![The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0064403149.jpg?itok=ciFChxjf)
The Potter children’s adventure to find the long-forgotten but wise Whangdoodle begins when they meet Professor Savant at the Bramblewood Zoo. Their journey to find the reclusive Whangdoodle makes for high adventure filled with extraordinary creatures. Told with a storyteller’s voice, this gratifying fantasy reads aloud well.
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
![The Yellow Tutu](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0375851682.jpg?itok=k-wP4QVJ)
Her classmates laugh when Margo becomes the sun with her new yellow birthday tutu worn as a headdress. That is, until her friend, Pearl, comes to the rescue, recognizing the playful potential and dons her pink tutu similarly. Fanciful, engaging illustrations capture the child’s world, enhancing this recognizable story.
The Yellow Tutu
![Where Is My Sock?](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1590788087.jpg?itok=c3mf7i9W)
After his bath, a young boy, clean but without clothes, must get dressed. Each garment he seeks is hidden on playful, action-packed double page spreads until the boy — and his friends — are dressed to go outside. Child-like activities and imaginative play are sure to remind readers of all ages that play requires only a bit of inventiveness.
Where Is My Sock?
![The Thingamabob](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0375861068.jpg?itok=6o8CJF43)
An elephant finds an intriguing red thingamabob but neither he nor his friends can figure out what it does — until it begins to rain. Children will recognize the red thing immediately and are sure to delight in the animals’ process of discovery and invention. Textured illustration with gentle lines brings this engaging, imaginative tale alive.
The Thingamabob
![Something to Do](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0399252479.jpg?itok=-ib-BEPV)
A cub is bored, claiming there’s nothing to do. Together with an adult bear, they are awakened by a jumping cub, go on a walk, find a stick, and share an imaginative adventure until they return home for a cozy welcome. Spare text and simple line drawings on creamy paper make this fresh jaunt, and a book to be shared more than once.
Something to Do
![The Quiet Book](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0547215673.jpg?itok=s76s7qhn)
How many kinds of quiet are there? More than you might think beginning with the “First one awake quiet” to “Sound asleep quiet”. Readers will recognize the different situations (brought to life by expressively illustrated animals) and may even come up with their own brand of quiet.
The Quiet Book
![Not a Box](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0061123226.jpg?itok=kcS2-cz9)
When is a brown box not a box? When it’s being used by a small rabbit as a racecar, a mountain, or a burning building being rescued by the fire fighter, of course! Straightforward illustrations and minimal language convey the power of imagination and play in this contemporary classic.
Not a Box
![My Elephant](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763645664.jpg?itok=2b2sLXYt)
A boy’s imaginary friend — a large gray elephant — messes up his grandfather’s flowers and neat indoor hall when no one else will play with the child. The next day, when the boy awakens refreshed, all is forgotten when granddad offers to play ball. Child-like illustrations add to this appealing tale of a child’s need for friends and friendship.
My Elephant
![Just How Long Can a Long String Be?!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0545086612.jpg?itok=nqW4VI4f)
A small ant asks a bird how long a long string can be. Many varied uses are explored as the bird unwinds the string in answer until the ant decides that a “string’s just as long/as I need it to be.” The white string leads readers across textured pastel pages until we see the ant on its own small string tree swing.
Just How Long Can a Long String Be?!
![It's Picture Day Today!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1416924345.jpg?itok=M7lM-j-P)
When feathers and buttons (and more) come together in school they just may make something quite special: an amazing, creative picture! Rhythmic language, playful collage and a host of inanimate but animated characters make a picture on a double foldout to conclude this inventive tale. It may just inspire additional handiwork by young artists!
It’s Picture Day Today!
![Dinotrux](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0316027774.jpg?itok=WRt0p73G)
Millions of years ago, huge, hungry prehistoric ‘dinotrux’ ruled the world. A terrible storm caused some dinotrux to seek better weather. Those that shed their “misbehaving ways” over the millennia are still on the job today. This imaginative take on trucks and dinosaurs is sure to make readers young and old view subjects anew while making them laugh out loud.
Dinotrux
![Alvin Ho Collection: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0375849300.jpg?itok=9IcF4Sp1)
Although 2nd grader Alvin Ho admires superheroes, he is quite unlike them. In fact, he is afraid of everything! Alvin’s disarming character is perfectly voiced in this two-book collection.
