When Billy and Tommy lead their horses down an unfamiliar path, they spend the day exploring overgrown ruins and enjoying a beautiful clearing. But at the end of the day, neither Billy nor Tommy remember how to get back. Can Blaze lead them home?

Billy and Blaze are back in another exciting tale of their adventures. This time they're showing their friends Tommy and Dusty how to be as great a team as they are. Tommy and Dusty are eager learners, for they know that Billy and Blaze are the best teachers anybody (or…

All around Martha are beautiful things she cannot see, the green grass, the sky, and the light of the sun.

Bowser the Hound isn't very clever — certainly not as clever as Old Man Coyote, who's full of tricks! There's one thing, though, that Bowser's really good at, and that's pursuing someone who'll give him a long, hard run. Actually, he'll go without eating just for the pleasure of chasing…

Eight-year-old Garang is tending cattle far from his family's home in southern Sudan when war comes to his village. Frightened but unharmed, he returns to find everything has been destroyed. Soon Garang meets other boys whose villages have been attacked. Before long they become a moving band of thousands, walking hundreds…

Peter Rabbit has learns about all sorts of animals from Old Mother Nature.

Some of Thornton Burgess' classic characters, Danny Meadow Mouse, Jimmy Skunk, and Reddy Fox explore the seashore, learning about all the interesting creatures that live there.

Mother Bear has a secret -- actually, two of them -- and their names are Boxer and Woof-Woof. Young readers will find out how the young cubs get even with Peter Rabbit, what happens when the bears meet their father, and much more. 4 charming illustrations by Harrison Cady. 80…

Tramps don’t have to do any work. They just tramp around and have a good time. But when Charlie hears water trickling, can he resist the urge to make it stop? Charlie the Beaver wants to be a tramp when he grows up. “Tramps don’t have to learn how to chop down trees…

A collection of poems evoking the world and feelings of childhood.

A life of the Genoese weaver's son who sought to prove the world is round, telling how he studied map-making in Portugal, waited long years for financial and material support from Isabella of Spain, and finally made four voyages to the New World.

Includes all eight books in the Brambly Hedge series: Spring Story, Summer Story, Autumn Story, Winter Story, The Secret Staircase, The High Hills, Sea Story, and Poppy's Babies

Chibi has been an outcast since that frightening first day of school when he hid under the schoolhouse. Afraid of the teacher and unable to make any friends, Chibi passes his free time alone - alone at study time, alone at playtime, always a 'forlorn little tag-along.' But when Mr…

Danny was big, and strong, and gentle, but he had a problem. Farmer Don and Missus Dora were worried. How could they help Danny? Then some oatmeal cookies gave Missus Dora an idea. Danny learned a valuable lesson, and so can we. A Pleasant Valley Farm book.

From the incomparable William Steig, a story that proves even a fox can be out-foxed by a clever mouse. Since he's a mouse, Doctor De Soto refuses to treat "dangerous" animals--that is, animals who have a taste for mice. But one day a fox shows up and begs for relief from…

Wherever old Dolly went, the rest of the herd followed. At four o’clock every afternoon, she faithfully led the other cows to the barn for milking. Then one winter day, Dolly slipped and fell on the ice. Would she be brave enough to trust Farmer Don and lead the herd…

Wong Chung is thrilled when he has the chance to join his father’s caravan and embark on a journey along the Silk Road. But with the harsh terrain, brutal sandstorms, and marauding bandits, the journey is not an easy one. With so many obstacles will they ever be able to…

Frog and Toad All Year is an American picture book written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel, published by Harper & Row in 1976. It is the third book in the Frog and Toad series, whose four books completed by Lobel comprise five easy-to-read short stories each. In winter, spring, summer, and…

Frog and Toad Together is an American fantasy adventure children's picture book, written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel and published by Harper & Row in 1972. It is the second book in the Frog and Toad series, whose four books completed by Lobel comprise five easy-to-read short stories each. Frog and…

A simple biography of Washington, telling of the major events in his life and stressing the upbringing that endowed him with the qualities of leadership.

"Harry, a shaggy white dog with black spots, hated baths so much that one day he buried the scrubbing brush in the backyard, ran away from home, and had a wonderful day. Drawings full of action and humor."--"The Horn Book."

A beloved picture book from two-time Caldecott Medal award-winner Sophie Blackall that transports readers to the seaside in timeless, nautical splendor! Watch the days and seasons pass as the wind blows, the fog rolls in, and icebergs drift by. Outside, there is water all around. Inside, the daily life of a…

"Pweew! Pweew!" Malusi's shrill whistling drives the sheep out of grandfather's kraal. By the time they reach the grazing slopes, the earth is hot beneath his bare feet. He keeps the sheep and goats from straying towards the deep donga, which is easy to fall into but hard to climb out…

From the jungles of Sri Lanka to the apple orchards of Vermont, the energetic little baker searches far and wide to find the finest ingredients for her apple pie. Marjorie Priceman's deliciously silly adventure comes complete with a real recipe for an apple pie!

At first light the finches are flitting about the trees Flittering fluttering flit purple finches flit Fluttering flittering fly painted finches fly. In this companion volume to Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices, the winner of the 1989 Newbery Medal, Paul Fleischman celebrates the sound, the sense, the essence of birds. Written to be spoken aloud by two voices, sometimes alternating, sometimes simultaneous…