picture books

"When brothers Flynn and Paddy follow a map found in their attic to go exploring and find a place called Dragon Hatchery, they come home with more than a story."--OCLC.

"When a creature swoops out of the sky and nabs Flynn and Paddy's beloved dog, the brothers embark on a daring magical quest to rescue their canine friend from a dragon's lair."--OCLC.

A picture-book biography on the life and adventures of Theodore Roosevelt.

At first Prudence tries to fit in with the other cows in the herd, suppressing all her scientific smarts and imaginative inventing, but in a moment of inspiration, she realizes how to show the others that she can be a part-time cow and a full-time member of the herd.

Red and Lulu make their nest in a particularly beautiful evergreen tree. It shades them in the hot months and keeps them cozy in the cold months, and once a year the people who live nearby string lights on their tree and sing a special song: O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree. But one day, something unthinkable happens, and Red and Lulu are separated. It will take a miracle for them to find each other again. Luckily, it's just the season for miracles.

A stranded wolf cub is rescued and raised by a loving polar bear, and years later when he is grown into a wolf and on his own, he comes upon a lost polar bear cub, and the cycle begins again.

"In August 1937 the local paper reported that a sea monster had been spotted near Nantucket, illuminating both the importance and cost of a free press"--Publisher provided.

Frightened by news of angry people around the world, a young girl gets her parents' help in learning to be compassionate and brave a little at a time.

"As a child in Pakistan, Malala made a wish for a magic pencil. She would use it to make everyone happy, to erase the smell of garbage from her city, to sleep an extra hour in the morning. But as she grew older, Malala saw that there were more important things to wish for. She saw a world that needed fixing. And even if she never found a magic pencil, Malala realized that she could still work hard every day to make her wishes come true"--OCLC.

Tells how George Crum, a cook in Saratoga Springs, New York, in the 1850s, may have created the first potato chip to satisfy a demanding customer.