Alvin Ho Collection: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things
![Mary Poppins](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0544439562.jpg?itok=JR4qQEjv)
The Banks family, their children, and a most amazing Mary Poppins are brought to life through the narrator’s spot-on British accent.
Mary Poppins
![Dominic](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1435233379.jpg?itok=17f_pQyZ)
On his adventures, Dominique, a singular canine, meets many mysterious creatures. His reputation builds and so do his stories which make this an ideal book to hear expertly read.
Dominic
![A Dog on His Own](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1934180874.jpg?itok=IN1SJbPk)
K-10 no longer trusts humans but he’s still a special kind of dog just as his mother told him. K-10’s unique voice as well as that of the other canines come alive in this spirited narration.
A Dog on His Own
![Once Upon a Time: Traditional Latin American Tales / Habia una vez: Cuentos tradicionales Latino Americanos](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0061468959.jpg?itok=18myzICQ)
Animals and people wise and foolish are presented in these tales retold. Their origins, from a range of Spanish-speaking countries including Argentina, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Spain, are retold and handsomely illustrated — just right for reading aloud.
Once Upon a Time: Traditional Latin American Tales / Habia una vez: Cuentos tradicionales Latino Americanos
![Muddy as a Duck Puddle & Other American Similes](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0823422291.jpg?itok=Bq4lUPlc)
Flat, cartoon-like, slyly humorous and slightly irreverent illustrations provide literal meanings for old sayings from A to Z. The fun comes in figuring out where these truisms may be used and what others may fill an alphabet. This is an engaging way to play with language and its meaning.
Muddy as a Duck Puddle & Other American Similes
![Ivy & Bean: Doomed to Dance](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0811862666.jpg?itok=hpPfVUFS)
Best friends, Ivy & Bean, both desperately want to dance ballet with the drama of “Giselle.” Instead, they must learn the basics and finally are cast as squid in the recital. How these recognizable 2nd graders manage to keep their promise not to quit makes the latest installment a worthy one.
Ivy & Bean: Doomed to Dance
![Five Children and It](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0375863362.jpg?itok=zHC6w8wz)
Five children finally escape the confines of London to the white house in the country. There they meet the magical but grumpy Psammead. When their wishes become reality, the children find out that what you want is not always what you wish for. Originally published in 1902, Nesbit’s fantasy will read aloud to delight a new generation.
Five Children and It
![The Cool Crazy Crickets Club](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763646598_0.jpg?itok=rNsk9f6E)
What do you do on long summer days? Marcus and Leo decide to start a club and do so with Miranda and Phoebe. Once they have everything a needed like a clubhouse and a mascot, they must decide on a purpose for the club. Club members share another summer adventure filled with babysitting, business, and more in the sequel.
See also: Cool Crazy Crickets to the Rescue (opens in a new window)
The Cool Crazy Crickets Club
![Chester's Masterpiece](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1554535662.jpg?itok=S5PXIG9r)
Chester, the chubby but charming feline, wants to create his own masterpiece. But a writer/illustrator named Melanie Watts continues to thwart his creative efforts by hiding the tools of his trade. The competition between Watts and Chester results in a humorous book that appears to have been written and reworked with sticky notes and red marker.
Chester’s Masterpiece
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Calvin Coconut wants a dog — and ultimately finds the perfect pet at Dog Heaven. Now how can he and his mom’s friend, Ledward, convince mom that Calvin really is responsible enough to have a dog? This latest story about the likeable 4th grader, his friends and their problems is set in Hawaii.
Calvin Coconut: Dog Heaven
![Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0316517305.jpg?itok=zJzCg3iL)
Amos, a mouse, presents scientist, inventor, and early American Benjamin Franklin from his viewpoint. First published in 1939, Ben and Me uses humor and lively language ideal for sharing aloud to bring Ben and Amos to life.
Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos
![Babymouse Burns Rubber](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0375857133.jpg?itok=uAcsRFR2)
In this latest installment of the ever-pink and imaginative rodent, Babymouse, she discovers she needs help from a pal to make her soap box car. However, at the derby, it is Wilson who needs help. It’s Babymouse to the rescue! Pink is used successfully to define the fantasy in the otherwise black and white cartoons in this ever-fresh graphic novel series.