Central Kansas Library System

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...

Celie is a poor black woman whose letters tell the story of 20 years of her life, beginning at age 14 when she is being abused and raped by her father and attempting to protect her sister from the same fate, and continuing over the course of her marriage to "Mister," a brutal man who terrorizes her. Celie eventually learns that her abusive husband has been keeping her sister's letters from her and the rage she feels, combined with an example of love...

Words and music describe different emotions in terms of color, as when everything is rosy when one feels joyful, then remind the reader that everyone experiences this same rainbow of emotions.

Pete the cat's school day is recounted in this twist on the classic song.

A concert gets out of hand when the animals at the neighboring zoo storm the stage and play the instruments themselves.

Pete the cat wears his school shoes when visiting the library, the lunchroom, the playground, and more while singing his special song.

A collection of ten classic children's songs, accompanied by illustrations from Tomie dePoala.

Elmo and his beloved blue blanket are inseparable. When Oscar carelessly tosses the fuzzy blanket into his trash can, Elmo dives in after it. He is suddenly plunged into Grouchland - the land of Grouches, stinky garbage and the greedy Huxley who hasn't learned how to share.

Get silly with Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber and all their favorite veggie buddies in a hilarious sing-along collection of everyone's favorite VeggieTales tunes! It's their very first sing-along video.