Ocean State Libraries

"Little Sal and Little Bear both lose their mothers while eating blueberries and almost end up with the other's mother." --

Norman, the doorman of a mouse hole in an art museum, uses his own art talent and finds a way to see the art treasures in the galleries upstairs.

Four-year-old Tommy enjoys his relationship with both his grandmother and great-grandmother, but eventually learns to face their inevitable death.

A toy bear goes off to a cave to live as a real bear should, only to find he needs something more to be truly happy.

"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." --

A counting book in which the children receive Halloween goodiesfrom costumed hosts hidden by movable flaps.

Nicky the cat delivers valentines to several lucky recipients hidden under flaps.

Ferdinand likes to sit quietly and smell the flowers, but one day he gets stung by a bee and his snorting and stomping convince everyone that he is the fiercest of bulls.

In this retelling of Androcles and the Lion, Andy meets a lion on the way to school and wins his friendship for life by removing a thorn from his paw.