Mouse is happy with his sedentary life at Mouse Hollow, where he instructs the sun when to rise and set, until an embarrassing question sends him out in the world in search of new experiences and new friends.

The Mouse Who Owned the Sun

Children's Books

Derby, Sally

Animals

Simon&Schuster Children's Publishing

In exchange for generous pay, lazy Jacob agrees to care for a mysterious stranger's plant and to return everything when the stranger comes back, but the plant produces magical miniature wildcats that Jacob does not want to give up.

Jacob and the Stranger

Ticknor & Fields

A young Afro-American girl describes her favorite playground--the front steps of her home on which she and her friends play and experience the changing seasons

Mi Escalera (Spanish Edition)

Science, Nature & How It Works

Demco Media

Two young men from the village of Tarnof try to prove that a peddler has stolen Farmer Kohl's horse and hidden it in his sack.

Two Fools and a Horse: An Original Tale

Humor

Marshall Cavendish Corp/Ccb

When Mr. Wuerst, the substitute kindergarten teacher at Merryvale School, drops his glasses into the frying pan one morning, he ends up wearing a dish towel to school instead of his scarf and he mistakes the class gerbils for fur caps.

The Wacky Substitute

Literature & Fiction

Whoosh Went the Wind!

A little boy tells his teacher about the tricks of a mischievous wind that made him late for school. But his teacher just won’t believe him. Is he telling the truth or just inventing some outrageous excuses? Listen to the little boy as he tells about his windy "walk" to school and find out. Vincent Nguyen's unique illustrations using oil paints and digital techniques bring this imaginative tale to a very unexpected conclusion.

Action & Adventure

Two Lions

Discover the breadth and depth of Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poetry—and learn how it reflects his singular life as a late-nineteenth-century black man. Did you know that Paul Laurence Dunbar originated such famous lines as “I know why the caged bird sings” and “We wear the mask that grins and lies”? From his childhood in poverty and his early promise as a poet to his immense fame and his untimely death, Dunbar’s story is one of triumph and tragedy. But his legacy remains in his much-beloved poetry—told in both Standard English and in dialect—which continues to delight and inspire readers today. More than two dozen of Dunbar’s poems are woven throughout this volume, illuminating the phases of his life and serving as examples of dialect, imagery, and tone. Narrating in a voice full of admiration and respect, Sally Derby introduces Paul Laurence Dunbar’s life and poetry to readers young and old, aided by Sean Qualls’s striking black-and-white illustrations.

Jump Back, Paul: The Life and Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar

History

Candlewick

King Kenrick's Splinter

King Kenrick tries to ignore the painful splinter in his toe, but he finally agrees to have it tended to so he can lead the Hero's Parade

Walker Co

King Kenrick tries to ignore the painful splinter in his toe, but he finally agrees to have it tended to so he can lead the Hero's Parade.

Join this prowling cat as he explores his neighborhood at night. "The wind cried adventure, the moon shone mystery." "Come back soon," the girl calls as Taiko rushes over the fence and down the sidewalk. His eyes shine with excitement. His ears twitch with anticipation. New smells. New experiences. He hears the girl calling him to come back. Not yet. It's too soon. He ambles along after an old raccoon, when suddenly he's stopped by a growling dog. Again, the girl steps out into the windy night and calls for Taiko. Now, with a mrrow, of welcome he comes out of hiding and into her arms. Inside, Taiko curls up on the sleeping girl's bed and purrs himself to sleep. Sally Derby's poetic text and Kate Kiesler's luminous illustrations capture both the wild mystery of night and the safety and comfort of home.

Taiko on a Windy Night

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

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The Mouse Who Owned the Sun

Jacob and the Stranger

Mi Escalera (Spanish Edition)

Two Fools and a Horse: An Original Tale

The Wacky Substitute

Whoosh Went the Wind!

Jump Back, Paul: The Life and Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar

King Kenrick's Splinter

King Kenrick's Splinter

Taiko on a Windy Night