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Kitten's First Full Moon

by Kevin Henkes

What a night! The moon is full. Kitten is hungry and inquisitive and brave and fast and persistent and unlucky . . . then lucky! What a night!

Meet Nancy, who believes that more is ALWAYS better when it comes to being fancy. From the top of her tiara down to her sparkly studded shoes, Nancy is determined to teach her family a thing or two about being fancy. How Nancy transforms her parents and little sister for one enchanted evening makes for a story that is funny and warm -- with or without the frills.

Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse

by Leo Lionni

Everyone loves Willy the wind-up mouse, while Alexander the real mouse is chased away with brooms and mousetraps. Wouldn't it be wonderful to be loved and cuddled, thinks Alexander, and he wishes he could be a wind-up mouse too. In this gentle fable about a real mouse and a mechanical mouse, Leo Lionni explores the magic of friendship. Available only in paperback for the past seven years, this treasured... (more)

Bats at the Library

by Brian Lies

Houghton Mifflin Company Another inky evening’s here— The air is cool and calm and clear. Can it be true? Oh, can it be? Yes!—Bat Night at the library! Join the free-for-all fun at the public library with these book-loving bats! Shape shadows on walls, frolic in the water fountain, and roam the book-filled halls until it’s time for everyone, young and old, to settle down into the enchantment of story time. Brian... (more)

Song and Dance Man

by Karen Ackerman, Stephen Gammell

Illus. in full color. "In this affectionate story, three children follow their grandfather up to the attic, where he pulls out his old bowler hat, gold-tipped cane, and his tap shoes. Grandpa once danced on the vaudeville stage, and as he glides across the floor, the children can see what it was like to be a song and dance man. Gammell captures all the story's inherent joie de vivre with color pencil renderings... (more)

Tikki Tikki Tembo

by Arlene Mosel

Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo- chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo! Three decades and more than one million copies later children still love hearing about the boy with the long name who fell down the well. Arlene Mosel and Blair Lent's classic re-creation of an ancient Chinese folktale has hooked legions of children, teachers, and parents, who return, generation after generation, to learn about the danger of... (more)

The Three Snow Bears

by Jan Brett

Aloo-ki glances up from fishing and sees her sled dogs floating off on an ice floe. She races after them and comes upon an igloo. Being a curious girl, she goes inside only to find no one home. That’s because the polar bear family who lives there is out walking while their breakfast cools off. Aloo-ki eats some soup, tries on their boots, and finally crawls into the smallest bed for a nap. Meanwhile, Papa,... (more)

Duffy and the Devil

A Cornish Tale Retold

by Harve Zemach, Margot Zemach

Duffy and the Devil was a popular play in Cornwall in the nineteenth century, performed at the Christmas season by groups of young people who went from house to house. The Zemachs have interpreted the folk tale which the play dramatized, recognizable as a version of the widespread Rumpelstiltskin story. Its main themes are familiar, but the character and details of this picture book are entirely Cornish, as... (more)

Whuppity Stoorie

by Carolyn White

Kate and her mum must guess the mysterious Green Lady's name within three days and banish her from their lives forever in order to cure Kate's beloved pig, Grumphie, from a fatal illness, and prevent Kate from becoming the Green Lady's prisoner.

Caps for Sale Board Book: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business

Caps for Sale Board Book: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business

by Esphyr Slobodkina

The classic tale of a peddler, some monkeys and their monkey business.

On the Night You Were Born

by Nancy Tillman

On the night you were born, the moon smiled with such wonder that the stars peeked in to see you and the night wind whispered. “Life will never be the same.” On the night you were born, the whole world came alive with thanksgiving. The moon stayed up till morning. The geese flew home to celebrate. Polar bears danced. On the night you were born you brought wonder and magic to the world. Here is a book that... (more)

Big Sister, Little Sister

by LeUyen Pham

The big one gets new clothes. The little one gets hand-me-downs. The big one does everything first. The little one is always catching up. But the little one can do some things well,and can even teach the older one a thing or two...

Outside Over There

by Maurice Sendak

With Papa off to sea and Mama despondent, Ida must go outside over there to rescue her baby sister from goblins who steal her to be a goblin's bride. 1982 Caldecott Honor Book Notable Children's Books of 1981 (ALA) 1982 American Book Award 1981 Boston Globe'Horn Book Award for Illustration Best Books of Spring 1981 (SLJ) Best Illustrated Children's Books of 1981 (NYT) Children's Books of 1981 (Library of... (more)

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

by Simms Taback

Joseph had a little overcoat, but it was full of holes--just like this book! When Joseph's coat got too old and shabby, he made it into a jacket. But what did he make it into after that? And after that? As children turn the pages of this book, they can use the die-cut holes to guess what Joseph will be making next from his amazing overcoat--while they laugh at the bold, cheerful artwork and learn that you can... (more)

How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?

by Jane Yolen

Featuring ten sleepy dinosaurs, this adorable picture book from prize-winning writer Jane Yolen and best-selling illustrator Mark Teague celebrates the funny, endearing, naughty bedtime behavior of young children... and young dinosaurs.

Snow

by Uri Shulevitz

A Caldecott Honor Book An ALA Notable Book A Booklist Editors' Choice A Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year As snowflakes slowly come down, one by one, people in the city ignore them and only a boy and his dog think that the snowfall will amount to anything.

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

by William Steig

STORIES TO GO! Sylvester the donkey finds a magic pebble and unthinkingly wishes himself turned into a rock when he's frightened by a lion. How Sylvester is eventually reunited with his loving parents is a tender, magical tale of the transforming power of love. This Caldecott Medal-winning book is a modern classic beloved by children everywhere.

The Knight and the Dragon

by Tomie dePaola

What happens when a sheepish knight and a not-so-fierce dragon fight for the very first time? Well, it's no ordinary battle since the knight has to go to the castle library to learn about dragon-fighting and the dragon must dig through his ancestor's things to find out how to fight a knight! Spontaneity of line and feeling are backed by zesty colors and a jovial, tongue-in-cheek tone to which children can relateA... (more)

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