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 | Mosel, Arlene | Tikki Tikki Tembo is a 1968 picture book written by Arlene Mosel and illustrated by Blair Lent. The book tells the story of a Chinese boy with a long name who falls into a well. It is a sort of origin myth about why Chinese names are so short today. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | McCloskey, Robert | "Out on the islands that poke their rocky shores above the waters of Penobscot Bay, you can watch the time of the world go by, form minute to minute, hour to hour, from day to day, season to season."
Awarded the Caldecott Medal as "the most distinguished American picture book of… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Usborne | Put on your magic time-travel helmet and you'll be whisked back through the ages. Your fist destination is a castle in the days of the Crusades. Then you're off to Norway to meet a ferocious band of Viking raiders. Next, you'll explore Rome when the Roman empire was at its… | Educational Resources ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Resources By Subject ⋅ History & Social Studies ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Brett, Jan | Mice overflowing with personality and richly detailed settings make this a favorite edition of the classic tale.
Jan Brett introduces two engaging mouse couples eager to get away from their everyday lives. But when they agree to swap homes, they are plunged into unexpected adventures at every turn.
In a story filled… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Anderson, Hans Christian | Eight beloved tales from the great Danish storyteller: "The Ugly Duckling," "The Red Shoes," "Thumbelina," "The Emperor's New Clothes," "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," more. Newly reset in large easy-to-read type. | Early Reading | |
 | Bonnie Bauman | Fasten your seatbelts. We’ll go all the way around the world—and come back at the same time we started. In this book we will meet 24 children who live in 24 different time zones. It will be midnight in one place, 1:00 a.m. in another, and so on. At each… | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Margery Williams, Illustrated by William… | The beloved tale of a toy rabbit's quest to become real through the love of his young owner. This gift edition features the original illustrations by William Nicholson and an elegant new book design.
"What is REAL?" a shy stuffed animal asks an older and wiser plaything. Generations of children have… | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Bianco, Margery Williams | Nursery magic is very strange and wonderful, and only those playthings that are old and wise and experienced like the Skin Horse understand all about it. "What is REAL?" asked the Rabbit one day. "Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?" "Real isn't how… | Picture Books | |
 | Hoberman, Mary Ann | It's fun to read aloud! It's fun to read together! Each short, rhymed story in this book is like a little play for two voices. Sometimes the voices are separate; sometimes they speak in unison. The stories are about all kinds of things: cats and puppies, bears and mice, snakes… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Steig, William | This is the Story of when I was a boy, almost 100 years ago, when fire engines were pulled by horses, boys did not play with girls, kids went to libraries for books, there was no TV, you could see a movie for a nickel, and everybody wore a hat. ~William… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Fritz makes history accessible once more in this wry biography of a legendary explorer. A "School Library Journal" Best Book of the Year. Illustrations. | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | ||
 | Burgess, Thornton W. | As the days grow colder, little Whitefoot the Wood Mouse decides it is time to find a warm, safe place to spend the winter. The happy little creature finds the perfect spot in Farmer Brown's barn, where he meets a friendly stranger, tumbles into a life-threatening situation, and learns the… | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Fritz, Jean | Using her trademark humorous style, Jean Fritz tells the story of Plymouth Rock--the granite boulder upon which it was decided the Pilgrims must have set foot upon their arrival in the New World--telling how it came to be the impressive monument it is today. | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Meloche, Renee Taft | A preacher, William Carey, sailed
in seventeen ninety-three
from England's shore to India
with great expectancy.
He took a boat and traveled up
a river, where he spied
amazing new and wondrous sights
along the riverside.
At a time when most Christians never considered the millions of people in other countries who didn't know Jesus, William Carey dedicated… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Grahame, Kenneth | Heeding the call of spring, Mole sets out from his underground home and heads down to the river bank. His outing leads to friendship and adventures with Ratty, Badger, and irrepressible Mr Toad.
Their idyllic life changes when Mr Toad's car-crazy antics land him in jail. What are the friends to… | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Intermediate and Young Adult Reading ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Kenneth Grahame | One glorious spring day, Mole suddenly tires of his spring-cleaning and sets out on a stroll to see the wider world. When he meets the Water-Rat, his life is permanently changed. Read about the idyllic days of "messing about in boats" with the dreamy, poetic Rat, the terrors of the… | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Intermediate and Young Adult Reading ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Milne, A. A. | Here are Pooh and Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, and of course Christopher Robin, doing what they've done for generations--enchanting young readers in A. A. Milne's tales from the Hundred Acre Wood. | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Ferris, Jeri Chase | Biddy Mason never dreamed of becoming a pioneer. She was forced to by her master, to whom she had been given as a "wedding gift" at just eighteen years of age. Walking 1700 miles across the Great Plains, Biddy herded cattle, set up camp, fed a large family, and cared… | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Marc Olson, illustrated by Jemima… | We know the stories of the church's beginnings from the book of Acts, but what was the world like when these stories happened? What did people eat? What businesses could you expect to find in a Roman city? How were letters (including the New Testament epistles) transported to their destinations?
The… | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Intermediate and Young Adult Reading ⋅ Bible Stories | |
 | Marc Olson, illustrated by Jemima… | Give your children the gift of contextual knowledge for studying Scripture!
What kinds of tools might have been used in building the tower of Babel? How did people decide what to name their children in Old Testament times? When the Law and the Prophets condemn divination, what are they talking about?… | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Intermediate and Young Adult Reading ⋅ Bible Stories | |
 | de Angeli, Marguerite | Seven-year-old Yonie is a wondernose because he can't keep his nose out of anything. It seems that his nose is always getting him into trouble. When Yonie's parents go away overnight, he's left as the man of the house and promised a special reward if he can keep himself and… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books |