Central Kansas Library System

Overview: Enter the world of Little Bear. Children will be entranced by Little Bear's trip to the moon, his birthday party, and his wishes and adventures. This is the first of the five classic books about Little Bear, introducing the funny and strikingly childlike bear cub and his friends. The combination of Else Holmelund Minarik's simple, yet eloquent, stories and Maurice Sendak's warm, tender illustrations have made this beloved character an enduring...

A little bird asks animals, planes, and boats, "Are you my mother?" until he finds his own mother.

Pairs of rhyming words are introduced and used in simple sentences, such as "Day. Play. We play all day. Night. Fight. We fight all night.".

Five tales recounting the adventures of two best friends - Frog and Toad.

Five further adventures of two best friends, Frog and Toad, as they share cookies, plant a garden, and test their bravery.

An easy-to-read introduction to eleven different dinosaurs--their size, their diet, the pronunciation of their names, and their distinctive characteristics.

A novice wood carver is momentarily defeated when people laugh at the result of a winter of work.

Shortly after the Civil War, a black family travels to Kansas to take advantage of the free land offered through the Homestead Act.

Determined to prove that the cow he meets is really a moose, Morris the moose enlists the help of a rather confused deer and horse.

Buzby the cat takes a job at a hotel as a busboy and creates all kinds of havoc before he ends up in a special job created just for him.