Kate Banks
1) Max's words
Author
Series
Max books (Kate Banks) volume 1
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
When Max cuts out words from magazines and newspapers, collecting them the way his brothers collect stamps and coins, they all learn about words, sentences, and storytelling
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A boy provides instructions as he searches high and low for an elephant, which the reader can find in the illustrations.
3) Lion lullaby
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
The sun begins to set on the savanna, and ten little lions must find their way home before dark. One by one, lion cubs emerge from trees, past bouncing monkeys and braying zebras. They cross a stream, watch a herd of thundering wildebeest, and explore the darkening beauty of the landscape. As the moon rises, ten little lion cubs curl up together just in time for bedtime, under their mothers' watch in a space that is cozy and warm.
5) Max's castle
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
When Max finds a box of long-forgotten toys, he builds a kingdom filled with adventures for himself and his two brothers
6) City cat
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books, Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
An easy-to-read book about a globe-trotting cat that crosses paths with a vacationing family in the great cities of Europe. Includes facts about the cities.
7) Max's math
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Foster Books, Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustration ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Max and his brothers drive to Shapeville and Count Town searching for problems, and are able to use their skills in arithmetic and sleuthing to help get things ready for a rocket launch.
8) Fox
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
A baby fox anticipates the time when he can go out alone, but first his parents must teach him the ways of the wilderness. Against the rhythmic background of turning seasons, a little fox learns that there is a time for everything. The rain, the clouds, the days all come and go as the little fox, guided by his wise and loving parents, learns to hunt on his own and bury his food, cover his trail and run like the wind. Now he is ready to go out on his...
10) Max's dragon
Author
Series
Max books (Kate Banks) volume 2
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 v. : col. ill. ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Many unusual and unexpected things happen while Max plays with his invisible dragon
14) Pup and bear
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A stranded wolf cub is rescued and raised by a loving polar bear, and years later when he is grown into a wolf and on his own, he comes upon a lost polar bear cub, and the cycle begins again.
15) The night worker
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books/Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
[31] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Alex wants to be a "night worker" like his father who goes to work at a construction site after Alex goes to bed
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
While a farm family bustles about, preparing for the arrival of Christmas, they do not notice the great anticipation spreading among the animals, who know that something very special is on its way
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
A bird, a monkey, and a snake lose their home in a tree and go looking for a new home, encountering various jungle animals on the way. Features rebuses, which are identified with labels in the margins of the pages
18) Dillon Dillon
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
150 p. ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
During the summer that he turns ten years old, Dillon Dillon learns the surprising story behind his name and develops a relationship with three loons, living on the lake near his family's New Hampshire cabin, that help him make sense of his life.
19) Baboon
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A young baboon's view of the world changes as his mother shows him various parts of his environment