Coretta Scott King Award winner Ashley Bryan adapted this charming tale from a story told by the Ilaspeaking people of Zambia. All the birds in the forest are jealous of Blackbird, whose black feathers glisten and shine colorfully in the sunbeams. The other birds are a single color from head to foot, and none of them have even a spot of black on their feathers. Blackbird tells them that true color is on the inside, but still the birds long for black feathers. So Blackbird brews a batch of blackening to decorate all his friends.
Erica Silverman's Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa series is a hit with beginning readers and their parents thanks to its two stars. The first book in the series won the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award. In their third outing, Kate is going to school, but Cocoa can't because horses aren't allowed at school. They still manage to find new and exciting adventures on the way to the schoolhouse-and of course only after the final bell rings!
All the students in Room 2B are getting ready for Christmas. They are excited and filled with holiday spirit. But when their teacher, Miss Mackle, sits down in her chair, it breaks, and she gets hurt! Now Miss Mackle has to spend Christmas in the hospital. The students don't feel like celebrating any more. It's up to Harry to think of a present that will cheer her up and bring the holiday mood back. Will Harry find a gift that is wonderful--and horrible--enough? The Horrible Harry series is always a hit with even the most reluctant readers. Suzy Kline's engaging text and Johnny Heller's lively narration are the perfect combination for encouraging a lifelong love for books.
Building a snowman brings out Henry's competitive streak; he sets up his Monstrous Makeovers business to rival Moody Margaret's Miraculous Makeovers; things go badly wrong when a famous author comes to school; and he thinks 'You'll all be sorry when I'm dead' and spends a rainy day writing his will.
Read by Miranda Richardson
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Talented author and illustrator Wong Herbert Yee is the recipient of a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor. Mouse and Mole can hardly contain their excitement when they hear the beloved magician Minkus the Magnificent is in town. But at the show, something goes wrong-and Mole discovers that what seems to be magic, really isn't. Mouse must figure out how to show her friend that real magic is all around them-even in the friendship they share. "Yee portrays Mole's vulnerability and Mouse's pragmatism with great sensitivity and humor."-School Library Journal, starred review
Piccallili, Peaches and Pip are three little princesses who live in a beautiful palace in an enchanted land. Eight lively stories, packed with action and fun, show all the detail of their lives in the palace - their clothes, their toys, their tiaras - and take them on an exciting adventure in which, with the help of their fairy godmother, Miss Sponge, they outwit the horrid Gobblers.
In the same format as the highly successful Three Little Witches and Three Little Pirates, and with the same fun and energy in words, pictures and design, this will be irresistible to every little girl who wants to be a princess.
Read by Adjoa Andoh
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It's hard to be five.
Just yelled at my brother.
My mind says do one thing.
My mouth says another.
It's fun to be five!
Big changes are here!
My body's my car,
and I'm licensed to steer.
Learning not to hit? Having to wait your turn? Sitting still? It's definitely hard to be five. But Jamie Lee Curtis's encouraging text and Laura Cornell's playful illustrations make the struggles of self-control a little bit easier and a lot more fun!
This is the sixth inspired book from the #1 New York Times best-selling team of Today I Feel Silly: & Other Moods That Make My Day and I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self Esteem.
Come meet the Robinsons:
Young Wilbur has a robot.
Uncle Art has his own flying saucer.
Cousin Laszlo has an antigravity device.
The butler is an octopus.
It's snowing in the east wing. And somebody left the Time Machine on, so . . . Well, perhaps you'd care to read what happens next.
From William Joyce, creator of the Emmy-winning Rolie Polie Olie as well as author and illustrator of a stack of whimsy-based entertainments for children and like-minded adults.
Impossible to listen to only once, these exuberant poems are filled to the brim with smiles and silliness and are sure to be loved by children from Miami to Seattle.
So much to see! So much to do! Listen to this audio book and... meet people and animals in such far-flung places as Minot, Minneapolis, Tuscaloosa, Tucumcari, and the Grand Canyon.... Smell the tall flowers in Aunt Giraffe's garden, sip juice with a big blue goose, eat oodles of noodles with some poodles, and much, much more!
In Clementine, Sara Pennypacker has created a precocious red-headed third grader who will be instantly loved by young audiences. When her best friend and neighbor Margaret comes to her with a problem, Clementine goes to many lengths to help her friend. This sets off a rollicking adventure-filled week that finds Clementine getting into and out of further trouble, while learning valuable life lessons.
This fun-filled tale by acclaimed children's author Laura McGee Kvasnosky was named an ALA Notable Children's Book and received the Theodor Seuss Geisel Beginning Reader Award. Fox sisters Zelda and Ivy refuse to eat cucumber sandwiches for lunch ever again. To avoid this nasty meal, they pack their bags and run away (even if they only make it to the backyard). The young foxes' adventures are separated into three chapters-perfect for young listeners.
Timmy Twinkle is chubby. That means he gets bullied at school and hasn't any friends. He longs to play football, but he's hopeless at games. He's miserable. And it doesn't help when Gramps tells him about Great-Uncle Vernon, a chubby boy who grew up to be a famous footballer.
Then his gran's friend May comes to stay. May is a fitness fanatic who knocks Timmy and Gramps into shape in no time, and Timmy discovers there's magic in his toes - he can kick a ball just like Great-Uncle Vernon. And when Timmy performs on the football field, everyone wants to be friends with him.
A lovely story of a child whose unhappiness is dispelled by the discovery of a magical gift.
Read by Andrew Sachs
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