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I Am a Bunny by Ole Risom
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI am a bunny. My name is Nicholas. I live in a hollow tree. This classic Golden Book, illustrated by Richard Scarry, celebrates its 50th anniversary with the story of Nicholas, a bunny clad in red overalls. In the spring, he picks flowers, and in the summer, watches the frogs in the pond. In the fall, he sees the animals getting ready for winter...Categorized as:
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![Grandfather Twilight by Barbara Helen Berger]()
Grandfather Twilight by Barbara Helen Berger
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis favorite bedtime story about Grandfather Twilight's evening walk through the forest is now released in a board book format with glowing color illustrations and poetic text... -
![Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.]()
Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThe publication of Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? and Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? completes the bear book beginning reader series. Now, children can read all four books on their own in this special format. With the important pre-reading concepts of rhyme, rhythm, and repetition, these picture books have long been used as beginning readers...Categorized as:
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![The Wide-Mouthed Frog: A Pop-Up Book by Keith Faulkner]()
The Wide-Mouthed Frog: A Pop-Up Book by Keith Faulkner
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis laugh-out-loud funny pop-up book takes on a traditional American tale about a wide-mouth frog and is sure to delight, with each spread featuring a different animal From the Okefenokee Swamp comes a frog with a wide mouth that he just loves to use... -
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![Robert Frost's Poems by Robert Frost, Louis Untermeyer]()
Robert Frost's Poems by Robert Frost, Louis Untermeyer
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA proven bestseller time and time again, Robert Frost's Poems contains all of Robert Frost's best-known poems-and dozens more-in a portable anthology. Here are "Birches," "Mending Wall," "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," "Two Tramps at Mudtime," "Choose Something Like a Star," and "The Gift Outright," which Frost read at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy... -
![Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day by Walt Disney Company, A.A. Milne]()
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day by Walt Disney Company, A.A. Milne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA blustery day in the Hundred Acre Wood is the start of a new adventure for Winnie the Pooh and his best friend Piglet.Join them as the windy day turns into a stormy night full of surprises... -
![The Grapes of Wrath and Other Writings 1936–1941: The Long Valley / The Grapes of Wrath / The Log from the Sea of Cortez / The Harvest Gypsies by John Steinbeck]()
The Grapes of Wrath and Other Writings 1936–1941: The Long Valley / The Grapes of Wrath / The Log from the Sea of Cortez / The Harvest Gypsies by John Steinbeck
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe second volume in the Library of America’s authoritative edition of John Steinbeck features his acknowledged masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath. Written in an incredibly compressed five-month period, the novel had an electrifying impact upon publication in 1939, unleashing a political storm with its vision of America’s dispossessed struggling for survival... -
![Baby Animals by Garth Williams]()
Baby Animals by Garth Williams
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWritten and illustrated by some of the best children's book authors and artist,Little Golden Books are known by their gold-foil binding and by the pleasure they bring to children... -
![Home for a Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown]()
Home for a Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGenerations of children have followed this furry, lovable bunny on his journey to find a home. Margaret Wise Brown’s simple yet playful tale is beautifully complemented by Garth Williams’s exquisite artwork.From the Hardcover Library Binding edition... -
![A Beatrix Potter Treasury by Beatrix Potter]()
A Beatrix Potter Treasury by Beatrix Potter
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTen of Beatrix Potter?s most popular tales are brought together in this beautiful jacketed hardcover treasury. The tales trace the life of Beatrix Potter from her first publication in of The Tale of Peter Rabbit 1902 to her later tales set around her farm, Hill Top. A wonderful illustrated introduction provides background on Beatrix Potter and the people and places that inspired her writing... -
![Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown]()
Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMargaret Wise Brown's classic barnyard story is now available in this sturdy board book edition. A lulling text and exquisite illustrations follow the animals' day on the farm as they make their noises, play in the grass, and return to the big red barn to fall sound asleep... -
![Pagoo by Holling Clancy Holling, Lucille W. Holling]()
Pagoo by Holling Clancy Holling, Lucille W. Holling
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn intricate study of tide pool life is presented in text and pictures through the story of Pagoo, a her-mit crab. "No one who has ever crouched fascinated over a tide pool, peering into its depths and shallows, can fail to be amazed and delighted by the beautiful pictures of those iridescent wonderlands the Hollings have pictured in Pagoo... -
