Open your heart and imagination to this magical fantasy about friendship and reading... One sunlit afternoon, ab ear discovers a mysterious fragment of paper that leads him to a cabin and to an unlikely friend. Although he can't understand her words, he returns day after day all summer to hear the woman read to him. Each night he carries the sound of her stories--of sailors and goddesses and…
Ducks in muck. Ducks stuck in trucks. Trucks stuck in muck. How will the trucks and ducks get unstuck? Discover what happens to a group of friendly ducks when they play in the muck and then are taken away in a truck!
The wind blew, and blew, and blew! It blew so hard, it took everything with it: Mr. White’s umbrella, Priscilla’s balloon, the twins’ scarves, even the wig on the judge’s head. But just when the wind was about to carry everything out to sea, it changed its mind! With rhyming verse and colorful illustrations, Pat Hutchins takes us on a merry chase that is well worth the effort.
Jamaica doesn't want a younger child to play with her, until she remembers how she felt when her older brother excluded her from his games.
“If anything ever goes wrong at the zoo, you can send the zebras to my house,” Leslie tells the zebra keeper. She also invites the monkeys and the elephants. None of them ever comes--until one wet, stormy night when the zoo floods and the zebra keeper remembers Leslie’s offer. “It’s a simple, enticing idea, gracefully and logically developed by this new author and ably abetted by Dyer…
Nothing ever happens to Ralph. So every day when it’s time to write stories, Ralph thinks really hard. He stares at his paper. He stares at the ceiling. But he has no stories! With the help of his classmates, Ralph realizes that a great story can be about something very little . . . and that maybe he really does have some stories to tell. Debut author/illustrator Abby Hanlon’s endearing tex…
The story of a plump, lazy, but highly imaginative ginger cat whose hair-raising account of his confrontation with a gang of ruthless burglars is curiously at odds with the reality of the illustrations.
Spot rides his sled in January, flies a kite in March, digs in the garden in May, has a picnic in July, picks apples in September, plays in the leaves in November, and wraps presents in December.
When Spot sleeps over at Steve's house, he forgets his most important possession--Teddy! Luckily, Spot's mom saves the day--and night. Every child and parent will identify with Spot's predicament, and the engaging and interactive format will allow parents and children to share the fun of finding out what happens next! Full color.
Written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes, the nationally bestselling and celebrated creator of Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, Owen, and Kitten's First Full Moon, Chrysanthemum is a funny and honest school story about teasing, self-esteem, and acceptance to share all year round. Chrysanthemum thinks her name is absolutely perfect—until her first day of school. "You're named after a flower!" t…