Washoe County Library System

The StoryWatchers Club series is a wonderful tool that enables parents and teachers to expose kids to global cultures, the sciences, and humorous tales through fun-filled imaginative performances. You will experience Walter the Water Molecule's exciting journey through the water cycle ; when the smallest bird became the king of them all ; why Binky planted seeds and found his way back home ; how the kids who hugged the trees saved the forest.

This unforgettable "tour de force" marries the intimate, passionate texture of the Irish spirit with a sweeping, epic historical scope, to tell the story of how the character of the land and its people were shaped by history, neighboring England, and the Irish themselves.

Gooney Bird Greene loves to be the center of attention and entertains her teacher and fellow second graders by telling absolutely true stories about herself, including how she got her name. Gooney Bird and her classmates share more adventures centered around Thanksgiving pageants, creating original fables, and writing poetry.

When Poison leaves her home in the marshes of Gull to retrieve the infant sister who was snatched by the fairies, she and a group of unusual friends survive encounters with the inhabitants of various Realms, and Poison herself confronts a surprising destiny.

Grandpa helps his favorite grandpup to avoid scratching his chicken pox by telling how he once had to fight off an octopus during a terrible storm.

"Somewhere away from the cities and towns, in the Valley of Rocks, a society of men and boys gather around the fire each night to listen to their history recounted by Nate, the storyteller. Requested most often by the group is the tale of the death of all women. They are the last generation. One evening, Nate brings back new secrets from the woods; peculiar mushrooms are growing from the ground where the women's bodies lie buried. These are the first...

"Transform dust into magical memories in this moving intergenerational tale that celebrates stories and the time we have together. Something magical happens when Hazel and Hilda are together. As the seasons pass, Hazel’s broom whisks the dust off many years of joyful memories, and young Hilda watches them come to life. But is it magic making memories...or are memories making magic? This poignant tale and artistic tour de force from Caldecott...

The narrator boasts that Everybody's Favorite Book has something for everyone, from a space ninja cow to a giant, carnivorous guinea pig, but things start to go awry when the narrator tries to include everything that everybody enjoys in a book.

Maria Sirena tells stories. She does it for money - she was a favorite in the cigar factory where she worked as a lettora - and for love, spinning gossamer tales out of her own past for the benefit of friends, neighbors, and family. But now, like a modern-day Scheherazade, she will be asked to tell one last story so that eight women can keep both hope and themselves alive. Cuba, 1963. Hurricane Flora, one of the deadliest hurricanes in recorded history,...

Papa Mouse has a funny, exciting bedtime story for each of his seven mouse boys. "Will evoke chuckles of glee from preschool listeners and beginning readers".-Booklist. Three-color illustrations. Seven mouse boys lie awake one night, and they ask their Papa to tell them a story. Papa does better than that-he tells them seven stories, one for each boy. Amusing drawings and text provide beginner readers with a collection of tales about the adventures...