Cocoa Ice
Have you ever wondered how chocolate is made? This picture book goes into detail about how the farmers pick the pods, dry the insides between banana leaves and turn the beans as they dry. One girl lives in Santo Domingo and tells about her life in creating chocolate, and how excited she is when the sailors bring ice to trade for cocoa beans Another girl lives in Maine and shares about her life where her father cuts ice from the river and packs the ice house. It was fascinating to hear about how these everyday things we love used to be made.
 | author: Diana Karter Appelbaum rating:  asin: 0531300404 binding: Hardcover list price: $17.95 USD amazon price: $17.95 |
Lion in the Box, The
Margerite was born in 1889 and this book holds many values of a time past. A widow works in an office and leaves her five children in the apartment at home, and they take care of each other with such tenderness. It is a story of a simple Christmas made surprisingly abundant with "the lion in the box." A gem.
 | author: Marguerite De Angeli rating:  asin: 0440407400 binding: Paperback list price: $3.50 USD amazon price: $3.50 |
A meager Christmas seems to be in store for a turn-of-the-century New York family when its widowed mother is able to get work only occasionally, until a wonderful event occurs in her absence. Reprint.
A You're Adorable
What a heartwarming book, a song of love that our young children loved to hear again and again.
 | author: Buddy Kaye Fred Wise Sidney Lippman rating: asin: 1564025667 binding: Paperback list price: $3.99 USD amazon price: $3.99 USD |
A You're adorableB You're so beautifulC You're a cutie full of charmD— You'll be delighted by this delicious trip through the alphabet! Sing along as a lively company of children and assorted pets scamper across the bright pages and through the letters from A to Z. With warm and charming illustrations by Martha Alexander, this popular song of the 1940s has become a captivating picture book for all ages. Complete with the music for the song, A YOU'RE ADORABLE is a ditty for your darling, a song for your sweetheart, a valentine for anytime!
Giants! A Colossal Collection of Tales and Tunes
We all enjoy listening to Jim Weiss, and this particular CD about Giants has been a favorite of Ella's.
| author: Jim Weiss rating:  asin: 1882513177 binding: Audio Cassette list price: $10.95 USD amazon price: $10.95 |
How Pizza Came to Queens
| author: Dayal Kaur Khalsa rating: asin: 0590444069 binding: Paperback |
A delightful childrens book about childrens relationship with a mysterious lady and how she introduced them to pizza.
Dear Fish
 | author: Chris Gall rating: asin: 0316058475 binding: Hardcover list price: $16.99 USD amazon price: $11.55 USD |
DESCRIPTION: Dear Fish, Where you live is pretty cool. You should come visit us sometime. Plus, my mom makes good pies. Sincerely, Peter Alan What happens when the creatures of the sea take Peter Alan up on his offer? Something fishy, of course! Watch out for a bucking bull shark at the rodeo, the invasion of a slimy school of fish, and other playful pictorial puns hidden within the illustrations. Endpapers identify more than 30 species of fish that appear in the book!This is a fantastic flight of fancy that every child will savor!
Croco'Nile
 | author: Roy Gerrard rating:  asin: 0374316597 binding: Hardcover list price: $15.00 USD amazon price: $15.00 |
A romp through ancient Egypt, with hieroglyphics, too!Set sail for adventure with Hamut and his sister Nekatu as they stow away on a sailboat, paint a pyramid, and win the favor of a pharoah. But when conniving kidnappers threaten the pair, they discover that a crocodile in need is a friend indeed!
My Mother Is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World: A Russian Folk Tale
 | author: Becky Reyher Ruth Gannett rating: asin: 0688512518 binding: Library Binding list price: $16.93 USD amazon price: $16.93 |
Eloise At Christmastime
 | author: Kay Thompson rating: asin: 0689830394 binding: Hardcover list price: $17.95 USD amazon price: $12.21 USD |
Eloise has always had a rather festive air about her, but when Christmastime rolls around, well, it's "Fa la la la fa la la la lolly ting tingledy here and there," of course. The bunchy-bloused, spindly-legged scamp is speaking in rhyme this time, and in typical Eloise fashion, the verse simply can't be perfectly metered, for what would be the point?
The Surprise Doll
Published in 1949, this is a cute story of a little blond haired American girl with 6 dolls, each from a different country that her father has sailed to. But she wants one more....a doll for every day of the week....
 | author: Morrell Gipson rating: asin: 193090018X binding: Hardcover list price: $15.00 USD amazon price: $10.20 USD |
For more than half a century children have been captivated with the story of Mary and her dolls. Mary’s father was a sea captain who took long trips across the ocean, bringing back a doll from each journey. Soon Mary had six dolls and wished for a seventh one to become her "Sunday" doll. But Mary’s father said six dolls were enough for any girl, so she set off to visit the Dollmaker and, oh, was she in for a surprise!
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