Here’s a creature who definitely moves to the beat of her own drummer. Every night, the Baby BeeBee Bird lets loose a cacophony of raucous noise that drives the other zoo animals batty! Finally, the zoo residents get together and teach the loud youngster that nighttime is really best for sleeping.

Best friends, Turtle and Spottie spend all their time together. They go to the gym, plant a garden, and enjoy scary movies. But they don’t always think alike, so compromise is the solution. Divided into chapters, this storybook can be read aloud at one time or over several occasions.

An old standby about friendship, this story introduces Charlie Rooster, Fat Percy the Pig, and Johnny Mouse, a tight-knit bunch of friends who are constant companions. But even best friends can’t do everything together, and so the book ends with each of them dreaming of independent adventures.

An old standby about friendship, this story introduces Charlie Rooster, Fat Percy the Pig, and Johnny Mouse, a tight-knit bunch of friends who are constant companions. But even best friends can’t do everything together, and so the book ends with each of them dreaming of independent adventures.

Look in your library for this longtime favorite among “rock hounds” who love to search for interesting stones. Baylor’s ten rules for finding the perfect rock will suit any collector. Rule #8: “. . . if your rock is going to be special it should look good by itself in the bathtub.”

A blend of poetic text and hand-tinted photographs transform common stones into prized possessions. Rocks are for skipping, splashing, climbing, and wishing. Some rocks even work well as tools for drawing on sidewalks. This quiet gem invites young readers to ponder over the possibilities.

Angel’s stepfather has announced that he is taking the family to Greece to visit his parents. Angel, “the worrier,” has a lot on her mind. Will she survive the airplane trip? Will she be able to communicate with her grandparents who don’t speak English? In this sixth book of Delton’s popular series, Angel’s worries turn into fun adventures.

A trip to the market is how most bakers buy the ingredients for an apple pie, but not in this book. Readers will take a delicious trip around the world to gather the finest foods. First, your students will board a steamship to Europe to gather Italian semolina and elegant French eggs. Then they’ll coast to Sri Lanka and trek deep into the rain forest for cinnamon. After hitching a ride back to England for milk, they’ll dock in Jamaica for sugarcane and parachute into a Vermont orchard to pick …

Before she was called the old Lupine Lady, she was known as Miss Rumphius. But long before that, she was simply Alice, a small girl who lived in a city by the sea. After listening to Grandfather’s stories of places near and far, Alice dreams of traveling to those places — and beyond. Grandfather tells Alice to make the world a more beautiful place as well. After many years of adventure-filled travel, she settles in a house by the sea. Students will enjoy globetrotting with Miss Rumphius and finding out …

Inspired by a passage from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, this story follows two bear friends who take different “routes” to get to the town of Fitchburg. Henry decides to walk, while his friend plans to work to earn the train fare. Each turn of the page offers a look at two different ways to reach the same goal. This book also includes information on Thoreau, his writings, and his literary friends, such as Louisa May Alcott and Ralph Waldo Emerson, whose names are used as characters.