He could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. He went to sleep with gum in his mouth and woke up with gum in his hair. When he got out of bed, he tripped over his skateboard and by mistake dropped his sweater in the sink while the water was running. What do you do on a day like that?
Anansi the Spider uses a strange moss-covered rock in the forest to trick all the other animals, until Little Bush Deer decides he needs to learn a lesson.
In this retelling of Androcles and the Lion, Andy meets a lion on the way to school and wins his friendship for life by removing a thorn from his paw.
An illustrated collection of Mother Goose nursery rhymes, including well-known ones such as "Bah, Bah, Black Sheep" and "Little Boy Blue" and less familiar ones such as "Doctor Foster went to Gloucester" and "When clouds appear like rocks and towers."
"Bark, George," says George's mother, and George goes: "Meow," which definitely isn't right, because George is a dog.And so is his mother, who repeats, "Bark, George." And George goes, "Quack, quack."What's going on with George?
Frances decides she likes to eat only bread and jam at every meal--until to her surprise--her parents grant her wish.
Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, and a mother looking at them.
A band of mischievous monkeys steals every one of a peddler's caps while he takes a nap under a tree.
Despite everyone's dire predictions, a little boy has faith in the carrot seed he plants.
A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire.
An alphabet rhyme/chant that relates what happens when the whole alphabet tries to climb a coconut tree.
When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want.
Daisy the duckling becomes so engrossed in playing with dragonflies and lily pads that she temporarily loses her mother.
A collection of the four stories relating all the adventures of Peter Rabbit and his mischievous cousin, Benjamin Bunny.
The curiosity of a newly-captured monkey gets him into continual trouble.
Dinosaurs of every size, shape, color, and personality thunder through this fun-filled book that is also a prehistoric primer on opposites.
When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place-a pigeon!
A duck decides to ride a bike and soon influences all the other animals on the farm to ride bikes too.
Matt, who loves fire trucks, wakes up one morning to find that he has become a fire truck, with one driver, two ladders, three hoses, and ten boots.
Brief text and illustrations trace the journey of a colorful train as it goes through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles.
Rambunctious Froggy hops out into the snow for a winter frolic but is called back by his mother to put on some necessary articles of clothing.
A series of letters relating what happens when, after her father loses his job, Lydia Grace goes to live with her Uncle Jim in the city but takes her love for gardening with her.
Relates two episodes in the friendship of two hippopotamuses.
Die-cut pages through which bits of a monster are revealed are designed to help a child control nighttime fears of monsters.
In segregated 1950s Nashville, a young African American girl braves a series of indignities and obstacles to get to one of the few integrated places in town: the public library.
An unobservant zookeeper is followed home by all the animals he thinks he has left behind in the zoo.
Goodnight to each of the objects in the great green room: goodnight chairs, goodnight comb, goodnight air.
A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries.
Harold goes for an adventurous walk in the moonlight with his purple crayon.
When a white dog with black spots runs away from home, he gets so dirty his family doesn't recognize him as a black dog with white spots.
While his friend works hard to earn the train fare to Fitchburg, young Henry Thoreau walks the thirty miles through woods and fields, enjoying nature and the time to think great thoughts. Includes biographical information about Thoreau.
When a lazy bird hatching an egg wants a vacation, she asks Horton, the elephant, to sit on her egg--which he does through all sorts of hazards until he is rewarded for doing what he said he would.
Mother and child ponder the different ways a dinosaur can say goodnight, from slamming his tail and pouting to giving a big hug and kiss.
Various animals tell how they saw, fed, sang to, tickled, and kissed the new duckling.
Relating the cycle of requests a mouse is likely to make after you give him a cookie takes the reader through a young child's day.
Unable to stand his overcrowded and noisy home any longer, a poor man goes to the Rabbi for advice.
Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
When Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it
Lilly loves everything about school, especially her teacher, but when he asks her to wait a while before showing her new purse, she does something for which she is very sorry later.
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 bread she makes from it.
Three sisters staying home alone are endangered by a hungry wolf who is disguised as their grandmother.
Lyle is perfectly happy living with the Primms on East 88th St. until irritable Mr. Grumps next door changes all that.
An African folktale about a mouse who pays close attention to her surroundings and avoids being tricked by the cat
During a busy day at the construction site, the workers use a variety of machines to knock down a building and begin constructing a new one.
Mr. and Mrs. Mallard proudly return to their home in the Boston Public Garden with their eight offspring.
While two kittens copy everything their mother does, their brother naps.
A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers.
Problems arise when Martha, the family dog, learns to speak after eating alphabet soup
How can an old man and his wife select one cat from a choice of millions and trillions?
The kids in Room 207 take advantage of their teacher's good nature until she disappears and they are faced with a vile substitute
Mr. Gumpy accepts more and more riders on his boat until the inevitable occurs.
Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a wife.
After planting the garden he has dreamed of for years, Mr. McGreely tries to find a way to keep some persistent bunnies from eating all his vegetables
Something always seems to go wrong when Rabbit is around, but Mouse lets him play with his toy plane anyway because he is his good friend.
In this cumulative tale, a wakeful flea atop a number of sleeping creatures causes a commotion, with just one bite.
A young boy is depicted doing a variety of naughty things for which he is repeatedly admonished, but finally he gets a hug.
Baby Duck experiences the fear of the first day of school, but with a little help from Grampa, everything turns out okay in the end.
Rhyming text and illustrations follow a mischievous old black fly through the alphabet as he has a very busy bad day landing where he should not be. Illustrations by Stephen Gammell.
Monica's father fulfills her request for the moon by taking it down after it is small enough to carry, but it continues to change in size. Some pages fold out to display particularly large pictures
A story with a moral air about Pierre, who learned to care.
A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.
A retelling of the French fairy tale in which a clever cat wins his master a fortune and the hand of a princess
Black and white illustrations and text record the sights on a day trip to the city and back home again to the country. The trip to the city is read from front to back and the return trip, from back to front, upside down.
A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.
The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day.
Questions and answers highlight some outstanding characteristics of farm animals, such as a chicken's feathers and a horse's mane.
The story of a docile bull who would rather smell flowers than engage in the bullfights in Madrid.
A family befriends a stray dog, names him Willy, and decides to keep him.
A retelling of an old Italian tale about what happens when Strega Nona leaves her apprentice alone with her magic pasta pot, and he is determined to show the townspeople how it works.
In a moment of fright Sylvester the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock but then can not hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again.
Numbers from ten to one are part of this lullaby which observes the room of a little girl going to bed.
Presents the traditional version of a famous American folk poem first heard in the U.S. in the 1940's with illustrations on die-cut pages that reveal all that the old lady swallows.
Three bears return from a walk and find a little girl asleep in baby bear's bed.
Little by little, can by can, Mr. Gillie, the trash man, cleans up his town.
The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs.
