Washoe County Library System

Retells the fable about an industrious ant that busily prepares for the approaching winter while a grasshopper makes no plans for the cold weather to come.

Rhyming text introduces air travel, from the airport to the flight deck, with information about how planes fly, safety rules, in-flight entertainment, and air traffic control.

After Mercy Watson follows the delightful scent and delicious taste of the pansies her thoughtful neighbors plant to beautify their yard, animal control officer Francine Poulet is called out to handle the case, which brings unexpected results.

Frances decides she likes to eat only bread and jam at every meal--until to her surprise--her parents grant her wish.

Describes how dogs communicate with people through their behavior and sounds and explains how to talk back to them using sounds, behavior, and body language.

Brother and Sister Bear are such good baseball players that Papa Bear decides they should try out for the Bear Country Cub League.

Whether by foot, boat, car, or unicycle, P. D. Eastman's lovable dogs demonstrate the many ways one can travel. The new text emphasizes the concept element of the original while maintaining its rhythm and charm. Motley mutts ride bikes, trikes, skates, and skis to attend a party in a tree.

The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to India during the Mogul Empire in the 1600s to search for an emerald needed to break a magic spell.

As a boy attempts to convince someone else to take his disappointing pet, he learns to love Norman the goldfish himself.

Hedgie, the hedgehog, helps Henny, the speckled hen, trick the Tomten who has been eating all of Henny's eggs for breakfast.