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Author
Series
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
1953
Physical Desc
56 p. illus. 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
Madeline and her friends become very upset when Genevieve, a dog that has become a cherished school pet since rescuing Madeline from an accidental fall into the Seine, is tossed out by the school board chairman.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
[1956]
Edition
[1st ed.]
Physical Desc
54 p. col. illus. 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
One day the Spanish ambassador moves into the Parisian house next door to Miss Clavel, Madeline, and her 11 classmates. And, His Excellency has a boy! Pepito, as he is named, is not just any boy: according to Madeline, he is a "bad hat"--for starters, he's equipped with an irksome slingshot, he "ghosts," and he boasts. And when Miss Clavel gives him a box of tools to function as an "outlet for his energy," he makes a guillotine for the cook's chickens....
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
[1962]
Physical Desc
32 p. illus. 21 x 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The adventures of Peter, a little boy in the city on a very snowy day. No book has captured the magic and sense of possibility of the first snowfall better than this book. With its universal appeal, the story has become a favorite with millions, as it reveals a child's wonder at a new world, and the hope of capturing and keeping that wonder forever. -- Publisher description.
7) Corduroy
Author
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
[1968]
Physical Desc
32 p. col. illus. 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Corduroy has been on the department store shelf for a long time. Yet as soon as Lisa sees him, she knows that he’s the bear for her. Her mother, though, thinks he’s a little shopworn—he’s even missing a button! Still, Corduroy knows that with a bit of work he can tidy himself up and be just the bear for Lisa. And where better to start than with a nighttime adventure through the department store, searching for a new button!
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit. A mosquito annoyed the iguana, who frightened the python, who scared the rabbit, and now the whole jungle is in an uproar because the sun won't rise. The animals discuss the situation and decide to punish the mosquito. Even today, whenever we hear a mosquito buzz, we smack it hard!
11) Ox-cart man
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
1979
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
[40] p. : col. ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the day-to-day life of an early nineteenth-century New England family throughout the changing seasons.
12) Where's Spot?
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
[24] p. : col. ill. ; 20 x 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A mother dog finds eight other animals hiding around the house before finding her lost puppy. Flaps conceal the animals.
13) Miss Rumphius
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.
Author
Series
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c1984
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
[25] p. : col. ill. ; 22 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
A mother duck leads her brood around the pond as she searches for one missing duckling. A duckling is missing! Mother Duck sails frantically around the pond, with the rest of her brood behind her. But none of the pond residents has seen the little duckling, not bird, not turtle, not beaver, not fish. But clever readers can see that duckling isn't lost at all--just adventuring, and never far away.
16) Max's Christmas
Author
Publisher
Penguin Group USA
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
32 p. ;
Language
English
Description
Despite his sister Ruby's admonitions, Max waits up on Christmas Eve to see Santa Claus coming down the chimney.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1988
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ruthie and her mother wonder how they will fulfill their obligation of getting the perfect Christmas tree to the town for the holiday celebration, since Papa has left the Appalachian area to go to war.
18) Abuela
Author
Series
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c1991
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
While riding on a bus with her grandmother, a little girl imagines that they are carried up into the sky and fly over the sights of New York City.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1992
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
The reader is encouraged to find in the illustrations a variety of plants and animals from twelve distinct habitats around the world that use their shape and color to ensure their survival.
20) Six creepy sheep
Author
Series
Publisher
Trumpet Club
Pub. Date
c1992
Edition
Trumpet Club special ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Relates in rhyme the adventures of six little sheep who go trick-or-treating on Halloween night.
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