Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile -- by Bernard Waber (Author) (Book - Child)
"Lyle the crocodile lives in a house on East 88th Street in New York City. He lives it there, and his hosts, the Primms, like having him around--he helps young Joshua with his homework, jumps-rope...
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
The Two of Them -- by Aliki Brandenberg (Author) (Book - Child)
"In this moving story of the love between generations, a grandfather and a little girl look after one another from the day she is born until the day he dies." From Publishers Weekly
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
More Alex and the Cat -- by Helen Griffith (Author) (Book - Child)
"The adventures of Alex the dog, who wants to be treated like the family cat, tries to restore a baby bird to a robin's nest, and attempts to migrate to avoid the winter snow." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday -- by Judith Viorst (Author) (Book - Child)
"Anthony has two dollars and three quarters and one dime and seven nickels and eighteen pennies. Nicholas has one dollar and two quarters and five dimes and five nickels and thirteen pennies....
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Potatoes, Potatoes -- by Anita Lobel (Author) (Book - Child)
"There was once an old woman who had a potato farm and two hardworking, loving sons. But one day one son ran away to the army of the east; the other son joined the army of the west. Caldecott...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
The Bionic Bunny Show -- by Marc Brown (Author) (Book - Child)
"As an ordinary rabbit in real life portrayed as a bionic bunny on his television series, the reader views all the produciton efforts that provide that illusion." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Up Goes the Skyscraper -- by Gail Gibbons (Author) (Book - Child)
"Convinced she's a failure, Sophie Hatter is resigned to working in her stepmother's hat shop. Then the evil Witch of the Waste appears, turning Sophie into an old woman. For the first time, Sophie...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Cars and Trucks and Things that Go -- by Richard Scarry (Author) (Book - Child)
"For starters, it's a great vocabulary guide that names the many things that go. It's also teeming with detail-rich scenes and characters on every page, teaching children the rewards of looking long...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Hailstones and Halibut Bones -- by Mary O'Neill (Author) (Book - Child)
"Since it's original publication in 1961, Hailstones and Halibut Bones, Mary O'Neill's renowned work of poetry about the colors of the spectrum, has become modern children's classic. This new edition,...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
My Father's Dragon -- by Ruth Gannett (Author) (Book - Child)
"My Father's Dragon--a favorite of young readers since the 1940s and a Newbery honor book--captures the nonsensical logic of childhood in an amusingly deadpan fashion. The story begins when Elmer...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)