Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Flora books (Molly Idle) volume 1
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
In this wordless book with interactive flaps, a friendship develops between a girl named Flora and a graceful flamingo, as they learn to dance together.
43) A tree is nice
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Formats
Description
Briefly describes the value of a tree.
44) Ox-cart man
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Describes the day-to-day life of an early nineteenth-century New England family throughout the changing seasons.
45) Finders keepers
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Two dogs each claim a bone they have found and ask passersby for help in deciding ownership.
46) Black and white
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Formats
Description
Four brief "stories" about parents, trains, and cows, or is it really all one story? The author recommends careful inspection of words and pictures to both minimize and enhance confusion.
47) The wild things
Author
Language
English
Description
During a fight at home, young Max flees and runs away into the woods. He finds a boat there, jumps in, and ends up on the open sea, destination unknown. He lands on the island of the Wild Things, and soon he becomes their king. But things get complicated when Max realizes that the Wild Things want as much from him as he wants from them. Based loosely on the storybook by Maurice Sendak and the screenplay co-written with Spike Jonze.
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on these lists
AANHPI Authors: Board & Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (Youth)
Celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month!
More Lists...
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (Youth)
Celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month!
More Lists...
Formats
Description
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.
51) Strega Nona
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Featuring Tomie dePaola retelling his classic story against a charming musical score!
When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works in this classic Caldecott Honor book from Tomie dePaola.
Strega Nona-"Grandma Witch"-is the source for potions, cures, magic, and comfort in her Calabrian town. Her magical ever-full pasta pot is especially intriguing to hungry Big Anthony....
52) Rapunzel
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Formats
Description
A retelling of the German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. Includes a note on the origins of the story.
53) Goggles!
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Two boys must outsmart the neighborhood bullies before they can enjoy their new treasure, a pair of lensless motorcycle goggles.
54) My friend Rabbit
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on these lists
OBD 1000 Books Before Kindergarten - YOUTH
OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
RLG Caldecott Medal List
OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
RLG Caldecott Medal List
Description
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.
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month
Native American Heritage Month
OBD 1000 Books Before Kindergarten - YOUTH
More Lists...
Native American Heritage Month
OBD 1000 Books Before Kindergarten - YOUTH
More Lists...
Description
Though she is fond of her people, a girl prefers to live among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free. "There was a girl in the village who loved horses ... She led the horses to drink at the river. She spoke softly and they followed. People noticed that she understood horses in a special way." And so begins the story of a young Native American girl devoted to the care of her tribe's horses. With simple text and brilliant illustrations....
57) Time of wonder
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Formats
Description
Follows the activities of two children spending their summer vacation on an island off the coast of Maine.
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on these lists
OBD 1000 Books Before Kindergarten - YOUTH
OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
RLG Caldecott Medal List
OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
RLG Caldecott Medal List
Formats
Description
A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers.
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Christmas Books & Movies
OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
OBD Christmas Picture books - Youth
Popular Easy Fiction Authors
OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
OBD Christmas Picture books - Youth
Popular Easy Fiction Authors
Description
A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole where he is chosen to receive the first gift of Christmas.
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
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. Teaches reading comprehension, word recognition, character identification and vocabulary skills.