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.
Written and Illustrated by Don Freeman; Narrated by Owen Jordan
Norman, the guard of the Art Museum, is surprised when his sculpture wins first prize in a contest.
Ever since Willie Bentley was a young boy, he was fascinated with snowflakes. He looked at them under a microscope and studied their icy crystals. He even drew pictures of them, finding no two snowflakes exactly alike.
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.
Fletcher loves everything about spring, but then Fletcher sees something he never expected to see in spring: snow! And it turns out that spring has another surprise in store for Fletcher—a warm and wondrous one.
To keep from being eaten, a resourceful inchworm measures a robin's tail, a flamingo's neck, a toucan's beak, a heron's legs, and a nightingale's song.
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.
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!
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!"
A bold and colorful retelling of the classic tale of the not-so-bright little chicken's encounter with an acorn and gravity. Children will be delighted as crazy-eyed Chicken and all his panicked friends run away from the sky and right into an eye-catching surprise. With delicious illustrations, wacky text and a spectacular finale, this is a colorful and comic extravaganza.
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.