Search this site    The Wheels of the Bus Author: Small World Creations, Ltd. / Endersby, Frank (Illustrator) ISBN: 0-7525-8655-6 Pages: 10 Format: Board book Publisher: Parragon Publishing Published: June 2003 Condition: Price: USD $1.69 Sing-Along Book   Children's World Atlas Author: McNally, Rand ISBN: 0-528-83348-0 Pages: 93 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Rand McNally & Co. Published: March 1989 Condition: Price: USD $2.99 Card catalog description: Presents maps showing the world's terrain, climate, major economic activities, and populations. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. A Judy Blume Collection Author: Blume, Judy ISBN: 0-689-86768-9 Pages: 164 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Atheneum Published: 2001 Condition: Price: USD $2.49 Book Description: Collection of 3 novels by Judy Blume: Deenie, It's Not The End Of The World & Then Again, Maybe I Won't. Best Read-It-Yourself Book Ever Author: Scarry, Richard (Illustrator) ISBN: 0-307-16551-5 Pages: 192 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Golden Books Published: November 15, 2000 Condition: Price: USD $1.99 Amazon.com:  Pigs and foxes and cats, oh my! Creatures at work and at play--what more could a young reader ask for in a first book? The simple pleasures of these 12 stories, combined with large type; engaging, illustration-heavy text; and a light format are appreciated by children on the verge of reading, as well as those already sounding out their first words. Plenty of exciting situations ensure that no one will want to put this book down. What will Frances Fix-It do when Mrs. Pig's oven blows up, showering fudge all over the kitchen? How will Sniff the detective dog crack the case of the missing bracelets? And is it really true that nothing happened during Uncle Harry and Uncle Larry's day on their fishing boat? Richard Scarry carefully blends simple sentences with complex ones in order to encourage yet challenge new readers. His big, colorful, detail-rich illustrations entertain children while reinforcing their learning. Scarry's timeless Best books have been first favorites for decades, enticing readers back to the books again and again. (Ages 4 to 8) --Emilie Coulter Book Description: The lively stories in this collection, prepared with the guidance of reading experts, are for young children beginning to read on their own. These stories feature short sentences and words selected especially for young readers.   The Tale of Two Bad Mice Author: Potter, Beatrix ISBN: 0-517-07241-6 Pages: 1 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Gramercy Published: February 17, 1992 Condition: Price: USD $1.69 Book Description: This Silver Elm Classic picture book tells the tale of a couple of naughty mice who just love to make mischief. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Card catalog description While the dolls are away, two curious, naughty mice explore the dolls' house and steal their furniture.   The Egypt Game Author: Snyder, Zilpha Keatley ISBN: 0-440-42225-6 Pages: 240 Format: Paperback Publisher: Yearling Published: December 1, 1985 Condition: Price: USD $1.69 From Publishers Weekly: Two girls get involved in an elaborate "Egypt game," a fantasy game that soon leads to strange, unexplainable happenings. PW called the characters in Snyder's Newbery Honor winner "true originals." Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. The Adventures of Lewis and Clark Author: De Kay, Ormonde / Severin, John Powers ISBN: unknown Pages: 86 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Random House Published: 1968 Condition: Price: USD $1.69 An easy-to-read history of the expedition which explored the unknown Louisiana Purchase territory and Pacific Northwest from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River. Meet Theodore Roosevelt Author: DeKay, Ormonde / Jack Davis (illustrator) ISBN: unknown Pages: 86 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Random House Published: Condition: Price: USD $1.69 Who's Afraid of the Dark? Author: Bonsall, Crosby N. ISBN: 0-06-020598-9 Pages: 32 Format: Hardcover Publisher: HarperCollins Published: March 12, 1980 Condition: Price: USD $1.69 Book Description: Who's afraid of the dark? Stella the dog is! Every night, Stella shakes and shivers. She sees big scary shapes and hears little scary noises. At least that's what her owner says.But who's really afraid of the dark? The funny pictures in this classic I Can Read Book tell a different story... Card catalog description A small boy projects his fear of the dark onto his dog. 101 Dalmatians Author: Disney Book Club / Walt Disney Productions ISBN: 0-394-92571-8 Pages: 42 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Published: March 12, 1975 Condition: Price: USD $1.69 Card catalog description: Two dalmatians rescue their own ten puppies plus eighty-nine more held captive by dog thieves. