So Say the Little Monkeys

Children's Books

Nancy Van Laan

Education & Reference

Houghton Mifflin School

A rhythmic read-aloud tale describing a chain of events set in motion when a big fat bird tries to eat a big fat worm.

The Big Fat Worm

Knopf Books for Young Readers

Illus. in full color. "While Granny is a-rockin' and a-knittin' and Ma's a-cookin' and Pa's a-fixin', that old possum in his top hat and vest just keeps on knocking. The narrator, a redheaded boy, tries to tell family members about the possum, and when the family checks, the possum hides. Should be popular with story-hour groups."--Booklist.

Possum Come A-Knockin'

Humor

Busy, Busy Moose

It is fall, and Beaver must make his winter house. Squirrel must hide acorns. Rabbit must gather bark and twigs. But Moose has nothing busy to do. How can Moose feel useful and important too? Set in the secure world of the woods, these gentle stories for beginning readers reveal the promise of enterprise in us all, as the winsome Moose sets out to find just what a Moose is good at doing.

Animals

HMH Books for Young Readers

Where oh where do the leaves all go when winter comes and the cold winds blow? What happens to fish, flowers, field mice, and other living things when ponds freeze and the air turns blustery? Walk with a curious child and his parents as winter's first snow falls and find out....

When Winter Comes

Scholastic. Inc.

A Mouse In My House

Possum Come a-Knockin

A Trumpet Club Special Edition

An illustrated children's book (Estimated ages 8-11). From back cover: "Here are twenty-five beautifully illustrated stories, songs, and poems from over twenty Native American tribes. Included are: a creation myth of the Lenape tribe called "The Earth on Turtle's Back", which tells how land was created. There's "Coyote and the Blackbirds", a hilarious story from the Pueblo about a conceited coyote who gets his comeuppance. "How Possum Got His Skinny Tale" is a Cherokee tale about a Possum who brags of his beautiful tail so much that the other animals steal it from him. Then there is "The Corn Song" from the Dine, which celebrates the food that is the tribe's staff of life. While some stories are funny and others are poetic, each is interesting and uniquly connected to its tribe through tradition, history and geography.

IN A CIRCLE LONG AGO: A Treasury of Native Lore from North America

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

scholastic

Tickle Tum!

Aladdin Paperbacks

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