Central Kansas Library System

A small green inchworm is proud of his skill at measuring anything--a robin's tail, a flamingo's nick, a toucan's beak. Then one day a nightingale threatens to eat him hi he cannot measure his song.

Alexander the mouse makes friends with Willy, a toy mouse, and wants to be just like him until he discovers that Willy is to be thrown away.

Although Alexander and his money are quickly parted, he comes to realize all the things that can be done with a dollar.

Told to make a Pilgrim doll for the Thanksgiving display at school, Molly is embarassed when her mother tries to help her out by creating a doll dressed as she herself was dressed before leaving Russia to seek religious freedom.

His family and village swept away by a tidal wave, Jiya learns to live with the ever-present dangers from the sea and volcano.

Peter finds himself stuck with Fudge & Sheila the Cootie Queen for three whole weeks! Will Peter be able to survive the summer? It may not be the vacation of his dreams, but is certainly won't be dull!

Describes the life of the mother of our first president and her relationship with her children.

Tells what stars are, why they twinkle, how constellations were named, how telescopes are used to study stars, and more.

Dissatisfied with its shape, a triangle keeps asking the local shapeshifter to add more lines and angles until it doesn't know which side is up.

When a drought tests the commitment of a mail-order bride from Maine to her new home on the prairie, her stepchildren hope they will be able to remain a family.