Synopsis: American history mixes with legend in four classic ghost tales for Step 4 early readers: a Cape Cod ghost horse that leads ships away from danger; a portrait that protests being moved within Virginia’s Shirley Plantation museum; a Colorado miner who continued to look for love even after his bones were dumped down an outhouse hole; and a one-handed California sea captain whose ghost is still said to prowl Stinson Beach.   Step 4 Readers use…

Synopsis: An introduction to Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun.

Synopsis: Celebrate the love between a dad and child in this charming picture book about showing dad that you care. The perfect gift to surprise dad with on Father's Day! So you want to surprise your dad? You’re in luck! The pages of this book are full of tips on how to become a super dad surpriser, including tips for things you can make, do, or find—just for your dad. Be sure to read up on: ·      Yummy treats and presents for a dad ·      What to do if…

Synopsis: Book by Melanie Chrismer

Synopsis: It takes a really embarrassing moment in the school cafeteria to cure Arthur of his fear of being caught in his underwear.

Synopsis: An introduction to Jupiter, the fifth planet from the Sun.

Synopsis: Book by Taylor-Butler, Christine

Synopsis: One day Thelma tricks Frances into buying her old plastic tea set. Thelma says there are no backsies on the bargain. Can Frances come up with a plan that will change her friend's mind? Outstanding Children's Books of 1970 (NYT)

Synopsis: Friends can come in all shapes and sizes, as Pirkko Vainio shows in this story about two disparate but devoted friends. Hare is little. Bear is big. Hare likes carrots. Bear prefers fish. Despite their differences, they are friends. They help one another. They laugh together and play together and share special moments together. They are friends -- Little Hare and Big Bear.

Synopsis: Patrick doesn't know it, but his backyard is about to change. Because right now, in her Flying Dragon Room, Mrs. Jenkins is polishing up her set of magic tools. And with these tools and a little imagination, Patrick will be about to build anything - a world entirely his own, filled with bubble machines, sailing ships, friendly dinosaurs - every child's wildest dreams.

Synopsis: In this poignant story, the counting rope is a metaphor for the passage of time and for a boy’s emerging confidence in facing his blindness.

Synopsis: Sheila Rae is not afraid of anything. She walks backward with her eyes closed, steps on every crack, growls at stray dogs, and bares her teeth at stray cats. But when Sheila Rae becomes lost on the way home from school, it is her "scaredy-cat" sister, Louise, who shows her a thing or two about bravery--and sibling love. A PBS Storytime book. Full color.

Synopsis: A rhyming story of how several animals help Duck to get his stuck truck out of the mud.

Synopsis: Telling the future is a gift: you either have it, or you don't. And Mira, daughter of the famous fortune teller Madame Mirabella, just doesn't. When Madame gazes into the crystal ball, magic swirls. When Mira looks . . . nothing. Then one day Mira gets a pinwheel and a windsock, she finds her own form of "magic" in the science of predicting the weather--and saves the day for everyone! This engaging tale, with a fun touch of science thrown in,…

Synopsis: A visionary has a dream: to drive a railroad across the North American continent and through the vast Canadian Rockies. A thousand miles of rugged land stand in the way. So do hostile Indian tribes and outlaws who the see the railroad-and the men building it-as easy prey. But the project has a guardian angel of its own-Smoke Jensen. Smoke knows that this is one job he can't do himself, so he heads to Canada with some hard-fighting mountain men…

Synopsis: Retells the familiar tale in which one of three brother pigs survives a wolf's attacks by using his head and planning well.

Synopsis: As winter's chill spreads, different animals settle into their cozy homes for a long sleep.

Synopsis: Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales.