![In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/006264338X.jpg?itok=o7smcnEV)
Spooky, traditional tales retold are presented again with new and mysterious illustrations (reminiscent of Edward Gorey). These stories, drawn from folklore, successfully create a deliciously eerie feeling while remaining perfectly safe. Sources for the tales are included in an afterward by the reteller.
In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories
![Hello Autumn!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0823438694.jpg?itok=I2-XcYc2)
Lyrical language and handsome color photographs combine to present a portrait of the changes that occur in autumn. Different seeds dance in the wind or twirl to the ground while animals find shelter, hibernate or migrate. Autumn is also a season of celebrations which lead to the “shortest day of the year, and winter…”
Hello Autumn!
![Halloween ABC](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763695270.jpg?itok=E_mTlKEg)
From A to Z, all things Halloween are presented. Beginning with apple (bobbing) all the way to zombie, children will enjoy familiar (and some not so) sights and creatures associated with the autumn celebration each complemented and extended with child-like illustrations
Halloween ABC
![Duck & Goose, Honk! Quack! Boo!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1524701750.jpg?itok=GOiSUdq6)
Feathered friends Goose, Duck, and Thistle become a super hero, a ghost, and a swamp monster for trick or treating. Though each enjoys Halloween, they must muster up the courage to confront their fears in this gentle, relatable, and ultimately satisfying story.
Duck & Goose, Honk! Quack! Boo!
![Creepy Pair of Underwear](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1442402989.jpg?itok=plq66grW)
Jasper Rabbit (first introduced in Creepy Carrots) chooses the neon green underwear rather than the plain white ones. At night, the creepy pair of underwear glows eerily and is downright difficult to discard. But once they’re gone, Jasper decides that he was too hasty. This humorous tale puts a funny spin on what frightens people.
Creepy Pair of Underwear
![Boo! / ¡Bu!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763693146.jpg?itok=gSNugrYL)
In this introduction to Halloween for the young, a child and parents choose a pumpkin, carve it, make a costume and then go trick or treating. Patricelli’s signature child is initially fearful of the costumed creatures gathering treats but comes to appreciate it by the end. Humorous illustrations and brief text are ideal to share with first time trick or treaters.
Boo! / ¡Bu!
![The Dumb Bunnies Go to the Zoo](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0545039371.jpg?itok=VQXCW0kY)
Join these silly rabbits for a little monkey business at the zoo. The Dumb Bunnies may make a mess (or many) in this 4th book in the series. Filled with word play, intentional misspellings, allusions galore, funny signs, and slapstick humor.
The Dumb Bunnies Go to the Zoo
![God Bless the Gargoyles](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0545935148.jpg?itok=XecrcFae)
Gargoyles can be cold and frightening looking to many. In this richly illustrated picture book, angels befriend a group of gargoyles and bring them to life — revealing the warm and loving nature of these creatures.
God Bless the Gargoyles
![Hurricanes!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/082342233X.jpg?itok=t2Rdf-BN)
Imagine a force that can toss boats around like toys, wash away bridges, and create waves as high as eighteen feet. With fierce winds and torrential rains, hurricanes can do all of these things. Young readers will learn how hurricanes are formed, how they are named and classified, and what to do if a dangerous storm is on the way.
Hurricanes!
![Angel Child, Dragon Child](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/angel-child-dragon-child.jpeg?itok=7YUkQgvU)
Ut has come to America, but her mother remains in Vietnam. Ut’s struggle to adjust to her new life and her classmates don’t accept her because she is different. Then she makes a new friend who presents Ut with a wonderful gift
Angel Child, Dragon Child
![Vietnam A to Z](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1478213868.jpg?itok=UYGsu1MS)
With lively illustrations and bilingual English and Vietnamese text, this colorful ABC book introduces Vietnam’s culture to young readers.
Vietnam A to Z
![The Walking Stick](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0773731016.jpg?itok=XwehckW1)
Van, a young Vietnamese boy, is given a brass-tipped teak walking stick made by his uncle (a monk), who says that now the Buddha “will watch over you no matter where you go, and bring you safely home.” Van carries the stick with him always, even when he and his family flee their war-torn country and cross the ocean. On long walks years later, he tells his granddaughter stories of his homeland. She travels to Vietnam and leaves the stick as an offering at the foot of a Buddha.
