Washoe County Library System

Illustrations and rhyming text present some of the things that children hold dear.

A scary skeleton terrorizes a boy in his bedroom while it searches his closet for clothes to wear.

A toad barely escapes being squashed beneath the wheels of a car.

In this expanded version of the familiar nursery rhyme, Jack and his sister Jill are sent to get water from a well where they encounter a hungry crocodile.

A family keeps forgetting the things they need to take to the beach.

A little boy and his parents sail over to visit Grandfather on a summer day.

Grandpa Gazillion and Hildegarde show many different uses for the numbers one through twenty at their number yard.

Crabby Cratchitt has a hen whose constant clucking is so annoying, Crabby devises a plan to cook her in a frying pan.

An eight-year-old boy gets a skateboard for his birthday, but when his mom tries it out, she has so much fun that she won't give it back.

Describes trucks of all sizes, shapes, and colors doing a variety of tasks.