One afternoon, Ben and his grandmother stroll up Amsterdam Avenue for a quiet walk in the garden at the cathedral of Saint John the Divine. Suddenly, several of Manhattan’s most exotic residents transform an ordinary afternoon into a special memory depicted in this picture book for children ages one to four. Charmingly illustrated by Cecile Bucher.

Ben, the Bells and the Peacocks

Children's Books

Rhonda Trooboff

Animals

Tenley Circle Press

Elie, his toy lizard Woody, Grandpa, and Grandma do the same old things every Wednesday. But what’s old can be renewed, and what’s ordinary can become new and wonderful. A Book for Elie shows the surprises that patience and imagination can create for a toy, a boy, and his grandparents.

A Book for Elie

Rhoda Trooboff

Artie, an impressionable young pig, and Merlin, a bat, explore the world of mammals and the meaning of friendship. Through gentle humor and engaging dialogue, topics such as hibernation, camouflage, echolocation, scientific and common names, predation, and mammalian defense mechanisms are introduced and explained simply but accurately. Artie learns what pigs and bats have in common and how they differ. In a nighttime adventure, the two friends study how a flying squirrel flies and what a star-nosed mole has on its nose. Artie discovers that, although he is a slower swimmer than a beaver, he is a faster runner. When Merlin disappears to hibernate, the lonely pig makes a new friend, a prickly porcupine. Handsome black-and-white illustrations depict Artie, Merlin, and the other mammals, including a family of opossums, a bloodhound, skunk, and white-tailed deer. The book also provides additional information about bats, pigs, classification of mammals, and related topics.

Artie and Merlin

Don E. Wilson

Sue Ruff

Eight bottlenose dolphins, swept out to sea by Hurricane Katrina and unable to find food or fight off predators, are finally recovered by heroic dolphin trainers and Gulf Coast rescuers. Even Eli-the youngest, feistiest dolphin-survives!

Lost & Found in the Mississippi Sound: Eli and the Dolphins of Hurricane Katrina

Katie Carpenter

Mary Carpenter

A hopeful story in art and verse about a cancer patient who visualizes what's happening to her body, explains her feelings, and is strengthened by helper heroes in the effort to regain her health.

My Body Needs Help

Annette Abrams

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Punkinhead and her Mama and Papa perk up meals and snacks thanks to their local green market, a dash of creativity, and a strange contraption in the kitchen.

Punkinhead's Veggie Adventure:And the Strange Contraption in the Kitchen

Trooboff, Rhoda

It is summer 2002 in DC's Capitol Hill neighborhood, and Dee Young is heartsick after her husband Dan's death. Dee finds herself conducting two secret correspondences: one-way emails to Dan and two-way letters with Bathsua Reginald Makin, a 17th-century Londoner who was like Dee a teacher, writer, wife, and mother. From Dee's annus horribilis comes a celebration of the endurance of love, the evolution of grief, and the healing power of work.

Correspondence Course: The Bathsua Project

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

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