A child (with the help of artful pull-out pages) explains the extraordinary features of his blue balloon. The day after my birthday party kipper found a blue balloon in the garden, which was odd b…
The story of Ben is fiction, but it could be the story of more than one jazz musician who grew up in the twenties. Using the art-deco style of the period, Rachel Isadora not only captures the poign…
From Kazu Kibuishi, creator of AMULET, comes an irresistibly charming pair of characters! Copper is curious, Fred is fearful. And together boy and dog are off on a series of adventures through m…
A bird can fly. So can I. A cow can moo. I can, too. So begins the simple, delightful rhyme by Ruth Krauss that both celebrates and encourages a child’s imagination. Mary Blair’s vibrant …
In the third easy-to-read book about Penny the mouse, written by Caldecott Medalist and bestselling author Kevin Henkes, Penny finds a beautiful marble on her neighbor's lawn and must decide whethe…
Each child in this group of seven likes to do everything in an individual way whether it's work, taking a bath, playing, or going to sleep. While Clive eats fried rice and Tessa has Bombe Alaska, R…
Pirates have green teeth—when they have any teeth at all. I know about pirates, because one day, when I was at the beach building a sand castle and minding my own business, a pirate ship sailed i…
Wild and Wooly, brother and sister, dig through the sand until they reach the North Pole and then begin a long journey home through many magical kingdoms. Along the way they meet Father Christmas, …
While other mice are gathering food for the winter, Frederick seems to daydream the summer away. When dreary winter comes, it is Frederick the poet-mouse who warms his friends and cheers them with …
From inside front flap of dust jacket: "Cornelius was different from other crocodiles. He walked upright and could see things no other corcodile had ever seen before. He could see the fishes from a…