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Winnie the Pooh and Tigger too Author: Disney Book Club ISBN: 0-394-82569-1 Pages: 42 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Published: January 27, 1976 Condition: Price: USD $1.69 Card catalog description: Rabbit plans to unbounce Tigger, but he discovers he likes a bouncy Tigger best. Home to the Prairie The Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder - Book 4 Author: Tedrow, Thomas L. ISBN: 0-8407-3401-8 Pages: 222 Format: Paperback Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc Published: July 1992 Condition: Price: USD $1.69 While life goes on in Mansfield, Missouri, Laura agrees to help her elderly father fulfill his dream of returning to their former home on the Kansas prairie. Hattie Be Quiet, Hattie Be Good Author: Gackenbach, Dick ISBN: 0-06-021951-3 Pages: 32 Format: Unknown Binding Publisher: Harper & Row Published: 1977 Condition: Price: USD $1.49 Card catalog description: Hattie's helpfulness is unappreciated by her mother and her sick friend, Shirley Rabbitfoot. Buster Loves Buttons! Author: Manushkin, Fran / Zimmer, Dirk (Illustrator) ISBN: 0-06-024107-1 Pages: 63 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books Published: March 1985 Condition: Price: USD $1.49 Card catalog description: After buying all the buttons he can, Buster, the button glutton, begins stealing them off people's clothes until Kippy and her dog decide to stop him. Dewey's Magical Sleigh Author: Wenger, Brahm / Green, Alan / Goodman, John / Gillmore, Jean ISBN: 0-9745143-6-5 Pages: 32 Format: Hardcover Publisher: RandallFraser Publishing Published: October 1, 2005 Condition: Price: USD $1.69 Book Description: Dewey and the Helpful Doo-its teach children to care when their friend Taylor needs food more than toys for Christmas. From the Publisher Brahm Wenger and Alan Green are two of the rising stars in the children's picture book scene, having won both 1st Prize in the 13th Annual Writer's Digest Award and the 2005 Mom's Choice Award. All Dewey Doo-it books raise money and awareness for their charity partners. Disney's - Mulan Author: Zoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner / Illustrators: Bacher, Hans Clarke, Judith Holmes/ Shimabukuro, Denise / Tilley, Scott ISBN: 0-7868-3172-3 Pages: 48 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Random House Disney Published: June 1998 Condition: Price: USD $1.69 Card catalog description: When China is invaded by the Huns, Mulan decides that she must disguise herself as a soldier -- a man -- to fight in place of her ill father, who has been called up for war. Collections You're Invited Author: Books ISBN: 0-673-73349-1 Pages: 174 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Scott, Foresman and Company Published: 1989 Condition: Price: USD $1.69 Secrets Author: Books ISBN: 0-395-00581-7 Pages: Format: Hardcover Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Published: 1973 Condition: Price: USD $1.69 Ravita & the Land of Unknown Shadows Author: Brill, Marietta / Brill, Peter / Kutscera, Laurie / Smollett, Laurie , ISBN: 0-87663-793-4 Pages: 32 Format: Hardcover Publisher: St Martins Pr Published: October 1994 Condition: Price: USD $1.69 Book Description: The Anxious Ones, whose village is deep within a canyon, are all frightened of the shadows from the unknown land on the cliffs above, except for Ravita, who longs to climb up above the cliffs to see for herself what is there. Stories Jesus Told Author: Butterworth, Nick & Inkpen, Mick (Illustrator) ISBN: 0-88070-633-3 Pages: 209 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Multnomah Published: February 1, 1994 Condition: Price: USD $3.49 Book Description Eight wonderful stories in one- The Lost Sheep, The Precious Pearl, The House on the Rock, The Two Sons, The Rich Farmer, The Little Gate, The Good Stranger and Ten Silver Coins, from the most famous artist/writer team working in children's literature today. First published as separate story books, these parables, wonderfully retold and delightfully illustrated by Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen, bring to life the simplicity and humour of Jesus's story-telling. This one-volume edition has proved to be highly popular. