Reading rainbow book

When Petey the puppy decides that he wants a boy for Christmas, he discovers that he must go out and find one on his own.

Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a wife.

A young girl builds her own airplane and flies around the world, "freezing in Finland," "charmed by China," and getting "a kick out of Kenya"--before returning home for dinner.

Humorous and serious poems celebrate every kind of family member, including aunts and uncles, step-brothers and sisters, cousins, and even cats!.

Harry sits on the porch with Mr. George Baker, an African American who is one hundred years old but can still dance and play the drums, waiting for the school bus that will take them both to the class where they are learning to read.

Old Max never suspects the true source of his shop's financial success.

Max finds a new way to warm up for his Saturday baseball game--his sister's dancing class.

A New York City boy's preconceived ideas of life in the West make him very apprehensive about the family's move there.

Describes how an Italian immigrant built three unusual towers in his backyard in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles.

A collection of poems about math, featuring selections such as "Math Makes Me Feel Safe," "Fractions," "Pythagoras," and "Time Passes," by a variety of authors including Janet S. Wong, Lee Bennett Hopkins, Ilo Orleans, and others.