Spoken Arts.

After a few false starts, Teeka discovers the best way to get Santa's reindeer ready for Christmas Eve.

Rhymed text (crunch, munch, caterpillars lunch) presents a toddler's view of creatures found in the grass from lunchtime till nightfall, such as bees, ants, and moles. If you were a fuzzy caterpillar crawling through the tall, tall grass on a sunny afternoon, what would you see? To find out, just follow the tiny tour guide as he inches his way through the pages of this book. You'll see ants and bees and birds--hip-hopping bunnies too. You'll even...

A wolf learns to read in order to impress a group of farmyard animals he has met.

The real-life, classic story of a dyslexic girl and the teacher who would not let her fail. A perfect gift for teachers and for reading students of any age. Patricia Polacco is now one of America's most loved children's book creators, but once upon a time, she was a little girl named Trisha starting school. Trisha could paint and draw beautifully, but when she looked at words on a page, all she could see was jumble. It took a very special teacher...

"When Nicki drops his white mitten in the snow, he goes on without realizing that it is missing. One by one, woodland animals find it and crawl in; first, a curious mole, then a rabbit, a badger and others, each one larger than the last. Finally, a big brown bear is followed in by a tiny brown mouse and what happens next makes for a wonderfully funny climax. As the story of the animals in the mitten unfolds, the reader can see Nicki in the boarders...

The most important anthology of American poetry ever recorded, this essential document is now available in three volumes from Recorded Books, digitally remastered with introductions and brief poet biographies. This volume includes works from the following poets: Edgar Lee Masters, James Weldon Johnson, Gertrude Stein, Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, Wallace Stevens, Witter Bynner, Max Eastman, William Carlos Williams, Louis Untermeyer, Ezra Pound, William...

In the "Hat,", when Lisa hangs her woolen cothes in the sun to air them ouf ro winter, the hedgehog, to the amusement of the other animals, ends up wearing a stocking on his head. In the "Umbrella." Carlos goes into the cloud forest to look for animals, but he manages to miss seeing them even though they have an adventure with his umbrella. In "Gingerbread baby," a young boy and his mother bake a gingerbread baby that excapes from their oven and...

A young girl's dream of attending school in her small Ugandan village is fulfilled after her family is given an income-producing goat. Based on a true story about the work of Project Heifer.

Presents the well-known poem about an important Christmas visitor.

Based on the book Aunt Chip and the great Triple Creek dam affair by Patricia Polacco: When the town of Triple Creek first built a huge TV tower, Aunt Chip took to her bed, promising, "there will be consequences." Now, 50 years later, the townspeople are so obsessed with their televisions that they are oblivious to everything else. Based on the book The best story by Eileen Spinelli: The Red Brick Library was having a contest: Write the Best Story...