, visually rich way for kids ages 8-10 to learn about coral reef and pollution. Throughout the book, there are scientific factoids such as: * Why do coral get sick? * What is an artificial reef? In Peppy's Coral Kingdom, Peppy (a baby coral polyp) is homeless - she quickly needs to find out how to clean up an abandoned reef so that she can rebuild it with all her brothers and sisters and cousins to live there. During her quest, Peppy meets Queen Connie, a conch who was banished from the beautiful Natural Reef by the Royal Moray Eels, and her advisor, Brian the Brain Coral. Peppy is a smart little coral planula. She and her friends must also convince the Land Sharks that coral reefs are important because they protect land from destructive waves created by storms and earthquakes. Scientists believe that dying coral reefs are the first indicator of a permanently changing world ecosystem. If the water warms up and reefs die, then all other living things on the planet may not have much time left either...

ANCICA KOPREK was born in 1924 in Varazdin, little baroque town of Croatia, from where she carries her memories of happy playful childhood spent wandering through the forests and blossomy fields. That part of her childhood was transformed into her verse and prose, which she wrote with heart full of love for children. Her work is imaginatively woven with fairies, elves, dwarfs and giants. She lives in Zagreb now and writes for children magazines, and her stories are performed on Radio Zagreb in programs called Good Night Children and Stories For Large And Small. Ancica also wrote many children plays which are nowadays performed in children theaters around Croatia as well as many lyrics for The Croatian Song Festivals. She has collaborated with some prominent names in popular Croatian music and received few first prizes for her lyrics. Stowaway Peppy is just one of her many playful stories, and every child can fly on the wings of Ancica's imagination.

Turn the pages to laugh aloud with the rhyming text and farcical illustrations that take you on Peppy's sixty-six days of seasonal growth. Using curiosity, creativity, and imagination, Peppy produces the first Pepper Patch Motley Jalopy. Self-examination leads Peppy to study at JALAPENO U, being the hottest pepper in the class might not be that great? Culinary limitations? How does the wise Old Bell Pepper save Peppy?

Peppy first camping trip to the lake and he learns how to fish.

This is the story of a Christmas tree named Peppy that nobody wanted to buy from the Christmas tree farm. Peppy wonders if he’ll ever be a Christmas tree and, after many years, finally finds a family that loves him and thinks he’s the best Christmas tree ever.

Help children practice early reading skills with this delightful collection of brightly illustrated stories.

A penguin who wears a red dress and catches a star in a net? This lively and comical animal-themed phonics reader will make children giggle while also helping their reading skills grow!