The Walking Stick
![Two Lands, One Heart: An American Boy’s Journey to His Mother’s Vietnam](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0802783570_0.jpg?itok=nk18hHPH)
In 1975 TJ’s mother was only a chid when she escaped war-torn Vietnam and came to America. Almost 20 years later, she took her eldest son back to meet the family he had never known and to experence firsthand the country and the culture she left behind. A true-life story told in full-color photographs.
Two Lands, One Heart: An American Boy’s Journey to His Mother’s Vietnam
![Ten Mice for Tet!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0811834964.jpg?itok=S-WdrN5v)
This vibrant counting book introduces children to the rich traditions of the Vietnamese New Year. A playful village of mice lead young readers through the joyful celebration, as embroidered illustrations recreate ten scenes of preparation, gift giving, feasting, and firework displays.
Ten Mice for Tet!
![Sweet Dried Apples: A Vietnamese Wartime Childhood](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/039573570X.jpg?itok=yVBFekc8)
In wartime Vietnam, a young girl helps her grandfather who is an herbalist. She and her younger brother gather and dry herbs under his supervision and while he is away. One day, the elderly man returns, announcing that the war is coming to their village. Grandfather ministers to its victims and yet he dies himself. The siblings and their mother flee by boat and the girl vows to return to honor her beloved relative. [School Library Journal review]
Sweet Dried Apples: A Vietnamese Wartime Childhood
![The Lotus Seed](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/the-lotus-seed.jpeg?itok=ldAJ3w2F)
When she is forced to leave Vietnam, a young girl brings a lotus seed with her to America in remembrance of her homeland.
The Lotus Seed
![Grandfather's Dream](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0688123392.jpg?itok=fWyA2kd7)
The Vietnam war is over, and Grandfather and young Nam dream that the new dikes will restore the wetlands, bringing home the beautiful cranes that once filled the winter sky. But other villagers think that growing rice is a more practical use for the land.
Grandfather’s Dream
![Peanut Butter and Jellyfish](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0375870369.jpg?itok=235KYADW)
Peanut Butter and Jellyfish are best of friends and swim up, down, around, and through their ocean home. Crabby is their neighbor. He is not their best friend. But when Crabby gets in trouble, will Peanut Butter and Jellyfish come to the rescue? You bet they will!
Peanut Butter and Jellyfish
![A Manual for Marco: Living, Learning, and Laughing With an Autistic Sibling](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1615992472.jpg?itok=yxQVSepN)
An 8-year-old girl decides to make a list of all the things she likes and dislikes about dealing with her autistic brother, and in doing so realizes that she has created A Manual for Marco.
A Manual for Marco: Living, Learning, and Laughing With an Autistic Sibling
![This Book Will Not Be Fun](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0399550615.jpg?itok=EhO95lZF)
What’s in a book? For one bespectacled mouse, this book is dull, dull, dull. That is, until the mouse meets a “Word-Eating, Flying Whale” that brings a “Glow-in-the-Dark Kung Fu Worm” into the picture. Dry wit and outrageous scenes remind readers of the pleasure in a tall tale told (or read!).
This Book Will Not Be Fun
![Second Grade Holdout](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0544876814.jpg?itok=SCAv09FH)
The narrator and his friend Tyler will soon start 2nd grade. Will his new teacher and the more advanced grade be as bad as the boys’ older sister warn? Happily, the younger siblings catch on to the teasing when they acknowledge that they are no longer as gullible as first graders! The funny narration is accompanied by jaunty, expressive ink and wash illustrations.
Second Grade Holdout
![Little Plane Learns to Write](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1626724369.jpg?itok=ZsX78uft)
In school, Little Plane practices his writing but he finds the loopity loops really tough. He doesn’t give up though and continues to try — until at last, he completes his words! Children will see themselves in the tenacious, child-like airplane with expressive eyes. Brightly colored, digitally created illustrations add to the simple text.
Little Plane Learns to Write
![How to Get Your Teacher Ready](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/055353825X.jpg?itok=YFpOJCuX)
Getting your teacher ready for school means starting out with a big smile, then being able to show her how to find iguana books during library time and reminding her where the bathroom is if she doesn’t know. The gentle humor in this turnaround tale is sure to remind children of typical school routines and that everyone may have worries.
How to Get Your Teacher Ready
![Hello Goodbye Dog](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1626721777.jpg?itok=iCh8MD2O)
Zara’s dog, Moose, loves hellos but not goodbyes. In spite of all efforts, he continues to follow Zara to school until the day Moose graduates from Therapy School. Now every day is a “hello” as Moose accompanies Zara, to her delight and that of her classmates. Soft lines and gentle colors depict the faithful pet and his loyal girl.