Barbara Brenner
Author
Language
English
Description
In this verse tale, Mr. Tall, a giraffe, and Mr. Small, a mouse, are busily arguing over which one is superior. They discover a frightful danger when it is almost too late. Then a combination of both animals' abilities saves them both and transforms individual conceit into into mutual admiration.
4) Wagon wheels
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper and Row
Pub. Date
[1978]
Language
English
Description
Shortly after the Civil War a black family travels to Kansas totake advantage of the free land offered through the Homestead Act.
Author
Publisher
Bradbury Press
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
Demonstrates how the concepts and principles expressed in the Declaration of Independence were drawn from the experiences of living in America in the late eighteenth century, with emphasis given to how children lived on a New England farm, a Southern plantation, and the frontier.
10) Good news
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
As the news of Canada Goose's newly laid eggs spreads from animal to animal, the facts become monstrously distorted.
14) Annie's pet
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
On her way to the pet shop to buy an animal with her birthday money, Annie buys a toy, a collar, a dish, and a leash and discovers that she has no money left for a pet.
16) Beef stew
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
When his friends decline to come over for a beef stew dinner, Nicky feels bad until a surprise visitor shows up.
17) Bunny tails
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
When Mama Rabbit gets unexpectedly called away one night, it's up to the six young bunnies to pitch in and make themselves soup for dinner.
20) Moon boy
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
A moonbeam comes to life one night and visits a young boy.