After her castle and clothes are destroyed by the dragon, Princess Elizabeth, dressed only in a paper bag, sets out to rescue Prince Ronald, who was taken captive.

Meet Clifford and Emily Elizabeth in the original Clifford book! Clifford is big. Clifford is red. But most of all, Clifford knows how to BE A GOOD FRIEND.

A voice comes to Isaac three times in his dreams and tells him to go to the capital city and look for a treasure under the bridge by the royal palace. Feeling a little foolish perhaps, but determined to see for himself if the dream is true, Isaac sets out on his long journey. What he finds makes a surprising and heart-warming ending to this retelling of a well-known folk tale. In a few words, Cadelcott Medal winner Uri Shulevitz draws a man who is innocent enough to have...

Calabash Cat, a West African cat, sets out one day to find where the world ends. His adventures take him across a desert, grasslands, a jungle, and the ocean, until he finds what he is looking for. Illustrated in the style of the calabash engravers of the country of Chad, James Rumford’s original tale will keep you thinking long after you have closed the covers of this book—about our one world, and about seeking knowledge and finding wisdom.

Having lost her moo, Cow is stuck clucking. The only thing to do is go out and find that moo! Join Cow and her friends as they conduct their vocal barnyard search. Cow tramps through a wheat field and on into the starry night until she is too tired to look any farther. But in the end, Cow and her moo are reunited, and all is well.

Based on a song originally written by Don Schlitz, it tells the story of a young boy learning how to play baseball.

An original tale of Aesop's Fables, it is about a mighty lion who spares the life of a mouse, who in turn is able to repay the favor. It is a story of inner strength.

Otto the robot accompanies his small friend to school and ends up being chased by the entire class when he runs away with their orange juice.

A child called Max plays around his home making "mischief" in a wolf costume one evening. As punishment, his mother sends him to bed without supper. In his room, a mysterious, wild forest and sea grows out of his imagination, and Max sails to the land of the Wild Things. The Wild Things are fearsome-looking monsters, but Max proves to be the fiercest, conquering them by "staring into all their yellow eyes without blinking once", and he is made "the king of all wild thing...

The Carrot Seed tells the story a young boy who plants a carrot seed and tends to it. The little boy listens quietly as his mom, dad, and big brother all tell him "it won't come up." The little boy continues to tend his carrot seed until a large carrot erupts from the ground and the little boy wheels it away.

Peter's Chair is the story of a boy named Peter whose parents have just had a new baby. Peter walks around the house and notices that his parents are fussing with the new baby and painting his baby furniture pink! Peter's jealousy caused him to make a serious decision. He packs some things, including his little chair which he is determined his parents will not paint pink, and decides to run away. Peter sits in his chair just outside the house to think a bit. Just then ...

Would you believe that Ralph the dog can talk? Yip, yip, yip--it's true! With bestselling author Lois Ehlert's simple, funny, call-and-response text and bold, playful collage illustrations, this fresh, young book is sure to get little ones laughing (and talking to their dogs!)

Moffatt's textured-paper collage illustrations and Marzollo's easy text bring this beginning reader to life. The story presents just enough facts about the life cycle of a caterpillar to interest young students. The extra-large print and short sentences will enable first graders to read it alone. It is told in the caterpillar's light voice, "I visit flowers. I drink nectar. Yum!".

Eric Carle brings to life Aesop's fables with his gorgeous illustrations and charming retelling of the classic stories. Designed to engage and delight readers of all ages, this collection contains some of Aesop's most timeless tales. Beautifully reissued, this new book has all the enchantment of Eric Carle's art plus traditional morals of the fables.

Aesop's fables have been around for centuries, and most readers have heard various versions of them all, especially the one about the turtle racing the hare. By choosing it as the title of his book, and changing it to THE RABBIT AND THE TURTLE, Eric Carle welcomes the reader into his collection and gives it a comfortably modern tone that echoes throughout the book, not only in the storytelling but in the vivid tissue paper collages that fill the pages. As in the original...

The book is about a young girl who overhears a box of crayons talking in not such a nice way about each other. She buys the crayons and makes a picture and the crayons see that they are all beautiful when they make a picture.