picture books

A collection of six stories featuring Barbie in which she tries out careers as a chef, an ice skater, a soccer player, a doctor, a ballerina, and a horse rider.

"Come along as five friends go on a quest to find out where food comes from and to gather ingredients for an apple crisp to bring to the community center's potluck. As they make their way to a farm, a grocery store and back home to the kitchen, the friends learn about the basic food groups, food transportation and healthy eating choices. Join in the food adventure!"--Back cover.

"Walking his dog at dusk, one boy catches glimpses of the lives around him in this lovely ode to autumn evenings, exploring your neighborhood, and coming home"--OCLC.

When a class pet proves to be more than a handful, the students agree they cannot keep him, but how will they convince their teacher, Mr. Stricter, who loves the strange creature?.

"Meet Shorty & Clem! Shorty is a really short dinosaur. A shortysaurus, to be exact. Clem is a blue quail. A quail is some kind of bird. While Clem is out, a package arrives at the door with his name on it. Shorty gets super excited and finds the box irresistible... Should he open the box? Of course not! Instead, he jumps on it like a trampoline-THUMP! and bangs on it like a drum-BOOM BADA BOOM! until he finally opens it. That's when Clem comes home. Shorty is sure he's done something terrible, but Clem proves to him that best friends are the best surprises of all!"--Publisher.

"Millions of children around the world take baths every day. Many of them don't want to at first... But once they get into their Australian bogey hole, Colombian mud volcano, or Nepalese hot spring, they don't want to get out!"--Dust jacket.

Little Plane learns to write by practicing his skywriting.

Curious George learns about recycling.

"Ever since they were a dot and a speck, Circle and Square have been best friends. Then someone new comes along: a cool, exciting Triangle. And three starts to feel like a crowd... With their friendship bent out of shape, can they put it back together again?"--Provided by publisher.

A girl picks up her colored pencils and starts drawing a story, with frequent input from the narrator, of a Hero and Heroine rescuing the townsfolk of Our Setting, who have been imprisoned in the Dungeon of the Evil Overlord.