Synopsis: Jessica, who worries about everything from her spelling homework to remembering to fill her dog's water dish, learns that fire safety begins with extinguishing her fears.

Synopsis: Black clouds bring lightning and thunder and finally, rain that falls on everything and everyone.

Synopsis: Discover fun facts about the natural world in the company of the Berenstain Bears and their friend, Professor Actual Factual, the foremost bear scientist of his time! This treasury of knowledge includes a complete almanac of the seasons and intriguing information about animals, plants, insects, and fish — plus fun for the whole family with simple science projects. Three big adventures begin with The Berenstain Bears' Almanac, presenting a year…

Synopsis: Mrs. Madoff's preschool class learns about Thanksgiving and puts on a play about the origins of the holiday.

Synopsis: Dot the dalmatian that lives at a firehouse accompanies the firefighters when they rush to a burning house.

Synopsis: A young boy who wishes for the return of dinosaurs imagines how useful they would be.

Synopsis: Van Vleck, a very small bug, is getting sleepy, and his yawn-contagious as yawns are-sets off a chain reaction, making all those around him feel sleepy, too! Tells, in verse, what happens when all ninety-nine zillion nine trillion and three creatures in the world go to sleep.

Synopsis: While fishing with their mother two boys discover that she loves them equally but in different ways that acknowledge their unique qualities.

Synopsis: Hattie, a big black hen, discovers a fox in the bushes, which creates varying reactions in the other barnyard animals.

Synopsis: The story of a tiny sea turtle who swims out to sea, then returns after a few years to the beach where she was born to lay her eggs before returning to the sea. Includes many facts about sea turtles.

Synopsis: When her family dies in a New York tenement fire, Hattie travels on the Orphan Train to Nebraska and her new home with Henry and Elizabeth Jansen. Henry needs her help with the farm chores and Elizabeth, who is still grieving for the death of her two children. But Hattie knows she is unwanted. Can the Jansens ever love Hattie as their own?

Synopsis: "An evocative remembrance of the simple pleasures in country living; splashing in the swimming hole, taking baths in the kitchen, sharing family times, each is eloquently portrayed here in both the misty-hued scenes and in the poetic text."--Association for Childhood Education International. Caldecott Honor Book. Full-color illustrations. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Synopsis: Tells the tale of the sinking of the Titanic using the narratives of the witnesses and survivors to the disaster.

Synopsis: In a 1930s Massachusetts farm town torn by the Depression, racial tension, and other hardships, Charlie Anne and her black next-door neighbor Phoebe form a friendship that begins to transform their community.

Synopsis: How do you outwit a twit? Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, nastiest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything - except playing mean jokes on each other, catching innocent birds to put in their Bird Pies, and making their caged monkeys, the Muggle Wumps stand on their heads all day. But the Muggle Wumps have had enough. They don't just want out, they want revenge.

Synopsis: Two very good friends are back in a quintet of tales loosely set around the seasons--one for each with a bonus Christmas number. Another winner for (Frog and Toad) fans young and old.--Booklist. ALA Notable Children's Book. Three-color illustrations.

Synopsis: Briefly recounts the life of the black minister who devoted his life to civil rights. Discusses the national holiday in his name.

Synopsis: A Squawmish Indian chief describes his people's respect and love for the earth, and concern for its destruction.