Spring Surprises

by Anna Jane Hays

Published 26 January 2010
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 includes two sheets of stickers.

The Pup Speaks Up

by Anna Jane Hays

Published 1 May 2003
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!

Here Comes Silent E!

by Anna Jane Hays

Published 1 November 2004
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 development specialist for The Children’s Television Workshop. She lives in Santa Fe, NM.

Smarty Sara

by Anna Jane Hays

Published 8 July 2008
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 the joy of writing.

Silly Sara: A Phonics Reader

by Anna Jane Hays

Published 22 January 2002
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.