The Shopping Basket -- by John Burningham (Author) (Book - Child)
"What could possible go wrong on a simple trip like this? Nothing resourceful Steven can't handle. In the style of the cleverest fairy-tale heroes, he outsmarts a bullying bear, a menacing monkey, a...
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home -- by Susan Bauer, Jessie Wise (Authors) (Book - Parent)
"Wise, a former teacher and current home education consultant, explains that she decided to home-school her three children because the local public school "was a terrible environment socially" and...
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)
Honey, I Love -- by Eloise Greenfield (Author) (Book - Child)
"Abounds with that special tenderness surrounding the everyday experiences in a child's life. These poems beg to be read aloud." From The Boston Globe
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
The 18th Emergency -- by Betsy Byars (Author) (Book - Child)
"When the toughest boy in school swears to kill him, twelve-year-old Mouse finds little help from friends and must prepare for this emergency alone." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Mustard -- by Charlotte Graeber (Author) (Book - Child)
"Eight-year-old Alex and his family try to come to terms with the old age and death of their beloved cat." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? -- by Jean Fritz (Author) (Book - Child)
"A brief biography of the eighteenth-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Cricket in Times Square -- by George Selden (Author) (Book - Child)
"Mario is elated to find Chester. He begs his parents to let him keep the shiny insect in the newsstand, assuring his bug-fearing mother that crickets are harmless, maybe even good luck. What ensues...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Mean Jake and the Devils -- by William Hooks (Author) (Book - Child)
"Over the years Mean Jake has several run-ins with Big Daddy Devil, Devil Junior, and Baby Deviline." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Billions of Bats -- by Miriam Schlein (Author) (Book - Child)
Discusses several unusual varieties of the more than 800 different kinds of bats, such as the vampire bat, the flying fox, the tomb bat and the sword-nosed bat." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)