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!
The House on Maple Street
When you find an old china cup and an arrowhead in your backyard, do you wonder where they might have come from? This is a neat story of one piece of land and what happened on it over the past 300 years.
 | author: Bonnie Pryor rating:  asin: 0688120318 binding: Paperback list price: $6.99 USD amazon price: $6.99 USD |
What would you see from your front porch if your neighborhood suddenly looked as it did three hundred years ago? When the two girls who live at 107 Maple Street discover an ancient arrowhead and a broken china cup, they begin to wonder.
Miranda the Explorer: A Magical Round-the-World Adventure
 | author: James Mayhew rating:  asin: 1842550004 binding: Hardcover list price: $20.00 USD amazon price: $20.00 |
An enchanting child’s–eye view of the wonders of the world, from the author of The Boy and the Cloth of Dreams, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year.
Betsy-Tacy and Tib (Betsy-Tacy)
This is the 2nd book in the series. We loved it!
 | author: Maud Hart Lovelace rating:  asin: 0064400972 binding: Paperback list price: $5.99 USD amazon price: $5.99 USD |
Three of a KindBetsy and Tacy are best friends. Then Tib moves into the neighborhood and the three of them start to play together. The grown-ups think they will quarrel, but they don't. Sometimes they quarrel with Betsy's and Tacy's bossy big sisters, but they never quarrel among themselves.They are not as good as they might be. They cook up awful messes in the kitchen, throw mud on each other and pretend to be beggars, and cut off each other's hair.
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!
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!
Now available in its original, full 46-page format.
Blueberries for Sal
 | author: Robert McCloskey rating: asin: 0670175919 binding: Hardcover list price: $16.99 USD amazon price: $11.55 USD |
Kuplink, kuplank, kuplunk go the blueberries into the pail of a little girl named Sal who--try as she might--just can't seem to pick as fast as she eats. Robert McCloskey's classic is a magical tale of the irrepressible curiosity--not to mention appetite--of youth. Sal and her mother set off in search of blueberries for the winter at the same time as a mother bear and her cub. A quiet comedy of errors ensues when the young ones wander off and absentmindedly trail the wrong mothers.
Pickles To Pittsburgh
The children in our home (our own and visiting) love this book! Of all the books I read at story time, they told me this was favorite. However, it's not nearly as fantastic as Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
 | author: Judi Barrett rating: asin: 0689839294 binding: Paperback list price: $6.99 USD amazon price: $6.99 USD |
In Pickles to Pittsburgh, the Barretts' sequel to the delightfully funny, bestselling Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, we check back in with Kate and Henry as they eagerly await Grandpa's return from an unusual vacation. Kate dreams about a postcard Grandpa has sent, and the story begins. Kate and Henry pilot a plane, landing on a runway of crisp bacon strips next to a field of giant broccoli stalks and oversized hamburgers.
Going to Town (My First Little House)
 | author: Laura Ingalls Wilder rating: asin: 0064434524 binding: Paperback list price: $6.99 USD amazon price: $6.99 USD |
Long, long ago, a little girl named Laura Ingalls lived in a little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin with her Pa, her Ma, her sisters, Mary and Carrie, and their good old bulldog, Jack. One spring day Pa has a wonderful surprise--he is taking the family on a trip into town!
The Curious Garden
We had a garden this year and it has been wonderful. I got several books about the joy of gardens and this is one we like - The Curious Garden by Peter Brown. What happens when someone helps nature reclaim an old elevated railway? It's beautiful.
 | author: Peter Brown rating: asin: 0316015474 binding: Hardcover list price: $16.99 USD amazon price: $11.55 USD |
One boy's quest for a greener world... one garden at a time.
While out exploring one day, a little boy named Liam discovers a struggling garden and decides to take care of it. As time passes, the garden spreads throughout the dark, gray city, transforming it into a lush, green world.
This is an enchanting tale with environmental themes and breathtaking illustrations that become more vibrant as the garden blooms. Red-headed Liam can also be spotted on every page, adding a clever seek-and-find element to this captivating picture book.
