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 | 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… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Polacco, Patricia | When Mary Ellen gets bored with her reading, Grandpa knows a hunt for a bee tree is just what she needs. Half the town joins the exciting chase, but it's not until everyone returns home that Mary Ellen makes a discovery of her own: Sometimes, even the sweetest of things… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Ward, Lynd | Johnny Orchard brings home a playful bear cub that soon becomes huge and a nuisance to the neighbors. "Some of his best pictures supplement the story . . . An outstanding book in every way".--The Horn Book. Caldecott Medal Book. 65 pages. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Blashfield, Jean F. | Try your luck, and search for your fortune in California! Follow the joy and heartbreak of the '49ers during the California Gold Rush. | 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… | Children's Books ⋅ 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 | |
 | Daly, Niki | "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… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Polacco, Patricia | The perfect companion to Thank You, Mr. Falker
A heartwarming story of friendship and celebrating our differences--and the teachers who help us shine--from master storyteller Patricia Polacco, author of Thank You, Mr. Falker.
In this story based on the author-illustrator's own childhood, Patricia Polacco once again celebrates the power teachers have to help us… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Piper, Watty | When the other engines refuse, the Little Blue Engine tries to pull a stranded train full of toys and good food over the mountain. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Burton, Virginia Lee | The little house first stood in the country, but gradually the city moved closer and closer. "This engaging picture book clearly presents a wealth of information".--Booklist. Caldecott Medal winner. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Brown, Margaret Wise | Once there was a little island in the ocean. That little island changed as the seasons came and went. The storm and the day and night changed it. So did the lobsters and seals and gulls that stopped by. Then one day a kitten visited the island and learned a… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Galdone, Paul | The little red hen finds none of her lazy friends willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the cake she makes from it. Full color. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Martin, Sharilyn | Have you ever been really afraid of something? Like a scary dream or a big black dog or getting lost in a strange place? Let me tell you about my fear and how God took it all away. My name is Mary now, but I wasn't always called that. I… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Schnee, Silke | The royal couple is looking forward to their third child. "He looks a little different," muses the king at Prince Noah's arrival. "He is not like the others," agrees the queen. Soon they notice what a very special person he is, even though he can't do everything his brothers can.
When… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Prelutsky, Jack | In one sumptuous, inviting volume, The Random House Book of Poetry for Children offers both funny and illuminating poems - a wealth of past riches and modern glittering gems. All children who open it will find a world of surprises and delights, and a message that will shine on through their… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Rylant, Cynthia | In a rainbow-colored station wagon that smelled like a real car, the relatives came. When they arrived, they hugged and hugged from the kitchen to the front room. All summer they tended the garden and ate up all the strawberries and melons. They plucked banjos and strummed guitars. When they… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Brown, Margaret Wise | A splendid picture book celebrating a mother's steadfast love for her little bunny. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Miller, Peggy Reiff | Why are farm animals heading across the ocean on a big ship? Take a trip with these seagoing cowboys as they travel from the quiet countryside to the hustle and bustle of the docks. Feel the pitching and rolling of their ship. Meet the horses and heifers they tend. And… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Keats, Ezra Jack | No book has captured the magic and sense of possibility of the first snowfall better than The Snowy Day. Universal in its appeal, the story has become a favorite of millions, as it reveals a child's wonder at a new world, and the hope of capturing and keeping that wonder… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Flack, Marjorie | A little duck finds adventure on the Yangtze River when he is too late to board his master's houseboat one evening. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Potter, Beatrix | A short story about a bad rabbit who had a close call. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Potter, Beatrix | The story of a kitten called Miss Moppet and a mouse that likes to tease her. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Potter, Beatrix | A classic Beatrix Potter story of a tailor and some mice. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Potter, Beatrix | A classic Beatrix Potter story about Ginger the yellow tom-cat and Pickles the terrier, and the little shop they ran for dolls and rabbits and mice. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Potter, Beatrix | A classic Beatrix Potter story of a frog named Mr. Jeremy Fisher and his fishing trip for minnows for dinner. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Potter, Beatrix | A classic Beatrix Potter story about a little girl named Lucie and a hedgehog named Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Potter, Beatrix | The original classic tale of Peter Rabbit. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Potter, Beatrix | A classic Beatrix Potter story of the adventures of little pig named Pigling Bland. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Potter, Beatrix | A classic Beatrix Potter story about a small kitten named Tom and an old rat named Samuel Whiskers. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Potter, Beatrix | A classic Beatrix Potter story about the family of Benjamin Bunny. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Potter, Beatrix | A classic Beatrix Potter story about Ribby the cat and Duchess the dog. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Potter, Beatrix | A classic Beatrix Potter story about two naughty mice. | 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… | 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… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Carle, Eric | THE all-time classic picture book, from generation to generation, sold somewhere in the world every 30 seconds! Have you shared it with a child or grandchild in your life?
Carle's classic tale of a voracious caterpillar who eats his way through the days of the week and then changes into a eautiful butterfly… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | De Angeli, Marguerite | The delightful story of a young Quaker girl who finds her place among her people.
Paperback | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Polacco, Patricia | A loud clap of thunder booms, and rattles the windows of Grandma's old farmhouse. "This is Thunder Cake baking weather," calls Grandma, as she and her granddaughter hurry to gather the ingredients around the farm. A real Thunder Cake must reach the oven before the storm arrives. But the list… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Turkle, Brinton | What was a silly seagull doing, following Obadiah around like a pet? It even spent the night roosting on the chimney opposite Obadiah's bedroom window. Obadiah was annoyed. But on a bitter winter day when Obadiah needed a friend, the seagull wasn't to be seen, and Obadiah missed it. Then… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | 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 | |
 | Bauman, Bonnie | 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… | Children's Books ⋅ 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 | |
 | 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 | |
 | 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 |