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Card catalog description Retells eight parables that help draw young Christians closer to God. Go Away, Dark Night Author: Liz Higgs / Curtis Munger / Nancy Munger ISBN: 1-57856-129-9 Pages: 40 Format: Hardcover Publisher: WaterBrook Press Published: October 20, 1998 Condition: Price: USD $2.49 From Publishers Weekly Young Griffin doesn't like the dark. Every night the dark "made his toes curl up/ and his hands grow cold/ and his heart beat fast/ and his legs turn to jelly." So Griffin turns on every light in his room and snuggles up with his teddy bear. When his mother calls to him to turn out the lights, Griffin longs to have someone stay with him so he won't be afraid of the dark. His mother tells him that God, who is bigger than either Griffin's mother or father, "can fit in your room, fit in your bed, fit in you!" That night Griffin feels God's presence in his room and sleeps peacefully, no longer afraid of the dark. Munger's soft, fuzzy watercolors feature undefined characters that don't serve the text. Higgs (The Sunflower Parable) weaves Bible verses into the story to remind children of God's presence. Ages 2-6. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. Book Description The darkness can be scary. But nobody needs to be afraid of the dark. That's the encouraging message in Go Away, Dark Night, the newest children's book by Liz Curtis Higgs (author of the best-selling Parable series: The Pumpkin Patch Parable, The Parable of the Lily, The Sunflower Parable, and The Pine Tree Parable). Go Away, Dark Night is the story of a young boy named Griffin who is afraid of the dark. Every night when he turns out the lights, his room turns as black as a starless sky. Griffin tries to be brave, but his toes curl up and his hands grow cold and his heart beats fast and his legs turn to jelly. If only someone could help him! Is there anybody big enough to keep him safe? Can anyone take away the shakes and the shivers and the quivers? Parents and children alike will find out what Griffin learns in this heart-warming modern children's classic, carefully crafted to help young children place their trust in the Lord. The Bobbsey Twins and The Big River Mystery Author: Hope, Laura Lee ISBN: 0-448-08056-7 Pages: Format: Paperback Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap Published: December 1, 1962 Condition: Price: USD $3.99 Black Beauty Author: Sewell, Anna / Ambrus, Victor G. ISBN: 0-7894-1488-0 Pages: 64 Format: Hardcover Publisher: DK CHILDREN Published: May 12, 1997 Condition: Price: USD $1.69 Amazon.com A horse is a horse of course unless of course the horse is Black Beauty. Animal-loving children have been devoted to Black Beauty throughout this century, and no doubt will continue through the next. Although Anna Sewell's classic paints a clear picture of turn-of-the-century London, its message is universal and timeless: animals will serve humans well if they are treated with consideration and kindness. Black Beauty tells the story of the horse's own long and varied life, from a well-born colt in a pleasant meadow to an elegant carriage horse for a gentleman to a painfully overworked cab horse. Throughout, Sewell rails--in a gentle, 19th-century way--against animal maltreatment. Young readers will follow Black Beauty's fortunes, good and bad, with gentle masters as well as cruel. Children can easily make the leap from horse-human relationships to human-human relationships, and begin to understand how their own consideration of others may be a benefit to all. (Ages 9 to 12) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Publishers Weekly In this abridgement of Sewell's classic story, McKinley has managed nicely to retain Beauty's unique voice as well as the most-remembered stories, while making the text more accessible to younger readers. Jeffers's fine ink illustrations will satisfy even the most demanding of horse-lovers with her ability to capture each horse's personality. This version brings back the sharpness of the cruelty towards Beauty and his companions, and McKinley has rightfully retained the pain and the ugliness of some of the incidents. Children will still weep at the death of Ginger, and Jeffers's portrayal of the barn fire is quite frightening. It's an elegant edition, which will linger with readers until they are ready to tackle the original. (All ages Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Hello Reader! Picture Dictionary Author: Various Staff Artists / Ong, Christina / Fritz, Ron ISBN: 0-590-03547-9 Pages: 96 Format: Paperback Publisher: Cartwheel Published: October 1, 1999 Condition: Price: USD $1.99 Book Description Based on the popular Hello Reader! series of easy-to-read books, this picture dictionary includes more than 500 words. Designed in a reader-friendly layout, each spread