![The Night Before Kindergarten](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0448425009.jpg?itok=DJoNqXMg)
It’s the first day of school! Join the kids as they prepare for kindergarten, packing school supplies, posing for pictures, and the hardest part of all-saying goodbye to Mom and Dad. But maybe it won’t be so hard once they discover just how much fun kindergarten really is!
The Night Before Kindergarten
![The Nightingale](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0803724640.jpg?itok=ySeE3vVL)
The Nightingale
![The Paperboy](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0531071391.jpg?itok=QskxQjkT)
A boy and his dog, each with his own thoughts, begin to deliver newspapers before the sun rises. Deeply hued, evocative illustrations document their journey through the quiet morning. As the sun comes up, boy and dog return to bed, satisfied that the job was well done.
The Paperboy
![The Same Stuff as Stars](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0618247440.jpg?itok=IzaTeG_r)
Eleven-year-old Angel and her seven-year-old brother are taken to live with their great-grandmother on her dilapidated Vermont farm. While the old woman is ill equipped to handle children, she’s better prepared to commit to them than either of their parents. A “star man” and the town librarian end up helping the children in this poignant exploration of family.
The Same Stuff as Stars
![The Seal Island Seven](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0670035335.jpg?itok=AB_57dpJ)
The Seal Island Seven
![The Signers: The Fifty-Six Stories Behind the Declaration of Independence](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0802788505.jpg?itok=HoXRFMYl)
The Signers: The Fifty-Six Stories Behind the Declaration of Independence
![The Sky's the Limit: Stories of Discovery by Women and Girls](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0618076980.jpg?itok=yMElP5VO)
From pulsars to a new solar-heat method for pasteurizing water (recently developed by a 14-year-old), breakthrough insights recorded by female investigators have illumined our world.
The Sky’s the Limit: Stories of Discovery by Women and Girls
![The Star-Spangled Banner](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0440406978.jpg?itok=EvEuRv23)
The Star-Spangled Banner
![The Stray Dog](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060289333.jpg?itok=5PlcR9uE)
The family in this story meets and plays with a stray dog while at the park. After they leave, they think about him all week long and decide to look for him the next Saturday — as does the dogcatcher. As the dogcatcher closes in, the children cleverly handle the situation for a happy resolution. Gentle watercolor illustrations add to the well-paced text to create a very satisfying story.
The Stray Dog
![The Tailypo: A Ghost Story](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0395300843.jpg?itok=ULWw95QQ)
A long time ago, an old man who lived in a rustic cabin in the woods ate the tail of mysterious critter. That night, the critter came back to get his tail saying, “Tailypo, tailypo, all I want is my tailypo.” Getting that tailypo makes for a satisfyingly spooky tale bound to make readers or listeners jump. Galdone’s cartoon-like illustrations add humor to a creepy yarn drawn from the oral tradition.
The Tailypo: A Ghost Story
![The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0140557393.jpg?itok=WpAR8M5b)
The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks
![The Three Little Witches Storybook](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0786808241.jpg?itok=4Bj73TGl)
The Three Little Witches Storybook
![The Ugly Duckling](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/068815932X.jpg?itok=esZGGSaf)
The Ugly Duckling
![The Water Hole](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0810945681.jpg?itok=-92rWcIQ)
The Water Hole
![The Witch Next Door](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0590404334.jpg?itok=MADRcVWM)
Contrary to what these children thought, not all witches are wicked. They find this out when they get to know their new neighbor: the friendly, off-beat witch next door.
The Witch Next Door
![If the World Were a Village](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1550747797.jpg?itok=LnbqmGzP)
If the World Were a Village
![The Worrywarts](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060281502.jpg?itok=RIIIsDr5)
One warm Wednesday morning, the sun winked through Wombat’s window and woke her up. “What a wonderful day to wander the world,” she thought. What if Wombat woke one Wednesday with wanderlust? What if she wrangled her wander-worthy companions – Weasel and Woodchuck – to wend their way through the world with her? What if the world, the woods, and its wicked things wrestled with their wishes for wild adventure? But what if these wily wanderers used their wits to ward off worries and all the world’s wild creatures? Why, then it would be a most wonderful day to wander the world.
The Worrywarts
![This Land is Your Land](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0316392154.jpg?itok=31cxp_b6)
Guthrie’s folk song begins a journey across the United States. Highly detailed, richly colored illustrations done in folk art style encourage readers to follow Woodie as he travels from coast to coast. A concluding note by Pete Seeger is informative, putting the period and person into an historical context.
This Land is Your Land
![This Little Chick](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763617164.jpg?itok=u0gbQMf3)
This Little Chick
![Through My Eyes](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0590189239.jpg?itok=w4KKq580)
Six-year-old Ruby Bridges became the first African American to integrate an elementary school. Her memories of that year, when so much hatred was directed at her, makes for a powerful memoir. A 1999 Parents’ Choice Gold Award Winner.
Through My Eyes
![Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0399212582.jpg?itok=RExbOUhA)
Original illustrations define and enhance a selection of over 200 mostly familiar nursery rhymes. Open format and gentle colors in a large format make this a wonderful book to share with young children.
Tomie dePaola’s Mother Goose
![Too Many Tamales](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0698114124.jpg?itok=wyzX6WEQ)
For their family’s Christmas celebration, María’s mother makes lots of tamales. But while María is helping out, she tries on her mother’s ring and loses it in the dough. Without telling the adults, María and her young relatives try to find it — by eating all the tamales!
Too Many Tamales
![Travels with Tarra](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0884482413.jpg?itok=0n-SGCvJ)
Travels with Tarra
![Treasure Hunt](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763615420.jpg?itok=PC5yDmEX)