Judy Sierra
Author
Language
English
Description
A librarian named Mavis McGrew introduces the animals in the zoo to the joy of reading when she drives her bookmobile to the zoo by mistake. It started the summer of 2002, when the Springfield librarian, Molly McGrew, by mistake drove her bookmobile into the zoo. In this rollicking rhymed story, Molly introduces birds and beasts to this new something called reading. She finds the perfect book for every animal-tall books for giraffes, tiny ones for...
Author
Language
English
Description
A little girl is shopping in a grocery store when she meets a dinosaur. Don't worry. The dinosaur is very friendly. She's polite, too. In this funny story, told in lilting read-aloud rhyme, the girl has numerous opportunities to be helpful to the clumsy shopping dino and demonstrate when to say "thank you," "excuse me," "I'm sorry," "You're welcome," and other niceties of life. Tim Bowers's whimsical illustrations bring an extra dimension of fun to...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this Indonesian version of the Cinderella story, a girl named Damura escapes her cruel stepmother and stepsister and marries a handsome prince with the help of Grandmother Crocodile.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Once upon a time, Old MacDonald didn't have a farm. He just had a yard--a yard he didn't want to mow. But then, under the direction of the wise (and ecologically sensitive) Little Red Hen, Mac learns to look at the environment in a very different way, and whole new worlds start to bloom."--Dust jacket.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
Diverse animals, led by two rough, tough rhinos, work together to transform an old mall into a zoo--including the bugs the rhinos said were too small to count.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents an account of the early career of Ted Geisel, otherwise known as Dr. Seuss, describing how he adhered to strict literary guidelines while writing The cat in the hat.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
When the words in the dictionary get bored and leave to attend a convention in Hollyword, it is up to Noah Webster to restore (alphabetical) order.
10) Antarctic Antics
Author
Language
English
Description
Celebrate the slips and slides and swims and glides of delightful penguins in poetry and song.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) col. ill. 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this rhymed retelling of a traditional Asian tale, a clever monkey uses her ability to count to outwit the hungry crocodiles that stand between her and a banana tree on another island across the sea.
