Central Kansas Library System

Brief rhymes for each letter of the alphabet, accompanied by longer explanatory text, present features of Kansas.

"Phileas Fogg's bet that he can span the world in eighty days takes him by train, ship, sled, and elephant across ninettenth-century India, China, and America in one of the wittiest, most enjoyable classics of all time."--P. [4] of cover.

Left alone by her Indian tribe when they decide to sail to the east, Karana, a young Indian girl, lives on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, where she spends eighteen years, surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance. Year after year she waits for the ship to return but it never does. Finally she realizes she must make a fateful choice: follow her people on her own or remain alone fo rthe rest of her life....

Goodnight to each of the objects in the great green room: goodnight chairs, goodnight comb, goodnight air.

In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable set in the African Serengeti, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when she rescues the King of the Jungle.

Describes the cycle of myths about the Argonauts and the quest for the Golden Fleece, as well as the tales of the Creation of Heaven and Earth, the labors of Hercules, Theseus and the Minotaur, etc. Enter a world where harpies torment mortals, the Argonaut Orpheus sings, the mighty god Zeus wages war on the Titans, and Prometheus steals fire. Author Padraic Colum weaves the tales of Jason and his Argonauts with classic Greek mythology to create this...

GO ON A MOVIE-MAKING JOURNEY OF EPIC PROPORTIONS IN THE WIMPY KID MOVIE DIARY: THE NEXT CHAPTER 

Making a movie is a lot like going on a road trip. There are twists and turns and lots of surprises along the way.

Hit the road with author and illustrator Jeff Kinney and get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the latest 20th Century Fox movie, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul.

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In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.

The charming, viral video of a Scottish grandmother immensely enjoying this book while reading it to a baby has thankfully brought The Wonky Donkey story back into print. Children and grownups alike will be in fits of laughter with this amusing, cumulative, read-aloud rhyming tale of an endearing donkey that has just a few quirks. Based on a song that author Craig Smith wrote after being inspired by a joke he heard, the book is colorfully illustrated...

Follow along as eleven different dinosaur children and their prehistoric parents give a big kiss, turn out the light, tuck in their tails, and whisper "good night."