Washoe County Library System

The wheels on the bus: The classic children's ditty comes to live with Paul Zelinky's art and lively musical score by the Bacon Brothers. Dem bones: a skeleton band sings this well-known song based on the African-American spiritual. Over the meadow: A version of an old counting song for children is filled with the beauty and wonder of meadow life. I know an old lady who swallowed a fly: Sung by the legendary Burl Ives, this old lady ends up swallowing...

Maps and text chronicle the history of this Middle Eastern country formerly called Persia.

A child starts to get carried away with worry and rushing thoughts before taking a breath, steadying, observing thoughts, feeling kindness, feeling thankful, and experiencing the world.

Your child will dive into a color-filled underwater world with "Miss Joan" and her young dancers as she leads them on a musical treasure hunt from the classroom to the bottom of the ocean. Dancers and puppets make up the charming cast of sea creatures who guide the children to the treasure chest where the dazzling Prince and Princess of the Sea await them. The highly acclaimed Creative Movement curriculum combines original stories, songs and the children's...

Karen Kingsbury delivers a powerful new novel about two parents' love for their child and the surprising lengths they will go to keep their family together when a judge rules that their adopted son must be returned to his biological father.

Sage Winters always knew her sister was a little different even though they were identical twins. They loved the same things and shared a deep understanding, but Rosemary—awake to every emotion, easily moved to joy or tears—seemed to need more protection from the world. Six years after Rosemary’s death from pneumonia, Sage, now sixteen, still misses her deeply. Their mother perished in a car crash, and Sage’s stepfather, Alan, resents being...

Join beautiful Ballerina, handsome Soldier, graceful China Doll, playful Rag Doll, and other delightful storybook characters as they learn about friendship, self-esteem, and sharing feelings.

"Welcome to Weebleville": Bumpus learns problems are easy to solve when you have the help of good friends. "Weebles to the wescue": Tooey learns what it truly mean to be brave. "Spaghetti days": It's the big barn dance and Demby and Diddy Wishingwell are ready for all the fun. "Tooey's wobble weekend": Trouble's afoot when the friends go camping, but our hero Tooey is there to save the day. "The Wednesday race": Zuzie Q and Noomie race all over town...

"As the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. It's safer to keep her mouth shut and stay out of sight. Struggling to raise her little brother, Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house, until one night her star gazing causes an accident. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck,...

An illustrated poem that describes some of the spooky events that occur on Halloween night.