features vibrant, mulitcultural artwork of four favorite Hello Reader! Illustrators - Ron Fritz, Patti Goodnow, Christina Ong, and Marcy Dunn Ramsey. Fooled You, Bert! featuring Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets Author: Stevenson, Jocelyn / Williams, Bill ISBN: 0-307-23128-3 Pages: Format: Unknown Binding Publisher: Western Pub. Co., in conjunction with Children's Television Workshop Published: 1981 Condition: Price: USD $1.69 Book Description: All day Ernie plays tricks on Bert until finally he really surprises him. Children of Promise African-American Literature  and Art for Young People Author: Sullivan, Charles (Editor) ISBN: 0-8109-3170-2 Pages: 128 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Published: October 10, 1991 Condition: Price: USD $1.99 From Publishers Weekly: The work of more than 60 writers, poets, painters, photographers and historical figures forms this richly diverse and well-chosen introduction to African American culture. Accompanying a loose chronology of political milestones from the colonial era to the present are songs of the field and chain gang, a Benin bronze and folk sculpture and more. Langston Hughes, W.E.B. Du Bois and Jacob Lawrence shine brightly here, as do paintings by John Copley, George Bellows and Thomas Eakins, representing a sympathetic white viewpoint. Captions for the old photographs attest to hope prevailing in bad times, but ultimately the pride inherent in Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech and Florence Griffith Joyner's Olympic medals succumbs to frequent hints that matters are worsening for many of today's African Americans. Concluding this lovingly produced volume, Gwendolyn Brooks's poem, "To the Young Who Want to Die," becomes a moving plea to live for a brighter day. All ages. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. From School Library Journal:  This presentation of literature and art for young people is elegant, appealing, rich, and dramatic with moments from African-American history. Its contents touch all periods from slavery to the present. It claims 100 poems, folk songs, and other literary excerpts that accompany more than 80 historical photographs and reproductions of paintings and sculptures. While the index is not inclusive, this is an aesthetically gratifying book that deserves wide distribution. - Helen E. Williams, formerly at University of Maryland, College Park Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. The Ghosts of Now Author: Nixon, Joan Lowery ISBN: 0-385-29349-6 Pages: 179 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Doubleday Published: September 1984 Condition: Price: USD $1.69 Card catalog description: With her brother in a coma following a hit-and-run accident, a high school senior investigates the incident, stirring up animosity in the small, tight west Texas community where her family has recently moved. From the Publisher: It's Friday night and Angie Dupree is alone in the house when the phone rings. "Your brother is dead," whispers a voice. At the hospital, Angie finds Jeremy in a coma from which he may never recover. Angie is on her own trying to piece together the events of that horrifying night. Her family is new to town.What could Jeremy possibly have discovered that led him so deeply into danger? Angie won't rest until she finds out. But she doesn't know someone is ready to do anything to stop her. . . . Disney's: The Lion King Author: Ferguson, Don / Walt Disney Studios ISBN: 1-57082-087-2 Pages: 96 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Mouse Works Published: June 1994 Condition: Price: USD $2.69 Book Description: The complete retelling of favorite Disney movies in a true read-aloud style. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Card catalog description Captivating story of a young lion who is tricked out of his kingdom by his wily uncle, only to discover his inner strength and return to fight for what is his. Goldilocks and the Three Bears Author: Marshall, James ISBN: 0-8037-0543-3 Pages: 30 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Dial Published: September 30, 1988 Condition: Price: USD $2.69 From Publishers Weekly: "Once there was a little girl named Goldilocks. 'What a sweet child,' said someone new in town. 