The dreamy Irish Lad Guleesh has little idea what will happen when he echoes the fairies' shout of "My horse, bridle and saddle!" He is whisked through the air to France and there he meets and rescues the King of France's daughter. This is the romantic and enthralling story of their faithful love through every trial.
After "Summer Days" Roger Pare presents us with a joyous collection of "Winter Games," his gentle humor emerging from every page. The warmth and vitality with which he depicts outdoor fun in the snow are infectious. One wants to join the part. The energetic rhymes in large letters, appearing on left pages, are skillfully adapted from the original French, by David Homel.
Relates in rhyme the myriad activities and occupations of Smurfs during a typical day. What do Smurfs do all day ? Papa Smurfs says, "Get out of bed! It's time to get up, you sleepyhead." Smurfs brush their teeth and wash their faces. They scrub their necks and other places.
With sweet, simple text and appealing illustrations, readers are shown many fun-filled activities they can enjoy with fall leaves. Six pages of educational activities and game cards are added at the end of the book to build and challenge vocabulary. There are eight pairs of game cards, each with a picture and its matching name. Young readers can use the game cards to play a version of concentra…
On a moonlit winter night, a team of dogs pulls a sled, taking the narrator and readers on a wondrous ride through the snow, into and out of the woods. It is a ride you'll wish would never end. Through this exquisite prose poem, Gary Paulsen shares the joy, the beauty, and the grandeur of the outdoors. With his joyous text and Ruth Wright Paulsen's exuberant and expressive illustrations, Dog…
Join Hiccup, Toothless, and the rest of the gang at the Berk Dragon Training Academy as they encounter their first new species of dragon in this 8x8 storybook retelling based on a popular episode of Riders of Berk! The Berk Dragon Training Academy finds a baby dragon in the forest that is nothing like anything they’ve ever seen before—it’s part of an entirely new species! After discove…
The story of a train filled with toys and gifts for little boys and girls that breaks down before reaching the children. After asking several passing trains for help over the hill, a little blue train agrees to help the stranded toys. Even though she is small, the blue train tries her best to bring the toys to the children on the other side of the hill.
Stanley Snoutowski has always been a precocious piggie-and Mary has always encouraged her little ham. In the barn and even at school (where Stanley followed her, even if it was against the rules), Stanley shows star quality. Mary knows she can't keep him down on the farm, so off he goes to the bright lights of Broadway. The days of cattle calls and nights of waiting tables are rough on the runt…
A thoughtful look at colors, this photo essay is Myles and Sandra Pinkney's follow-up to their debut title, SHADES OF BLACK, winner of an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Children's Literary Work. Red Hot Full of love Cinnamony sweet A Happy Valentine Purple Wild Crazy Nutritious and delicious Jammin' on a slice of bread
One hundred hungry ants march off single file to sample a picnic, but when the going gets too slow, they divide into two rows of fifty, then four rows of twenty . . . until they take so long that the picnic is gone!