A Birthday for Frances
 | author: Russell Hoban rating:  asin: 0064430073 binding: Paperback list price: $6.99 USD amazon price: $6.99 USD |
s her little sister Gloria's birthday approaches, Frances wavers between being generous'and being jealous. `[Frances] is every youngster who chafes at being the un-birthday child.
The Children of Noisy Village
Our children adore these books (there's 2 in the series - this is book 1) and love to hear the stories over and over, year after year. This is one of the absolute best chapter books I've ever come across for children. 6 children live in 3 homes close together out in the country in Norway. We always laugh out loud together when we read these books.
 | author: Astrid Lindgren rating:  asin: 014032609X binding: Paperback list price: $5.99 USD amazon price: $5.99 USD |
A Farmer Boy Birthday (Little House)
 | author: Laura Ingalls Wilder rating: asin: 0060274778 binding: Library Binding list price: $17.89 USD amazon price: $17.89 USD |
Long, long ago, a little boy named Almanzo Wilder lived on a farm in the New York countryside with his father, his mother, his big brother, Royal, and his big sisters, Eliza Jane and Alice. One special day is Almanzo's birthday. He gets to stay home from school, and even better, Father gives him a yoke for his calves, Star and Bright, and a beautiful hand-sled. Almanzo spends the morning learning how to break the calves, and then he spends the afternoon flying down the hill in his brand-new sled.
The Mysterious Tadpole
 | author: Steven Kellogg rating: asin: 0142401404 binding: Paperback list price: $6.99 USD amazon price: $6.99 USD |
Steven Kellogg's award-winning picture book The Mysterious Tadpole, first published in 1977, is back with wonderful new illustrations and additional "nuances of character, sequence, and plot" in this fabulous 25th-anniversary edition. The story begins when Uncle McAllister brings a "wee bit of Scotland"--a tadpole to be precise--to Louis for his birthday. Delighted, Louis names him Alphonse and brings him to school for show-and-tell. A diet of cheeseburgers allows the creature to grow by leaps and bounds, and he soon outgrows his jar, the kitchen sink, and the bathtub.
Kirsten: An American Girl : 1854 (The American Girls Collection/Boxed Set)
We all really enjoyed this book about Kirsten. Learning history through these gentle American Girls stories is wonderful, and our girls are so interested in the stories as well as all the facts at the end of the book.
 | author: Janet Beeler Shaw rating: asin: 0937295760 binding: Paperback list price: $39.95 USD amazon price: $26.37 USD |
A Little House Christmas Treasury: Festive Holiday Stories
I bought this book for our Christmas Collection and I am so grateful I did. I love to hear these stories of the simple Christmases long ago, when children were thrilled to get a penny in their stocking. Each story if from a different time in Laura's life and paints such a beautiful picture of their lives.
 | author: Laura Ingalls Wilder rating: asin: 0060769181 binding: Hardcover list price: $12.99 USD amazon price: $27.15 USD |
Celebrate the holidays with Laura and her family with stories from the beloved Little House books!
A Little House Birthday (My First Little House)
 | author: Laura Ingalls Wilder rating: asin: 006443494X binding: Paperback list price: $6.99 USD amazon price: $6.99 USD |
Join the Ingalls family as they celebrate little Laura's fifth birthday in the Big Woods of Wisconsin. There are special presents from everyone, and that night Laura falls asleep to the merry music of Pa's fiddle. Renée Graef's enchanting full-color illustrations, inspired by Garth Williams's classic artwork, bring Laura and her family lovingly to life in our tenth My First Little House Book, adapted from Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved storybooks. It's a Little House birthday to remember!
Zen Shorts (Caldecott Honor Book)
Our girls (then ages 4 and 7) wanted to hear this over and over, and even made puppets for the characters and put on a play with this story.
 | rating:  asin: 0439339111 binding: Hardcover list price: $17.99 USD amazon price: $12.23 USD |
"Michael," said Karl. "There's a really big bear in the backyard." This is how three children meet Stillwater, a giant panda who moves into the neighborhood and tells amazing tales. To Addie he tells a story about the value of material goods. To Michael he pushes the boundaries of good and bad. And to Karl he demonstrates what it means to hold on to frustration. With graceful art and simple stories that are filled with love and enlightenment, Jon Muth -- and Stillwater the bear -- present three ancient Zen tales that are sure to strike a chord in everyone they touch.
