![Sports! Sports! Sports! A Poetry Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0064437132.jpg?itok=T66-vrBk)
Can a poem capture the excitement, exhilaration, or anguish of defeat when playing sports? The poems here do all that and more! It’s an easy-to-read collection that’s illustrated with just the right light touch.
Sports! Sports! Sports! A Poetry Collection
![Stories to Solve: Folktales from Around the World](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0688104967.jpg?itok=BLgfzuvo)
As this book shows, brain teasers are popular everywhere! The short tales, riddles, and more are from many different countries. Readers try to figure out how the solution was found. The answers are provided and some are even embedded in decorative black and white line drawings.
Stories to Solve: Folktales from Around the World
![Sure as Sunrise: Tales of Bruh Rabbit and his Walkin' Talkin' Friends](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0618211969.jpg?itok=ZXZ1sjpF)
Alice McGill retells the tales she heard growing up in North Carolina with the verve and informality of a storyteller. Some are familiar, others are less well known, but all involve Bruh (Brer) Rabbit and his companions from the lore of the southern United States.
Sure as Sunrise: Tales of Bruh Rabbit and his Walkin’ Talkin’ Friends
![Swifter, Higher, Stronger: A Photographic History of the Summer Olympics](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0792266676.jpg?itok=W1hvyXUs)
Even though the ancient Greeks conceived the Olympics, it was a small Frenchman “with a shrill voice and a bushy mustache” who almost single-handedly brought the modern Olympics to life again. This revealing, clear, and handsome book provides an engaging and authoritative overview of the summer Olympics.
Swifter, Higher, Stronger: A Photographic History of the Summer Olympics
![A Tale of Tricky Fox: A New England Trickster](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0439095433.jpg?itok=HaimA0bW)
The fun begins when Tricky Fox makes a bet with his brother that he can trick a silly human into giving him a pig. “I’ll eat my hat if you can,” says his brother, and Tricky Fox sets off to win the bet. The endearingly antique pictures add to the merriment, especially when the conniving fox winks at readers, drawing them into his joke.
A Tale of Tricky Fox: A New England Trickster
![Ten, Nine, Eight](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0688104800.jpg?itok=19LsF8Lg)
This countdown to bedtime begins with “10 small toes all washed and warm” until one little girl is tucked snugly into bed by her loving dad. Richly hued illustrations, warmly detailed, combine with a straightforward text that holds up to multiple readings as well as careful examination.
Ten, Nine, Eight
![Tera, Star Student](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0439452198.jpg?itok=TKN4RxL1)
Tera, Star Student
![The Aquarium Book](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0395699401.jpg?itok=HCinkkYV)
Take a tour through four national aquariums and learn how they are set up, the educational displays they offer, and what sort of things a visitor will see.
The Aquarium Book
![The Banza: A Haitian Story](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0140546057.jpg?itok=x2GFAFQ6)
Vivid colors depict the Haitian setting for a tale in which a goat uses the banza, a banjo, given to him by a tiger, for protection in an unforeseen way. The traditional tale is retold in a way ideal for sharing aloud, and is complemented by expressive illustrations.
The Banza: A Haitian Story
![The Butterfly House](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0590848844.jpg?itok=4vhpJrL6)
A girl and her grandfather make a butterfly house that provides shelter for Painted Ladies even after the girl grows up. The cyclical nature of life is gently portrayed in handsome paintings and lyrical language.
The Butterfly House
![The Cat Who Walked Across France](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0374399689.jpg?itok=hFQIhNmM)
When a cat’s elderly mistress dies, he finds himself an outcast, soon forgotten. He begins a lonely journey, traveling across a lush country. When the tired cat comes to a stone cottage by the edge of the sea, he finds a new home with children who love him. Rich paintings combine with a lyrical text in this evocative saga.
The Cat Who Walked Across France
![The Emperor and the Kite](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0399214992.jpg?itok=rd2n9bEC)
The Emperor and the Kite
![The Gingerbread Man](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0823411370.jpg?itok=wcpKwaMo)
Run, run, run just as fast as you can! You can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man! After escaping the kitchen, the Gingerbread Man taunts a number of animals until he is eaten by a wily fox. But don’t worry about this Gingerbread Man, he’ll come back when you make your own gingerbread cookies!
The Gingerbread Man
![The Great Gracie Chase](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0590100416.jpg?itok=-qPUtunC)
Gracie Rose is an obedient dog who likes her home just as it is: comfy and quiet. When Gracie barks to tell intruding house painters to leave, she is put outside and so begins the Great Gracie Chase, which eventually involves the entire town! The illustrations use flat colors and rounded forms to convey the circular chase that’s led by an appealing dog who finds her way back home.
The Great Gracie Chase
![The Leprechaun's Gold](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0064438783.jpg?itok=Xfo7HUr2)
Old Pat is on his way to a contest that will name the finest harpist in all of Ireland. On the way, his ill-spirited companion, Young Tom, begins to scheme for his own victory. But thanks to Old Pat’s willingness to come to the aid of a fellow traveler, a mischievous leprechaun intervenes, ensuring that both Pat and Tom are appropriately repaid for their actions.
The Leprechaun’s Gold
![The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0590414291.jpg?itok=m9NTJq7L)
The planetarium is closed for repairs, so the Magic School Bus blasts off on a real tour of the solar system. After their previous field trips, the children in Ms. Frizzle’s class are rather blasé about landing on the Moon, Venus, and Mars. A first-class introduction to the planets, fine for pleasure or purpose reading.
The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System
![The Perfect Pet](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060001089.jpg?itok=WkriMlj8)
A cactus just isn’t much company, but it’s all Elizabeth has for a pet since her parents won’t budge on the issue; no dog, no cat, and a horse is just unthinkable. But then Elizabeth meets Doug, a bug found on the rug. Has she finally found the perfect pet?
The Perfect Pet
![D.W. the Picky Eater](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0316110485.jpg?itok=wbLewgwb)
Arthur’s little sister, D.W., hates to eat many things, but most of all she hates spinach. When she joins the family for a special birthday dinner, D.W. is surprised that her delicious pot pie actually is made with – dread – spinach! Humor and wisdom abound in this engaging tale.
D.W. the Picky Eater
![The Piñata Maker](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0152618759_0.jpg?itok=LiGBH3fx)
Fiestas often involve puppets, masks, and piñatas. Meet Tío Rico, the elderly piñata maker in a Mexican town, whose artful creations are shown from start to finish in this handsomely photographed book. The text is presented in both Spanish and English.
The Piñata Maker
![Oh, The Places You'll Go](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0679805273.jpg?itok=H29wnqJK)
Oh, The Places You’ll Go
![The Sick Day](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0385321503.jpg?itok=OZNAz4P_)
The Sick Day
![The Smallest Cow in the World](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0064441644.jpg?itok=8kzD9HdK)
The Smallest Cow in the World
![The Summer Olympics](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/051627029X.jpg?itok=cNlFfIes)
This straightforward introduction to the summer Olympics and their origins provides basic information and history for capable readers.
The Summer Olympics
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A boy describes the trip he takes with his father to visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Together, they look for the name of his grandfather, who died before he was born.