![Robinson Jeffers: Selected Poems by Robinson Jeffers]()
Robinson Jeffers: Selected Poems by Robinson Jeffers
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRobinson Jeffers died in 1962 at the age of seventy-five, ending one of the most controversial poetic careers of this century.The son of a theology professor at Western Seminary in Pittsburgh, Jeffers was taught Greek, Latin, and Hebrew as a boy, and spent three years in Germany and Switzerland before entering the University of Western Pennsylvania (now Pittsburgh) at fifteen... -
![Over in the Meadow by Ezra Jack Keats]()
Over in the Meadow by Ezra Jack Keats
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA little turtle, two little fish, three little bluebirds, four little muskrats, five little honeybees, six little crows, seven little crickets, eight little lizards, nine little frogs, and ten little fireflies all do what their mothers ask... -
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![The Jolly Barnyard by Annie North Bedford, Tibor Gergely]()
The Jolly Barnyard by Annie North Bedford, Tibor Gergely
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’s Farmer Brown’s birthday, and the animals are deciding what they’ll do for him on his special day. “Cluck! I will give him eggs,” said the hen. / Said the rooster, “I’ll wake him in the mornings, then.” / “Baa-aa, we’ll give him wool,” said the sheep. / “For our fleece is soft and warm and deep... -
![Island: The Complete Stories by Alistair MacLeod]()
Island: The Complete Stories by Alistair MacLeod
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe sixteen exquisitely crafted stories in Island prove Alistair MacLeod to be a master. Quietly, precisely, he has created a body of work that is among the greatest to appear in English in the last fifty years.A book-besotted patriarch releases his only son from the obligations of the sea. A father provokes his young son to violence when he reluctantly sells the family horse... -
![Time For Bed by Mem Fox]()
Time For Bed by Mem Fox
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDay is done. Darkness is falling everywhere, and little ones are getting sleepy. This gentle board book, with its rhythmic verse and peaceful, loving illustrations will lull toddlers whether it's bedtime, nap time, or simply time for a snuggle... -
![It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw]()
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe white shape silhouetted against a blue background changes on every page. Is it a rabbit, a bird, or just spilt milk? In this childhood classic, kids are kept guessing until the surprise ending and they're encouraged to improvise similar games of their own. This beloved classic picture book teaches that, with a little imagination, something ordinary could become something extraordinary... -
![The First Forty-Nine Stories by Ernest Hemingway]()
The First Forty-Nine Stories by Ernest Hemingway
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom Ernest Hemingway's Preface: 'There are many kinds of stories in this book. I hope you will find some that you like- In going where you have to go, and doing what you have to do, and seeing what you have to see, you dull and blunt the instrument you write with... -
![The Hotel Cat by Esther Averill]()
The Hotel Cat by Esther Averill
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne wintry day a lonely stray cat wandered into the Royal Hotel. He chased mice so well that he was given the job of Hotel Cat. Tired of always spending time in the cellar Tom ventured upstairs and met the gentle Mrs. Wilkins, a longtime hotel resident who had the ability to communicate with cats. She encouraged Tom to keep an open mind about the hotel guests... -
![Favorite Nursery Rhymes from Mother Goose by Scott Gustafson]()
Favorite Nursery Rhymes from Mother Goose by Scott Gustafson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom nonsense to lessons learned, these 45 rhymes include the very well known (Itsy Bitsy Spider) and the somewhat familiar (Hickety, Pickety, My Black Hen). The truly fantastic pictures speak more than a thousand words as artist Scott Gustafson riffs in paint on themes present and imagined in each verse. Nursery rhymes are classic, and so are some of the artist's interpretations... -
![The Best of Robert Service by Robert W. Service]()
The Best of Robert Service by Robert W. Service
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis new and revised edition of poems about the men and women of the North features the most loved ballads by Robert Service, and is illustrated with lively art by Marilen Van Nimwegen. While living in Whitehorse, Robert Service wrote The Cremation of Sam McGee, and other well-known poems. He wrote and published into his mid-eighties...Categorized as:
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![Collected Stories by Wallace Stegner]()
Collected Stories by Wallace Stegner
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a literary career spanning more than fifty years, Wallace Stegner created a remarkable record of the history and culture of twentieth-century America. Each of the thirty-one stories contained in this volume embody some of the best virtues and values to be found in contemporary fiction, demonstrating why the author is acclaimed as one of America's master storytellers...Categorized as:
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![The Greedy Python by Richard Buckley]()
The Greedy Python by Richard Buckley
