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!

Oh no super heroes and villains on the loose! Only your child's writing skills can solve the mystery and save the day. Perfect for extremely imaginative kids, this workbook keeps thinking on its toes.

The reading and writing practice in this workbook will get kids thinking about all the different parts that go into a good story, like vocabulary, structure and sequencing.

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

Find your inner musician with this fun-filled workbook all about music. Read about the history of different music genres, and learn to read music on the piano and guitar too!

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.

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.

Kids compare points of view between firsthand account stories of seriously mysterious sightings. Fiction, non-fiction, and real-world skills collide in this workbook!

This workbook focuses on penmanship practice. In the process, learners also get a head start on composition by using their new handwriting skills to write short stories and paragraphs.

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.

This workbook explores the myths, science, and history of our efforts to understand the skies with light reading. Introduce kids to gravity, moon phases and stars with basic activities and stories.

Tackle text features like timelines, glossaries, and photo captions with this perfectly haunting workbook. Stories from 13 states come together when your child binds this handmade booklet.

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.

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