Ocean State Libraries

In this version of "Little Red Riding Hood," a big, bad girl terrorizes a wolf cub who is going to visit his granny wolf.

The owner of the gingerbread house that Hansel and Gretel came upon in the woods tells her side of the story.

Encourages the reader to predict what will happen and keep turning pages as a face is splattered with a pie, a sandwich, and more.

"When Princess Harriet climbs an enormous beantalk, she finds an even bigger surprise--a giant rabbit is keeping a goose and a girl who is half-harp-half-hamster are prisoner, and it's up to Harriet to save the day"--

"Chicken has fallen out of Farmer's truck! He can't possibly get himself all the way home...can he?"--

"When Moose sees the inviting tree where Squirrel has built his nest, he rubs his itchy antlers against the trunk--and sets in motion a chain of comic catastrophes. The tree falls and wakes Bear, who stumbles into Moose, who causes a truck driver to swerve off the road. But then Squirrel jumps onto that truck and ends up in the city, all alone. Who will help him get home? And how will Squirrel thank them?"--Amazon.com.

Clarence Day continues his memoir with humor, occasional satire, and sympathetic voice as he remembers his mother's attempts to adjust the family as myriad of problems beset her four sons and demanding, yet lovable husband.

Twelve adventures of Ethelbert, the six-year-old spoiled-rotten king of Porto Cristo, whose childish edicts keep his subjects jumping.