Central Kansas Library System

A child imagines that he is in a story where he encounters a tiger at every turn.

A most unusual new student who loves to be the center of attention entertains her teacher and fellow second graders by telling absolutely true stories about herself, including how she got her name. Two-time Newbery Medalist Lois Lowry introduces a new girl in class who loves being the center of attention and tells the most entertaining "absolutely true" stories. There's never been anyone like Gooney Bird Greene at Watertower Elementary School. What...

When Little Red Chicken comes home excited about what she learned in school, she explains to Papa that every story has "an elephant of surprise."

"When the children discover a bear at the librarian's desk at story time, they think he's the new librarian. He's not!"--

When Donut the bear is told his story is over and he has to leave, he employs trickery so the story can go on.

"Bruce and the residents of Soggy Hollow tell a spooky story to get into the Halloween spirit"--

Katie's friends have come for a sleepover, and telling a scary story seems like a good idea--until she has a dream about a monster under her bed, and she wakes up to find her lucky kimono missing.

Daniel Tiger and Prince Wednesday are so excited for storytime, but they first must learn how to be calm at the library.

Gerald the elephant tells his best friend Piggie a long, crazy story about how he broke his trunk.

When Max cuts out words from magazines and newspapers, collecting them the way his brothers collect stamps and coins, they all learn about words, sentences, and storytelling.