Time for bed

Darkness is falling everywhere and little ones are getting sleepy, feeling cozy, and being tucked in. It’s time for a wide yawn, a big hug, and a snuggle under the covers—sleep tight! “Working beautifully with the soothingly repetitive text, each painting conveys a warm feeling of safety and affection.” —School Library Journal

Big book of families

Features families of various kinds - big, small, busy, noisy, happy, fighting, at home and on holiday. Meet brothers and sisters, mums and dads, grannies and granddads, and more.

Haven't you grown! : poems about families

Today's children encounter many different types of family: extended families, stepfamilies, single-parent families and children who live apart from their mothers, fathers or siblings. This anthology weaves together the everyday comedy, catastrophes and cuddles that make up modern family life. The very best classic and contemporary poets explore every aspect of families, from sibling squabbles t…

The grasshopper and other animal poems

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ISBN/ISSN

9812087265

Collation

32 pages : illustration : 25 cm

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Call Number

811 MAN

Antarctic antics : a book of penguin poems

To keep myself up off the ice, I find my father's feet are nice. I snuggle in his belly fluff, And that's how I stay warm enough. In wild and wacky rhymes, Emperor penguins describe their world--how they hatch, dive, swim, and survive. Antarctic Antics was made in a musical animated short with music by the Mavericks. The American Library Association chose it for the prestigious Andrew Carn…

July is a mad mosquito

A collection of poems, one for each month of the year and a final poem that draws all the months together, explores the special events and characteristics of various times throughout the year.

Don't bump the glump! : and other fantasies

Don't Bump the Glump! turns fifty! A commemorative gold anniversary sticker graces Shel Silverstein's first poetry collection, celebrating fifty years since publication. This, his only book in full color, was published the same year as his famous classic The Giving Tree. Filled with stunning ink and watercolor illustrations, Don't Bump the Glump! is bursting with Shel Silverstein's unique im…

Cool melons--turn to frogs! : the life and poems of Issa

Born in 1763 on a farm in central Japan, Issa began writing haiku as a young child. Matthew Gollub has integrated the story of Issa's life and selections of his best-known work with Kazuko Stone's visual interpretations in the form of whimsical watercolors. Full color.

The national anthem

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ISBN/ISSN

9780516263823

Collation

47 pages : illustration ; 21 cm

Series Title

A True Book

Call Number

973 QUI

Stopping by woods on a snowy evening

Ever since it was published in 1978, the picture-book presentation of Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" has been an enduring favorite. For this special edition with a new design, trim size, and three new spreads, Susan Jeffers has added more detail and subtle color to her sweeping backgrounds of frosty New England scenes. There are more animals to find among the trees, …