'That's what you think,' said a neighbor." From the very first sentence this book takes off in typical Marshall style. Goldilocks is a self-satisfied girl used to doing exactly as she pleases. So when signs around the entrance to the shortcut read "DANGER," "TURN BACK," "VERY RISKY" and even "GO THE OTHER WAY," the undaunted lass tromps headlong into adventure. Once inside the house of the three bears, Goldilocks notices a lot of coarse brown fur and thinks, "They must have kitties." She thrashes her way through the bears' domain. Eventually, they return and scare the girl off, but whether or not she has learned her lesson is left to the imagination. Marshall's wonderfully unique characters are as offbeat and self-propelled as ever; the book boasts many jolly details and the pictures burst with color. Ages 4-8. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the hardcover edition. From School Library Journal: Another delightful romp through the fairy tale forest from the author of Red Riding Hood (Dial, 1987) and James Marshall's Mother Goose (Farrar, 1986) . This retelling is a Victorianesque version of a chubby, blond-hair strong-willed ``naughty little girl'' who takes a shortcut through the woods on her way to buy muffins in the next village, and invades the home of the three sophisticated bears. While the basic storyline may be recognizable to young listeners, sight gags and ironic wit are whimsically employed for those who already know the tale and/or Marshall's other works (for example, a white hen perches atop the bears' house). The tone is straightforward and droll. Marshall is careful to include basic motifs from the original tale: the bowls of porridge, the chairs, and the beds, but he takes liberties in his commentary: ``She walked right in without even bothering to knock'' and in the characters' exclamations, like ``Patooie!'' and ``Egads!'' His playful watercolor illustrations fill the pages in their comic portrayal of these well-known figures. Whether shared in a lap or with a group, this one's a winner. Marianne Pilla, formerly at Allard K. Lowenstein Lib . of Long Beach, N.Y. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw Author: McManus, Patrick F.  ISBN: 0-8050-1340-7 Pages: 184 Format: Paperback Publisher: Holt Paperbacks Published: May 15, 1990 Condition: Price: USD $1.99 Amazon.com: The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw is a delightful treasury of McManus's favorite (mostly outdoor) adventures with friends. His stories explore the human capacity to laugh in the face of misfortune, such as "The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw" (Goombaw is Eddie Muldoon's grandmother) and "The Fried Flies, Please, and Easy on the Garlic," a story of dinner-party adversity: "Martha starts. 'I do hope you won't take offense, Mr. McGinnis, but I view hunters as the lowest form of life, not excluding bacteria and algae.' 'No offense taken,' I reply, glad for an excuse to ignore my vichyssoise, which I view as the lowest form of food, not excluding lichens and boiled beets." [CODE] American humorist Patrick McManus could make being snagged by a fishhook funny, and in fact, he does. In his story "Getting It in the Ear," he writes, "One of the more interesting things that can happen to an angler is to get a barbed hook sunk into his hide. Such is the horror and fascination of the experience that many an angler has contemplated giving up his regular work and hitting the lecture circuit to entertain audiences around the nation with a dramatic rendering of his ordeal." After all, he argues, it's the misery endured that defines the sportsman, not the fish caught or the game shot. McManus's understated, matter-of-fact vignettes--infused with amusing glimpses of life's lesser-known eternal truths-- will make you laugh. From Publishers Weekly: McManus ( The Grasshopper Trap ) has been making outdoorsmen laugh for some time now, but his new collection of writing passes a sterner test. Here he can amuse someone who's never even baited a hook. McManus's stories generally involve either the comic misadventures of life in the wild ("A Road Less Travelled By"; "Gunkholing"; "Water Spirits") or first-person coming-of-age stories set in rural America ("The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw"; "Scritch's Creek"). His comic voice, resonating with a surprising depth of wit, is expressed in a pleasant, quirky prose style--but shows a tendency to get cute. Characters cry "Owww!" and "Arrrhhhh" and "Arp!" incessantly and excessively, and the author indulges a fondness for italic type: "I . . . gasp . . . forgot my billfold. It's . . . pant . . . in my tackle box. Get it for me . . . choke . . . will you?" This talented writer doesn't need to poke readers in the ribs to let them in on the joke. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. The Care and Keeping of Friends Author: Westcott, Nadine Bernard (Illustrator) ISBN: 1-56247-482-0 Pages: 94 Format: Paperback Publisher: Pleasant Company Publications Published: September 1996 Condition: Price: USD $1.69