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An Angel For Solomon Singer

Cynthia Rylant

A lonely New York City resident finds companionship and good cheer at the Westway Cafe where dreams come true.
Ivan the Terrier

Ivan loves a good story.
Like that one about the three bears or those three gruff billy goats.
Where else can a dog find such
playmates
action
fun...
or a cookie?
Ivan's own good story lands him just where he loves to be.
In your lap.
Who Came Down That Road?

George Ella Lyon

As a boy questions his mother about their predecessors on a woodland path, each page reveals her answer: his grandparents, the pioneers, native American tribes, the buffalo--all are advancing towards them as they walk ahead, mother and son.
Matthew A.B.C.

Who is missing from Mrs. Tuttle's kindergarten class?
Will he fit in as well as the other 25?
Emily's Art

"What a gorgeous painting," exclaimed the judge of Ms. Fair's first-grade art contest. "What a beautiful rabbit!"
For Emily, the words are a shock.
Her painting is of her dog, Thor. Not a rabbit.
But instead of thinking: What's wrong with this judge? Emily takes the words, and the judgment, to heart.
Just as she takes her art.
Not everyone, not Ms. Fair, or even Emily's best friend, Kelly, can see that.
At first.
My House Has Stars

Megan Mcdonald

Eight children--from the Philippines, Ghana, Japan, the American Southwest, Brazil, Alaska, Mongolia, and Nepal--share stories of the stars that they can see from their homelands.
All I See

Cynthia Rylant

"A dreamy piece about a young boy's awakening to artistic vision through his friendship with a lakeside painter. . . . The developing relationship parallels Charlie's inner process of getting to know the private, creative part of himself. . . . This is romantic, but not sentimental. It is eloquently done, and the whole--words and pictures--speaks and lingers."--School Library Journal, starred review. Full color.
Daisy 1, 2, 3 (Richard Jackson Books (Atheneum Hardcover))

The twenty Dalmatians in Mrs. Tuttle's obedience class each know who they are -- and so does clever Mrs. Tuttle.
Her assistant, Doris, doesn't have a clue.
Do you?
Cecil's Story (Orchard Paperbacks)

George Ella Lyon

A boy thinks about the possible scenarios that exist for him at home if his father goes off to fight in the Civil War.
Celebrate! Stories Of The Jewish Holiday

Gilda Berger
Dreamplace

George Ella Lyon

While exploring a kiva at Mesa Verde, Colorado, a young girl experiences a dreamy awareness of the lives and culture of the ancient Anasazi.
Kitten Red, Yellow, Blue

Sixteen calico kittens -- the number of colors in a crayon box.
Their mother, Sophie, knows one from another...but how do you think Mrs. Tuttle tells those kittens apart?
Peter Catalanotto's sequel to his Matthew A.B.C. and Daisy 1, 2, 3 invites long looking, counting, and laughing!
No More Pumpkins (Second Grade Friends)

Peter Catalanotto, Pamela Schembri

Emily is tired of pumpkins. At school she and her friend Vincetta Louise have been doing pumpkin math, pumpkin field trips, and pumpkin writing. Can’t they just carve jack-o-lanterns? But even this ends up being an assignment: the kids have to make pumpkin selfportraits.

Then something happens to Emily’s jack-o-lantern, and her friendship with Vinni is tested. The two girls get past their quarrel—but will they ever want to see a pumpkin again?
Book

George Ella Lyon, Peter Catalanotto

A loved book lifts you--comforts, excites, entices. Book, in words and paintings, captures the feeling of opening to page one--for the first of the fiftieth time--and entering the worlds of drama, imagination, and fun promised beyond it. A girl in red flannel pj's reaches toward a panel in the night sky. The panel, one of four, bears a B. Light floods the girl's face, all anticipation, for she is all readers. And then she is inside, inside the B-O-O-K, words streaming toward her, beckoning, circling her, music in their meaning and their sound. A castle, a cave--its walls dancing with wild ponies, one of which joins the girl on her journey--these are passing wonders on the way to the source. Writer and reader meet "as the gate of the book swings wide," a culmination caught in a breathtaking sequence of spreads. Look at the girl on the jacket for a hint of how Book feels, a sensory adventure which ends with a benediction: "May it hold you. May it set you free."
Dylan's Day Out

Peter Catalanotto

"Left home alone one day, Dylan, a bored Dalmatian, steals outside to freedom one morning. . . . The jovial characters . . . leap from the . . . background scenes, inviting readers to fill in the story of this sparsely worded, amusingly playful picture book."--Booklist. Full color.
No Dessert Forever!

George Ella Lyon

Have you ever been blamed for mischief your brother has caused? Did you get mad?
Well, so does the girl in this book about a brother who pesters, and a sister who objects -- big time.
In their spirited words and pictures, favorite friends George Ella Lyon and Peter Catalanotto have a fine time righting the wrong of this familiar family injustice.
Circle Of Thanks

Susi Gregg Fowler

An Alaskan boy and his mother walk through the slushy tundra. When an otter pup slides into the icy river, the boy's mother rushes in to rescue her. This selfless act prompts a chain reaction of rescues from other animals, including Raven, Mother Caribou, and Arctic Fox.
Soda Jerk

Cynthia Rylant

A series of poems spoken by a young soda jerk in a small town as he observes the people and places around him.
Happy Birthday America

Mary Pope Osborne

Bestselling author Mary Pope Osborne takes us through a lively celebration of the Fourth of July in small-town America. Three generations enjoy parades, popcorn, “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” and at the end of the day, lightning bugs and fireworks. “Then I blow out the stars, as if they were candles on a giant birthday cake”—a glorious image in Peter Catalanotto’s glowing illustrations.
A Day at Damp Camp

George Ella Lyon

Two girls find and befriend each other at summer camp. The story is told in 54 words and 27 pairs of rhymes. There is not a sentence in the telling, yet a sly sense is conveyed of camp activities such as swimming, crafts, nature treks, tent raising, and a campfire gather sleeping out.