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn this humorous tale about manners, respect, and friendship, a greedy python eats every creature he comes across in the jungle. From a tiny mouse to an enormous elephant, the eaten animals eventually befriend one another in the belly of the snake where they team up and kick the inside of the python until he spits them out. Rather than learning his lesson, the python sticks to his greedy ways... -
![The Works of William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth]()
The Works of William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWilliam Wordsworth (1771-1850) is the foremost of the English Romantic poets. He was much influenced by the events of the French Revolution in his youth, and he deliberately broke away from the artificial diction of the Augustan and neo-classical tradition of the eighteenth century... -
![The Collected Poems by Sergei Yesenin]()
The Collected Poems by Sergei Yesenin
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"Preserving in English the immortal spirit and rhyme of the great Russian genius."Biographical notes on Esenin and Isadora Duncan precede each vol. and some chapters.Includes several color reproductions of landscape paintings by Isaac Levitan mounted on pages with captions, and other photos, including a portrait photo of Esenin and his wife Isadora Duncan, American dancer (v. 2, p. [7])... -
![Selected Poems: Robert Frost by Robert Frost]()
Selected Poems: Robert Frost by Robert Frost
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe book contains 40 poems covering the entire span of Frost's career and drawn from nine collections. There are detailed notes to aid student comprehension and in addition an Approaches section looks at Frost's life, Imagery and Themes, and the poet's voices... -
![Sammy the Seal by Syd Hoff]()
Sammy the Seal by Syd Hoff
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSammy, the adventurous seal, leaves the zoo for the day and ventures into the big, busy city. Along the way he finds a school full of kids and new things to do—and he even learns to read!"So funny and so original that it promises to be one of the most successful books in this best-selling series... -
![Snow by Roy McKie, P.D. Eastman]()
Snow by Roy McKie, P.D. Eastman
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis classic Beginner Book edited by Dr. Seuss is a delightful ode to winter. Brrrrr! It snowed! From snowball fights and skiing to fort building and snowman making, P. D. Eastman and Roy McKie’s Snow will have young readers eager for the kind of fun only a wintry-white day can bring. Perfect for enjoying with a cup of hot cocoa! Originally created by Dr... -
![The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss]()
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsEveryone is certain it won't grow, but a little boy remains confident in his carrot seed's potential. Watch as he carefully plants, tends to, and eventually harvests a carrot whose size is in direct proportion to his unflappable faith in it... -
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![Tales of the North by Jack London]()
Tales of the North by Jack London
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf you enjoy nonstop adventure and heroic exploits, then you are sure to love Tales of the North...Categorized as:
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![Crictor by Tomi Ungerer]()
Crictor by Tomi Ungerer
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratings‘A highly diverting picture book about an agreeable pet boa constrictor that earns the affection and gratitude of a French village.’ —BL. ‘Children will love it.’ —H... -
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![The Origin by Irving Stone]()
The Origin by Irving Stone
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"The Origin" fills an important gap in literature on Charles Darwin. In 1832 at age 22, Charles Darwin was invited to sail with H.M.S. Beagle as a naturalist. The surveying voyage would encircle the globe... -
![Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni, Ron McLarty]()
Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni, Ron McLarty
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn this classic book, a winsome, winning inchworm is proud of his ability to measure anything under the sun... -
![The Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV by Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain]()
The Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV by Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen Mama Bear decides her family spends too much time in front of the TV, she bans it for a week. Then the Bear family finds other ways to have fun and keep busy, so they watch less when TV is allowed again--and they don't even miss it. From the Trade Paperback edition...Categorized as:
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![The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle]()
The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsOne day, a little cricket is born and meets a big cricket who chirps his welcome. But the little cricket cannot make a sound. The cricket meets many insects, but it isn't until he meets a beautiful female cricket that he can finally chirp "hello!"Excerpt:Hello! whispered a praying mantis,scraping its huge front legs together.The little cricket wanted to answer,so he rubbed his wings together... -
![La Noche del Pequeño Búho by Divya Srinivasan]()
