In the mid-nineteenth century an artist named Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins had one ambition: to show the world what dinosaurs looked like. His astonishing life-size models impressed the Queen and wowed the crowds at the famous Crystal Palace exhibition. This intriguing true story will captivate readers of any age.
A family of mice moves into the barrio, next door to Chato the cat. With nefarious purpose, he invites them to dinner, and they accept. The mice, however, bring a surprise guest. Chato, his plans to eat them for dinner spoiled, shares the delicious Spanish food he's prepared.
Alice Lee Roosevelt was hungry to go places, meet people, do things. Father called it running riot. Alice called it eating up the world. Brimming with affection and wit, this spirited biography gives readers a peek into family life inside the White House.
Which came first? The chicken or the egg? A book about transformations...from egg to chicken, seed to flower, and caterpillar to butterfly. An entirely fresh and memorable presentation on the concepts of transformation and creativity.
Spring is here in this cheerful introduction to the seasons. Frogs leap, tadpoles wriggle, geese waddle and minnows scatter. Young kids won't want to miss a single splash.
Cleto Acosta-McKillop’s 8-minute Kintsugi uses the philosophy behind the Japanese practice to craft a film about shifting times. A larger economic change is seen through the eyes of a traditional Japanese good luck cat. What is to become of the old, simple cat at the simple ramen restaurant when a shiny new restaurant with a shiny, new cat opens shop next door?
Amos McGee is a zookeeper who always makes time for his animal friends. One day, when his sniffles and sneezes prevent him from going to the zoo, he receives some unexpected guests.
Is something bugging you? Here is the funny side of waging war against - oh no! - head lice. This book is guaranteed to make you laugh- and itch! From the opening scene of happy, oversized lice, you know these bugs are determined to stay, and Mom is about to go nuts!
In a cave in the woods,all winter long, Bear sleeps in his cozy lair. Surprise guests stop by to warm up, brew tea and pop corn while Bear snores on.Cheerful rhymes will charm children as they wait for Bear's BIG reaction.
A small robot, destined to be one more in an automaton factory, finds a precious object that makes him deviate from the stipulated path. The factory removes the object for going against the norm. So the little robot will try to get it back no matter what, and learn the true value of the object along the way.
The woman walked through the forest and saw that all the animals and birds inside have small copies of themselves… She asked everyone: – “ What have you got there?”, but no one answered her…
Librarian Molly McGrew introduces birds and beasts to the wonders of reading. And in no time, they are "forsaking their niches, their nests, and their nooks, and "going wild, simply wild, about wonderful books!"
Henrika, a cow who longs to see the city, gets her wish - and- more when she rides an old raft down one of Holland's most picturesque canals - to adventure.
Quilt making has been passed down through eight generations of Soonie's family. Messages were carefully stitched into each quilt, called a Show Way, mapping the family's journey from slavery to the present day.
Follow two youngsters in a celebration of their ancestors on this vibrant Latin American holiday. Luscious collage illustrations and poetic text create a colorful tribute.
When a young girl named Selina befriends a mystical elderly woman, magical things happen - not the least of which is the surprise of three talking eggs. When her selfish brother Wade gets involved, he's in for some surprises too, but of a different kind.
Captivated by its sweet song, an emperor takes a nightingale into his palace as his companion. But when the emperor shows more interest in a bejeweled mechanical bird, the nightingale flees. It returns only when the lonely emperor sees how foolishly he has behaved.