Strengthen literacy skills with 29 units, each based on a popular kid-pleasing theme! Featuring theme-related, take-home bags that include activities to promote literacy, It's in the Bag! offers fun, creative ideas that can be used by parents at home or within classroom centers. Each thematic unit offers a list of suggested popular children's picture books and an organizational chart detailing the featured literacy skills and activities and additional materials needed. Each unit also includes a selection of reproducible activities and patterns that accompany the highlighted books and family-oriented extension activities.