A central component of reading comprehension is the ability to understand the main idea or theme of a text. In this series, your child will practice basic analysis of a short story or poem.

This book of creative writing prompts will nudge reluctant writers towards a love of language with imaginative activities that take them through space, under the sea and into distant lands.

Meet mythical creatures from all around the world with these creative writing prompts. Tell a story from a monster's perspective, trek the Himalayas with a yeti and create your own monster too!

This workbooks helps first graders build words, focusing on consonant blends, and understand word meanings with story and activity pages.

These sentence starters support basic writing skills and organizing thoughts for kindergarteners. Telling stories not only builds creativity, it helps kids learn about communication.

Get long division down to a tee with a series of word problems and practice sheets. This series includes division problems with decimals too.

This book is crawling with math. Kids can take apart groups of bugs and practice numbers up to 20, build beginning addition and subtraction skills with counting exercises, and review bug names too!

Boost summer learning with a mix of sports-themed pages, from coloring to Sudoku. Kids will be inspired to stay active this summer, plus they can sneak in some math, logic and fine motor practice too!

Early readers can share Rapunzel's adventure by exploring mazes, connecting the dots, and making a story map.

Your child can practice creative writing to go with fall holidays. Writing narratives from real or imagined stories will teach kids technique, characterization, sequencing and story development.

It won’t take all the king’s horses and all the king’s men to put these mixed-up fairy tales back together again! Work on reading comprehension and story structure with this book of simple stories.

Can you read 100 books in a day? Run a mile in 30 seconds? Kids can compare fact and fiction with Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan and others to learn about story structure, character analysis and hyperbole.

Whip up a flurry of creativity with these writing prompts; a perfect addition to any writer's journal. Play with story cards, write out winter goals and go on writing adventures in winter scenarios.

Everything a kid needs to read and write a biography. Learn about some inspirational Americans, try your hand at writing someone else's story, and consider what makes heroes so compelling.

Personal narrative writing is all about you—the writer! Kids will enjoy writing about themselves, from personal experiences and to feelings and emotions. Plus, they'll learn how to map a story.

Read two similar stories and see what two very different cultures can have in common when it comes to storytelling. This book comes with two illustrated stories and peppers questions along the way.

Reading without the bah-humbugs: take a look at "A Christmas Carol" with story pages young readers can bring to life with color, and step-by-step analysis pages to get them thinking.

Is your budding reader up for a challenge? Help your child get familiar with the important elements of a story as well as its structure while putting his or her critical thinking skills to the test.

This beautiful, colorful activity book offers a comprehensive overview of division basics and techniques. Add tools like skip-counting on a number line, repeated subtraction, fact families, arrays, and equal groups to your problem-solving arsenal. Be sure

Hands-on movie activities bring to life vocabulary and reading comprehension.

This book has The Three Little Pigs, The Boy Who Cried Wolf and more. What do these stories have in common? One wolfish character after another and a great excuse to compare and contrast stories.

Spark an interest in reading with an introduction to four classic tales. Coloring pages make old and new stories accessible, especially for reluctant readers.

What do you know about the prince in Sleeping Beauty? Here are four classic stories re-spun for kids, with the focus on supporting characters.

Here is some basic training for every budding author. This series focuses on the pre-writing and organization stages of writing, including sequencing stories, making outlines and researching.

Have a monstrous amount of fun with this series of ghoulish writing activities. Get acquainted with famous monsters like Frankenstein, and write a few frightful stories of your own.

Swashbuckling stories sighted! Travel the seas with these reading pages on real figures from history, with the coloring and cutting projects your child needs to bring his pirate alter-ego to life.

Get your fifth grader to love writing with these creative writing prompts. Students will practice building stories, and can find inspiration from great authors such as Jack London or Mark Twain.

Practice reading comprehension with a wide variety of world tales, some famous and some little-known. The book shines a light on supernatural stories, monstrous myths, and terrifying true-life tales.

Entice young writers to dabble in both formal, research-based writing as well as creative writing. These open-ended exercises help kids write dialogue and exposition while crafting essays or stories.

These articles, short stories, fairy tales and fables teach kids about a wide range of subjects so your child can learn more about history and science while improving literacy and vocabulary skills.