Bear's First Christmas

Kinerk, Robert

Scholastic. Inc.

Meet Clorinda! Life on the farm is everything a cow like Clorinda could want, or so she thought. Then one Election Day, while up at dawn to travel to the distant city to cast her annual ballot, Clorinda is confused by the signs and stumbles into a performance of classical ballet instead. Bewilderment soon gives way to enchantment and she loses her heart to the magic of the dance. Clorinda's dream of becoming a bovine ballerina is set and she's headed for the big-city stage to start her career. Her mottoes, "Be bold and imaginative! Shoot for the sky!" Robert Kinerk's witty and spirited verses combine with Steven Kellogg's effervescent and expansive artwork to introduce an endearing heroine. Irrepressible Clorinda will inspire standing ovations and cries of "ENCORE!" from picture-book readers of all ages.

Clorinda

Children's Books

Animals

Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books

That Irrepressible Clorinda! One afternoon while taking the sun, a cow named Clorinda casually notices the flight of a passing barn swallow. "Oh, how I wish I could fly like a bird," thinks Clorinda. So (never mind that a cow never has), Clorinda resolves to be the first and to show the world how it's done. She flatly dismisses the reasoned misgivings of her dear friend Hop and then enlists the help of her dear friend Len. One way or another, Clorinda the cow will fly. Sky high! But more important to the intrepid trio than their Lindbergh-like achievement is the warm, sustaining friendship that binds them together. Just as in their first collaboration, Clorinda, Robert Kinerk and Steven Kellog team up in an adventure that soars above the aspirations of ordinary bovines. Clorinda Takes Flight will inspire picture book readers to follow their dreams, no matter how impossible the quests may seem.

Clorinda Takes Flight

Robert Kinerk’s and beloved artist Steven Kellogg’s Clorinda returns to play ball! Clorinda the irrepressible cow is back! This time the bovine’s at bat for her favorite team, the Red Hats of BossTown. And the rival team is in trouble…because when Clorinda steps up to the plate—it’s a win for the home team for sure! Whimsical, rhyming text from Robert Kinerk paired with humorously detailed illustrations from acclaimed illustrator Steven Kellogg,makes for a charming tale of teamwork that reinforces the importance of self esteem.

Clorinda Plays Baseball!

In the dark of winter, deep in the woods, a lone bear is awakened from his winter sleep by a soft and mysterious sound. Under the stars the bear finds his way step by step through the snowy forest, making friends along his route. Then the bear discovers a place in the woods that glows magically with something he and his friends could never have imagined -- their first Christmas. Robert Kinerk's inspired story and Jim LaMarche's glimmering illustrations combine in a picture book that captures the joy and spirit of Christmas. Come along with bear and his friends and see the magical light of Bear's First Christmas.

Having made a pledge to everyone in town that he would not change his socks for thirty days, Timothy Cox begins his month-long adventure with pride and excitement of what is to come, yet matters soon get stinky and everyone, including his parents, the Board of Health, and his teachers, are begging him to give up his silly and smelly task!

Timothy Cox Will Not Change His Socks

Literature & Fiction

Offbeat humor abounds in this exuberantly silly story that proves some people can talk their way out of anything--even without meaning to! Full color.

Slim and Miss Prim

Geography & Cultures

Rising Moon (Nrl)

Robert Kinerk pokes fun at what can happen when good manners are neglected. From Eleanor Ickity who is served nothing that she likes to eat or Sylvester who can pester and pester and pester, this charming cast of characters will warn the ill mannered about the consequences of their shameful behavior.

Oh, How Sylvester Can Pester!: And Other Poems More or Less About Manners

That Clorinda the cow just won't let anything stand in her way! One day on a visit to town Clorinda discovers, quite by accident, a ballet performance. It's love at first sight, and for Clorinda there's just one thing to do -- find a way to dance on the big-city stage!

Simon&Schuster

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Bear's First Christmas

Clorinda

Clorinda Takes Flight

Clorinda Plays Baseball!

Bear's First Christmas

Timothy Cox Will Not Change His Socks

Slim and Miss Prim

Oh, How Sylvester Can Pester!: And Other Poems More or Less About Manners

Clorinda

Clorinda Takes Flight