This is a book that is full of wonderful pictures. Horace the elephant is turning eleven and decides to have birthday costume party. The party has games and a big feast at the end. Once the games are over the all go to eat and discover the food is gone. The hunt begins to find out who at all of the food.

A young boy is terrified of what could be in his closet. After investigating he finds out that the monster are not at all scary.

Fly Away Home is the story of a father and son who make a home inside of an airport. The story is told from the son's point of view. He shares how they make it day to day, how they eat, sleep and shower, and their friends. He tells of how he wishes they were able to leave the airport to a place of their own.

This is a book from a series of Little Critter books. He is a young kid who spends the day at the beach with his grandma. The book tells about how they got to the beach, what they did at the beach and how they got home.

The Story of Deborah Sampson, tells of how she entered into the army during the 1700s disguised as a man. The book tells of how she dealt with the hardships and challenges of keeping her secret a secret.

How Many Days to America, tells the story of Cuban refugees who must leave their old life behind and travel to the United States. It tells of the hardships that they face and how the people finally make it to America in time for Thanksgiving.

This is the story of cause and effect. It tells of a boy who does one thing for a little mouse, which turns into a full cycle of cause and effect.

Beatrice is a young child who does not like the library. She goes with her brother and one day she is introduced to the right book that grabs her attention. She realizes that the library isn't that bad.

This book tells the story of a young boy who is thrown into an unfamiliar world an told that he must learn a new way to live. This book can be used to show how other people deal with issues of being different. It can be used to compare and contrast the right and wrong things to do.

I really enjoy reading her books. She has a lesson that goes beyond the basic children's stories. In this book Patricia Polacco tells the story of how she learned to love reading with the help of her elementary school teacher.

Mr. Lincoln's Way is the story of a young boy who learns about adversity through his elementary school principal. It deals woth prejudice in a way that can help with any kind of situation.

This books tells the memiories of a young girl with two mothers. She tells of all the wonderful memories she has of her home life, siblings, and her neighborhood. Although her and her two siblings grew up with two mothers they were the same as any other loving family.

When the worker ants take a trip to get giant crystals for the queen ant, two ants are so amazed by the new world they decide to stay behind. After the morning comes the ants soon realize that the new world is filled with many dangerous. things.

This informational book tells how grow, eat and live. It shows realist pictures and details.

The Other Side tells the story of Clover and Anne. They are seperated by a fence that seperates more than the town they live in. One side black, the other side white. After being told to not cross the fence they each work up enough courage to start talking to each other.

While Elbert is attending an elegant garden party he comes across a new mysterious word, it is not until he uses it that he realizes that it is a bad word. Once he gets into trouble and is introduced to new good words he learns how to use them properly.

Calvin gets a chance to see Lomax the Magician on his birthday whit this best friend Rodney. Once home Calvin and Rodney decide to hypnotize Calvin's little sister Trudy into a dog. After caring for having a hard time changing her back Calvin and Rodney try everything to get her back to normal.

Jessica is the friend of Ruthie and they do everything together. Ruthie's parents do not believe that Jessica is real, once Ruthie begins school her parents try and convince her that she needs to make real friends.

After Lilly's gets a new baby brother, he is know, The Baby of the World. Lilly has certain feelings that she can must learns how to deal with, once she gets a visit from her Cousin Garland, she learns how to ultimately love her new baby brother.

The story of Lilly's Big Day invites children to share in the excitement about Mr. Slinger's wedding. Lilly wants to be chosen as the flower girl. She practices and gives hints to Mr. Slingers She finds out that she in fact will not be the chosen flower girl. When it is time for the big day, Lily's is there to save it when it starts to go down.

This is a wordless picture book that can be used to introduce and help students with connecting words with the real world. It uses animals, people, flowers and structures.

The story of a woman, Diane Wilson, who takes matters into her own hands about the polluted environment, where she is living.

This book tells of a young girl who gets angry. The story tshows how she deals with her feelings in a positive way.

Ten, nine, eight is a bedtime story that counts down from 10 to . The little girl counts different things around her room before she is tucked into bed.

Trixie is so excited to share her favorite stuffed animal at school. When she gets there she soon finds out that she is not the only one with a favorite pal.

The story of a maid and her mouse friend who decide to add to their lovely odd shaped house and in the end finds an unexpected surprise. The book using different shapes, colors and wild words to help draw out the twist and turns of building the house.

Good Day, Good Night showcases the day and evening using animals and the places around them.

A young girl finds out that here birthday falls on Yom Kippur. Minne tries to figure out exactly how the holiday is celebrated and how she will spend her birthday. Along the way she learns a few interesting things about herself and the holiday.

A child gets ready to go to sleep and says goodnight to every object in the room, great book for young children, bedtime story. Good for teaching vocabulary.