Phyllis Root
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged.) ; col. ill. : 25 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Four children set off into the woods to find a moose. An ear-tickling, eye-teasing romp for little listeners, led by an award-winning author and illustrator. Do you really, really want to see a moose - a long-leggy moose - a branchy-antler, dinner-diving, bulgy-nose moose? Spurred by Phyllis Root's sing-songy text and Randy Cecil's buoyant illustrations, this hunt for an elusive moose through woods, swamps, bushes, and hills is just as fun as the...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col.ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Various disasters threaten to stop Poppa and the children from getting to the lake in their rattletrap car, but they manage to come up with an ingenious solution to each problem.
Author
Publisher
Astra Publishing House
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
A sighting of the rare frangipani fruit fly sends Lilly's scientist parents off in search of the fabled Shipwreck Islands. In this Smithsonian's Notable Book for Children, Lilly awaits their return at the home of her great-uncle Ernest, the chief librarian of Mundelaine, a town that seems to have more than its share of piratical-looking characters lurking about. When news comes that her parents' ship has wrecked, she must overcome her fear of the...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Celia Thaxter grew up on a desolate island off the coast of Maine, where her father worked as lighthouse keeper. Amid the white and gray of the sea, the rocks, and even the birds, young Celia found color where she could: green mosses and purple starfish and pink morning glories by the shore. And she planted her first garden, tucking bright marigolds between rocky ledges. When she was twelve, Celia's family moved to nearby Appledore Island, where her...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Little readers are invited to join these baby animals as they fly, swim, wiggle, and slide, all with the help of their mamas. But what these babies like best, of course, is spotting other baby animals! With the buoyant rhythms of Phyllis Root and David Walker's cheerful illustrations, here is a guaranteed favorite for young readers.
10) Kiss the cow
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Annalisa, the most curious and stubborn of Mama May's children, disobeys her mother and upsets the family cow by refusing to kiss her in return for the milk she gives.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
One winter in the Far North the sun disappears and Lucia, accompanied by her milk-white cat, braves the freezing cold and trolls who want to eat her, trying to find the sun and bring it back.
12) The lost forest
Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"The story of a forest "lost" by a surveying error-and all the flora and fauna to be found there A forest, of course, doesn't need a map to know where to grow. But people need a map to find it. And in 1882 when surveyors set out to map a part of Minnesota, they got confused, or tired and cold (it was November), and somehow mapped a great swath of ancient trees as a lake. For more than seventy-five years, the mistake stayed on the map, and the forest...
13) Scrawny cat
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
A lost, lonely, and scrawny cat, hungry and afraid, unexpectedly meets someone who takes him in and loves him.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
1996
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
18 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the wind blows so hard that it blows the quack right out of the duck, the oink out of the pig and so on, Bonnie Bumble works hard to get each animal's sound back where it belongs.
15) Soup for supper
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
c1986
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
24 p., [1] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A wee small woman catches a giant taking the vegetables from her garden and finds that they can share both vegetable soup and friendship.
16) Toot toot zoom!
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Pierre lives all alone at the foot of the mountain so he hops in his car to find a friend. Will the car make it to the top of the mountain? Will it get safely down? Will Pierre ever find a friend?
17) Ten sleepy sheep
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ten lively lambs would rather play than go to sleep. But the sun is sinking, the stars are twinkling, and sleepy eyes won't stay open. One by one, ten drowsy sheep drop off to sleep in this cozy country countdown"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
Pub. Date
c1993
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
After the Maker-of-all-things uses words to create the world, she allows others to use her magic words until Coyote tries her patience with his mischief.
20) What Baby wants
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Various family members try to stop Baby from crying, but only his brother figures out what he wants.