La Noche del Pequeño Búho by Divya Srinivasan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt's evening in the forest and Little Owl wakes up from his day-long sleep to watch his friends enjoying the night. Hedgehog sniffs for mushrooms, Skunk nibbles at berries, Frog croaks, and Cricket sings. A full moon rises and Little Owl can't understand why anyone would want to miss it...Categorized as:
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![Be Nice to Spiders by Margaret Bloy Graham]()
Be Nice to Spiders by Margaret Bloy Graham
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Billy left his pet spider, Helen, at the Zoo, the animals suddenly became happy and contented. The lions snoozed all day long, the elephants enjoyed their baths, and the zebras ate their hay in peace -- all because Helen was spinning webs and catching flies.But one day Helen's webs were swept away. The Keeper had the cages cleaned for the Mayor's inspection tour... -
![Secret Garden: A BabyLit® Flowers Primer by Jennifer Adams]()
Secret Garden: A BabyLit® Flowers Primer by Jennifer Adams
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBabyLit® is a fashionable way to introduce your toddler to the world of classic literature. With clever, simple text by Jennifer Adams, paired with stylish design and illustrations by Sugar’s Alison Oliver, these books are a must for every savvy parent’s nursery library... -
![Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman, Eric Beddows]()
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman, Eric Beddows
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWritten to be read aloud by two voices--sometimes alternating, sometimes simultaneous--here is a collection of irresistible poems that celebrate the insect world, from the short life of the mayfly to the love song of the book louse. Funny, sad, loud, and quiet, each of these poems resounds with a booming, boisterous, joyful noise... -
![Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge]()
Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTwenty-three poems that transformed English poetry Wordsworth and Coleridge composed this powerful selection of poetry during their youthful and intimate friendship. Reproducing the first edition of 1798, this edition of Lyrical Ballads allows modern readers to recapture the book's original impact... -
![The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel by Thornton W. Burgess]()
The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel by Thornton W. Burgess
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this delightfully told tale, Burgess Chronicles the escapades of Chatterer the red squirrel, who's known throughout the green forest as a mischief-maker. Narrowly escaping the clutches of shadow the Weasel and Redtail the hawk, the bushy-tailed little fellow decides to leave the forest for a new home, only to learn that curiosity, carelessness and mistrust can lead to a heap of troubles...Categorized as:
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![Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth]()
Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWritten by William Wordsworth after a walking tour with his sister near the Welsh Borders, Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey describes his encounters with the countryside on the banks of the River Wye and grows into an outline of his general philosophy...Categorized as:
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![Singing in the Rain by Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown]()
Singing in the Rain by Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI'm singing in the rain, just singing in the rain, Oh, what a glorious feeling!Spring calls in this classic Broadway number, brought to life in a beautiful picture book--perfect for sharing! Jump in puddles, raise umbrellas, and dance with joy through the pages of this visual story. With colorful, springy scenes and the familiar lyrics, this is a beautiful, gift-worthy, feel-good read-aloud... -
![Pilgrim at Sea by Pär Lagerkvist]()
Pilgrim at Sea by Pär Lagerkvist
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBenché il successo di Barabba e il Premio Nobel nei 1951 l’avessero fatto conoscere al grande pubblico anche italiano, Pär Lagerkvist è stato in seguito quasi dimenticato; lasciato in disparte dai flussi delle mode... -
![Far Away and Long Ago by William H. Hudson]()
Far Away and Long Ago by William H. Hudson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor at some period of a man's life; at all events of some lives; in some rare state of the mind, it is all at once revealed to him as by a miracle that nothing is ever blotted out... -
![Indian Summer by Adalbert Stifter]()
Indian Summer by Adalbert Stifter
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is one of Stifter's great epic works, a most sensitive account of the formative years in the life of Heinrich, a student of natural sciences, born into a bourgeois environment, but influenced and gently guided by a nobleman, the old Baron von Risach. It is in fact the baron's own reminiscences which give the book its title...Categorized as:
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![Devaytis by Maria Rodziewiczówna]()
Devaytis by Maria Rodziewiczówna
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsExcerpt from DevaytisIt was Saturday evening, a delightful time for labouring people and cattle. From the fields came old fashioned ploughs, working oxen, waggons, small horses, tall young men with scythes on their shoulders, swarthy, gold haired girls with songs on their lips, and children driving cows and sheep to their rest under the straw roofs of their stables...
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