Judy Sierra
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
This picture book about the first day of school, featuring a frog, a duck, a mouse, and a snail, combines a story in rhyme with colorful graphic rebuses, making it a fun book for parent and child to share in the reading. Children about to enter kindergarten or first grade who long to be able to read will get a sense of accomplishment by "reading" the little rebus pictures in the story. Judy Sierra, author of Wild About Books, uses bouncy rhyme...
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
When B.B. Wolf, who now lives in the Villain Villa Retirement Residence, is invited to the library for a storybook tea, he is careful to follow the advice of his crocodile friend and impresses everyone with how polite he can be
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
[40] p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In this rhymed retelling of a traditional Asian tale, a clever monkey uses her ability to count to outwit the hungry crocodiles that stand between her and a banana tree on another island across the sea
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents an account of the early career of Ted Geisel, otherwise known as Dr. Seuss, describing how he adhered to strict literary guidelines while writing "The Cat in the Hat."
Author
Series
Springfield Zoo volume 1
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
A librarian named Mavis McGrew introduces the animals in the zoo to the joy of reading when she drives her bookmobile to the zoo by mistake
Author
Language
English
Description
A little girl is shopping in a grocery store when she meets a dinosaur. Don't worry. The dinosaur is very friendly. She's polite, too. In this funny story, told in lilting read-aloud rhyme, the girl has numerous opportunities to be helpful to the clumsy shopping dino and demonstrate when to say "thank you," "excuse me," "I'm sorry," "You're welcome," and other niceties of life. Tim Bowers's whimsical illustrations bring an extra dimension of fun to...
12) Monster goose
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of twenty-five nursery rhymes, rewritten to feature vampires, ghouls, mummies, the Loch Ness monster, and other fearsome creatures
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
When a little mouse accidentally tickles a dragon's snout during a winter night in a haunted house, it sets off a series of cumulative actions which throw all of the creatures into a frenzy
15) ZooZical
Author
Series
Springfield Zoo volume 2
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
When the winter doldrums arrive at the zoo, a very small hippo and a young kangaroo decide to stage a "ZooZical," a show to display their singing, dancing, acrobatic, and other talents to the people of Springfield
16) Ballyhoo Bay
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Mira Bella mobilizes her art students, from grandmothers to children, crabs to seagulls, to stop a dastardly plan for turning the beach at Ballyhoo Bay into an exclusive resort, and offers an alternative--leave the beach as it is
17) Wild about you!
Author
Series
Springfield Zoo volume 3
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpage) : col. ill. ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
Joining the new baby animals at the zoo are the much-loved pengaroo and the pandacat
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
[40] p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
In this Indonesian version of the Cinderella story, a girl named Damura escapes her cruel stepmother and stepsister and marries a handsome prince with the help of Grandmother Crocodile
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
When Big Bad Wolf, who now lives at the Villain Villa Retirement Residence, is invited to tell his story at the library, he faces the truth about what he did to the three little pigs and decides to make amends