stories in rhyme

Rhyming text portrays the exuberance of an hour of karate class. Includes nonfiction information at end.

One day, Jo?o is walking along the beach and discovers a penguin covered in oil and weak. Jo?o cleans the penguin and nurses him back to health, but when he goes to release him back to the sea, the penguin doesn't want to leave. Jo?o names the penguin Dindim and continues to care for him. Eventually, Dindim does go and join his colony, but he returns for eight months every year to spend time with his rescuer.

A ghost who haunts a town library and a young girl team up to save the ancient building from demolition. Together they brainstorm a series of community events to raise money, while the ghost works hard to scare off construction workers beginning to tear it down. Backmatter includes information about libraries' importance to communities and information about a purportedly haunted Indiana library.

A simple rhyme about cats preparing for bed.

The diggersaurs--half construction truck and half dinosaur--are seraching for buried treasure when they discover a new friend.

Bugs of all shapes, colors, and sizes--including bed bugs, cute bugs, live bugs, and dead bugs--are presented in illustrations and rhyme.

From two clouds to ten whirligigs to two sleepyheads, counts ordinary things that show how small our planet is and that, no matter where we live, we are connected under one wide sky.

Celebrates the skilled women and men who work to see the plans of architects, engineers, and designers brought to life.

Illustrations and rhyming text reveal all of the things girls love about themselves, from their nose, toes, and skin to their ability to spin, run, and cook.

Izzy Gizmo loves to invent but gets frustrated when her inventions fail to work properly, so when she finds a crow with a broken wing her grandfather urges her to persist until she finds a way to help.