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| | Russell Hoban | 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 | |
| | Russell Hoban | 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 | |
| | Russell Hoban | 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 | |
| | Robert Louis Stevenson | A collection of poems evoking the world and feelings of childhood. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Lana Kuhns | Nelda the horse needs a friend.A Happy Day Farm book. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Philip C. Stead, illustrated by… | 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 the zoo, running races with the tortoise, keeping the shy penguin company, and even reading bedtime stories… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Brooke Brubaker | A story about the first German printing of the Martyrs Mirror in America.“The candle was burning in a small room off the passageway. It showed a desk cluttered with printed pages. Then he saw something on the window shelf and forgot the cold. It was the Great Book.” | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Philip C. Stead, illustrated by… | Amos McGee, the friendly zookeeper, loves spending time with his good friends no matter the season. When snow in the forecast never arrives, he decides to head home and hope it comes another day. But when overnight a surprise snowfall blankets the town in fluffy white, what shall his lovable… | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Lana Kuhns | Wooster the rooster searches for a song. A Happy Day Farm book. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Mary Ann Fraser | Well before Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, Aleck (as his family called him) was a curious boy, interested in how and why he was able to hear the world all around him. His father was a speech therapist and his mother was hearing impaired, which only made Aleck even… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books ⋅ Level 43 items | |
| | Peggy Parish | 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. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | William Steig | 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… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Philip C. Stead, illustrated by… | Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, is very considerate and always on time. But after a late night planning a surprise for all his friends, Amos is tired. So tired that he falls asleep during breakfast and misses his bus to the zoo!Now he knows he won’t have time for the… | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Hunter Beless, illustrated by Heloise… | Read the true story of Amy Carmichael, a missionary who shared Christ’s love with hundreds of women and children in Asia.At a time when being a single female missionary was extremely costly, Amy Carmichael spent her life sharing Christ’s love with hundreds of women and children in Asia. Along the… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Marjorie Flack | 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? | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Marjorie Flack | 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… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Marjorie Flack | Always curious, Angus runs away from his house to seek new adventures. Find them he does, but will Angus make it back home? | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | P. D. Eastman | 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. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Lana Kuhns | Bart the billy goat has a problem, and everyone knows it.A Happy Day Farm book. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Karma Wilson | One by one, a whole host of different animals and birds find their way out of the cold and into Bear’s cave to warm up. But even after the tea has been brewed and the corn has been popped, Bear just snores on!See what happens when he finally wakes up… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Page McBrier | 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… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Russell Hoban, pictures by Garth Williams | 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. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Russell Hoban | 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 | |
| | Laura Caputo-Wickham, illustrated by Eunji… | Read the true story of Betsey Stockton, who, despite being born enslaved, followed her dream of being a missionary.When young Betsey joined a missionary voyage to Hawaii, everyone was shocked. “A single woman, who was born enslaved, going to mission? How extraordinary!”But that’s exactly what Betsey did. Follow her adventurous… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Velina Showalter, illustrated by Shirley Myers | Born blind in one eye and completely blind by the age of 22, life wasn’t easy for Johnnie. But did he allow it to stop him? Not Johnnie! From making brooms, to assembling binders, to rerouting his own telephone wires, Johnnie was a constant source of surprise to everyone. | Picture Books | |
| | Velina Showalter, illustrated by Shirley Myers | All around Martha are beautiful things she cannot see—the green grass, the sky, and the light of the sun. But Martha’s life is full of light because she walks with God. She spreads sunshine wherever she goes. Her neighbors know her as a person who lives to give and does… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Robert McCloskey | “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. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Russell Hoban, pictures by Lillian Hoban | 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 | |
| | Katy Beebe | In this humorous and charming picture book, a monk struggles to return a library book because of a bear…with a taste for letters.Brother Hugo can’t return his library book — the letters of St. Augustine — because, it turns out, the precious book has been devoured by a bear!Instructed by… | 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… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Shari Zook, illustrated by Lana… | 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… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Robert McCloskey | “The Tidely Idley is the pride and joy of Burt’s life, and between odd jobs for natives and summer people he keeps her painted and patched as best he can.”She leaks every time she’s put to sea, but Burt runs his pump and manages just fine until one day…. He… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Laura Caputo-Wickham, illustrated by Keila… | The true story of C.S. Lewis, whose love of learning, stories and Jesus led him to create Narnia and write many other beloved books.C.S. Lewis was curious and creative from his earliest days, and this biography walks kids through both fun and formative questions he asked and where they led… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Esphyr Slobodkina | “Caps! Caps for sale. Fifty cents a cap,” calls the peddler as he walks the streets of the town. But one morning no one wants any caps. No one except a band of mischievous monkeys who find him fast asleep under a tree where he sat down to rest. When… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Helga Moser | 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.A Pleasant Valley Farm book. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Elsie Singmaster | 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… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Anna Cox | 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 | |
| | Don Freeman | 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… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Laura Caputo-Wickham, illustrated by Isabel Munoz | Read the true story of Corrie ten Boom, who saved hundreds of Jewish people during World War II.In 1940, the Germans invaded the Netherlands, and Corrie ten Boom and her family helped to hide as many Jewish people as possible. They even had a secret room built in her bedroom.Corrie… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Aubrey Coleman, illustrated by Katie Linstrum | We know God gave us all our emotions as a way to glorify Him, but big emotions can be a lot to handle as a little kid. This children’s book walks through each of our emotions and what they are. With easy-to-read words and biblical illustrations, this book is great for… | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Taro Yashima | 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… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | H. A. Rey | 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. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Helga Moser | 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. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Bertha Schwartz, illustrated by Shirley… | “We need to help them,” David Bontrager told his wife. He had a burden to get Bibles into the hands of persecuted Christians in communist countries. God showed David a remarkable way to get Bibles across restricted borders in Europe—by floating waterproof New Testaments down the river! A suspenseful and… | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Arnold Lobel | 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. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | William Steig | 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 | |
| | William Steig | “Doctor Bernard De Soto was such a one-in-a-million, humdinger of a dentist that the whole world knew about him, and also his wife, Deborah, who helped him work his wonders.”This time it’s an elephant from Africa named Mudambo who desperately needs their help. Always up for an adventure, the DeSotos… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Helga Moser | 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… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
| | Laura Caputo-Wickham, illustrated by Jess… | Read the true story of one of the world’s most famous hymn writers. Frances–or Fanny, as everyone called her–was blind for most of her life but rejoiced that the first thing her eyes would see would be “the face of Jesus in heaven.” Fanny used her extraordinary musical ability to… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books |



















































