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Russell Hoban. Paperback. | With a new baby sister in the house Frances is feeling quite forgotten. Mother doesn’t have time to iron Frances’ favorite dress, her parents don’t appreciate her noisy new song, and there are no raisins for her oatmeal. So Frances decides to run away, and she does--but not too far… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | ||
Hoban, Russell | When Thelma tricks Frances into buying her tea set, Frances gets mad! Can Frances show Thelma that it's better to lose a bargain than to lose a friend? | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | ||
Hoban, Russell | Everyone is busy getting ready for Gloria's birthday, and Frances is not happy about it. Frances does not want to be a part of any birthday celebration that is not for her, let alone one that revolves around her little sister. But when Frances realizes she's the only one who… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | ||
Ham, Ken and Mally | A Genesis commentary for parents and children
A is for Adam teaches the Bible chronologically, helping you children learn the timeline of history beginning with Creation and ending with the New Heavens and New Earth. Each sequence of verses teaches the Gospel message to children, answering such questions as:
- How can… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books ⋅ Level 12 items | ||
Philip C. Stead: Illustrated by… | THE BEST SICK DAY EVER and the animals in the zoo feature in this striking picture book debut.
Friends come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. In Amos McGee's case, all sorts of species, too! Every day he spends a little bit of time with each of his friends at… | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | ||
Parish, Peggy | From dressing the chicken to drawing the drapes, Amelia Bedelia does exactly what Mr. and Mrs. Rogers tell her to do. If things get a bit mixed up, well, that's okay. When Amelia Bedelia is involved, everything always turns out perfectly in the end! 65 pages. | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | ||
Steig, William | Amos the mouse and Boris the whale are friends who have very little in common. Boris rescues Amos, who has set out to sail the seas - but might there be a time when Boris needs rescuing too? An awardwinning fable and New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the… | Picture Books | ||
Flack, Marjorie | Angus the terrier has to share his home with a new cat who eats Angus's food and sits in his favorite places. How will they ever get along? | Picture Books | ||
Flack, Marjorie | Originally published in 1930, Angus and the Ducks is the first of several picture-books devoted to the doings of its eponymous canine hero, an energetic, curious Scottish terrier puppy, and is a sheer delight to read. The simple text follows Angus as he slips out one day - the door… | Picture Books | ||
Marjorie Flack. Paperback | Always curious, Angus runs away from his house to seek new adventures. Find them he does, but will Angus make it back home? | Picture Books | ||
Eastman, P. D. | Illus. in color. A baby bird is hatched while his mother is away. Fallen from his nest, he sets out to look for her and asks everyone he meets -- including a dog, a cow, and a plane -- "Are you my mother?" 72 pages. | Picture Books | ||
Miller, Lucinda | For many years an arrowhead lay hidden, buried in the soil of an Indiana farm. The Indian who had shot it was long forgotten. The generations of settlers who followed, chopping down trees and planting corn, never found it. Decades passed, and other families who worked the land never found… | Picture Books | ||
Polacco, Patricia | How did Patricia Polacco discover she was an artist?After spending the summer with her artist grandmother, Trisha knows she wants to be an artist, too. She's thrilled when her sketches get her into Miss Chew's special art class at the high school. A substitute teacher tells her she's wasting time… | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | ||
Kuhns, Lana | Bart the billy goat has a problem, and everyone knows it. A Happy Day Farm book. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | ||
McBrier, Page | Beatrice's Goat is a 2001 children's story book based on the true account of Beatrice Biira, an impoverished Ugandan girl whose life is transformed by the gift of a goat from the nonprofit world hunger organization Heifer International. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | ||
Beatrix Potter | This complete and unabridged collection contains all 23 of Beatrix Potter's Tales in one deluxe volume with all their original illustrations. The stories are arranged in the order in which they were first published so they may be read in their proper sequence. A special section at the end of… | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | ||
Hoban, Russell and Williams, Garth | Famed for her many adventures, Frances made her debut with this title over thirty years ago. In this first Frances book, the little badger adroitly delays her bedtime with requests for kisses and milk, and concerns over tigers and giants and things going bump in the night. | Picture Books | ||
Sherman, Pat | Young Benjamin Holmes, a slave in Charleston, secretly taught himself to read. When his master flees Charleston, Ben and other slaves are sent to the slave prison to be resold. Someone bribed a guard to bring in a newspaper, and late at night, Ben reads Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation to his… | Picture Books | ||
Hoban, Russell | Frances doesn't think her younger sister Gloria can be her best friend. Besides, Albert is Frances's best friend. But when Albert has a no-girls baseball game, Frances sets out to prove to Albert a thing or two about friendship - and what girls can do. Along the way, Frances discovers… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | ||
Showalter, Velina | Brooms, binders, and a big heart | Picture Books | ||
Showalter, Velina | All around Martha are beautiful things she cannot see, the green grass, the sky, and the light of the sun. | Picture Books | ||
McCloskey, Robert | "The adventures of a little girl and a baby bear while hunting for blueberries with their mothers one bright summer day. All the color and flavor of the sea and pine-covered Maine countryside."--"School Library Journal, " starred review. Caldecott Honor Book. Full-color illustrations. Highly-recommended. | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | ||
Hoban, Russell | Frances is a fussy eater. In fact, the only thing she likes is bread and jam. She won't touch her squishy soft-boiled egg. She trades away her chicken-salad sandwich at lunch. She turns up her nose at boring veal cutlet. Unless Mother Badger can come up with a plan, Frances… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | ||
Mary Williams, illustrated by R… | 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… | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | ||
Written by Shari Zook Illustrated… | Who will love a sweet boy with a cowlick and a dimple for who he is? And what if who he is keeps changing?
Written by Shari Zook and illustrated by Lana Kuhns, Bubby and the Changing Place gives us a glimpse into the heart of a foster child. Bubby is… | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | ||
McCloskey, Robert | A classic Robert McCloskey book with brilliant pictures and a wild and compelling story line. | Picture Books | ||
Slobodkina, Esphyr | Celebrate the 75 years of the favorite classic, Caps for Sale, with this special edition that features a burst calling out this landmark anniversary!
Since it was first published in 1940, millions of children have savored this story about a peddler, his caps, and a band of very mischievous monkeys.
Now fans… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | ||
Dr. Seuss | Poor Dick and Sally. It's cold and wet and they're stuck in the house with nothing to do . . . until a giant cat in a hat shows up, transforming the dull day into a madcap adventure and almost wrecking the place in the process! Written by Dr. Seuss… | Picture Books | ||
Russell Hoban | 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… | Picture Books | ||
Moser, Helga | Chester was handsome, and friendly, and curious. But his pride got him into trouble. When Chester thought he was big and tough enough to challenge the mean, old rabbit who lived under the corncrib, Molly taught him a lesson he would not forget. | Picture Books | ||
Stevenson, Robert Louis | A collection of poems evoking the world and feelings of childhood. | Picture Books | ||
Singmaster, Elsie | Clouds of war rolled over the Cloister where the Martyrs Mirror was being printed. A knock was heard on the door. It was the soldiers, and they demanded that unbound copies of the Martyrs Mirror be handed over for the military to use as gun wadding. Would a book that… | Picture Books | ||
Cox, Anna | From the cotton fields of Egypt to a wealthy American home, then on to a thrift store and eventually back to Africa as part of a comforter for a needy family, this unique book tells the story of one piece of fabric that ultimately plays a part in spreading the… | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading ⋅ Picture Books | ||
Barklem, Jill | 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 | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | ||
Freeman, Don | Corduroy has been on the department store shelf for a long time. Yet as soon as Lisa sees him, she knows that he's the bear she's always wanted. Her mother, though, thinks he's a little shopworn-he's even missing a button! Still, Corduroy knows that with a bit of work, he… | Picture Books | ||
Yashima, Taro | 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… | Picture Books | ||
Rey, H. A. | Curious George is a sweet African monkey who can't help but run into trouble. George's friend, "The Man in the Yellow Hat," tries very hard to care for George and is always saving the day. The show's themes are about learning, forgiveness and playful curiosity. | Picture Books | ||
Moser, Helga | 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. | Picture Books | ||
Lobel, Arnold | Good friends like Frog and Toad enjoy spending their days together. They fly kites, celebrate Toad's birthday, and share the shivers when one of them tells a scary story. Here are five funny stories that celebrate friendship all day, every day. | Picture Books | ||
Steig, William | 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… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | ||
Steig, William | In the further adventures of the hero from the Newbery Honor-winning Doctor De Soto, the diminutive dentist is summoned by cablegram to Africa to aid Mudambo, an elephant with an unbearable toothache.
Children's Choices for 1993 (IRA/CBC)
Softcover, 32 Pages | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | ||
Moser, Helga | 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… | Picture Books | ||
Ji-yun Jang | 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… | Picture Books | ||
Kuhns, Lana | Nelda the horse needs a friend. A Happy Day Farm book. | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | ||
Newswanger, Rebecca | The story of William Penn, told simply with vibrant pictures. | Picture Books | ||
Lobel, Arnold | 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… | Picture Books | ||
Lobel, Arnold | There's nothing like a best friend! Whether they are telling stories, taking walks, or writing letters, Frog and Toad always help each other out, as best friends should. Here are five irresistible stories about their adventures together. | Picture Books | ||
Lobel, Arnold | 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… | Picture Books | ||
Maxwell, Cassandre | Abraham Dee Bartlett knew from a young age that he wanted to spend his life working with animals. But in Victorian London, there weren't many jobs that provided an opportunity to do that. Still, Abraham spent years gaining knowledge and pursuing his dream until he eventually became superintendent in the… | Picture Books | ||
Kuhns, Lana | Hamlet the Hog learns to share. A Happy Day Farms book. | Picture Books |