Kindergarten and First Graders

A child describes the many wonderful things about "my dad," who can jump over the moon, swim like a fish, and be as warm as toast.

Readers can discover the secrets of the endangered sea horse--one of nature's most mysterious fish.

Emily paints four pictures and enters one in the first-grade art contest, but the judge interprets Emily's entry as a rabbit instead of a dog.

Crocodile Guji Guji was raised by a family of ducks. One day he met 3 crocodiles who told him that he was not a duck. They asked Guji Guji to help them trap ducks. Guji Guji then tricked the crocodiles and saved duck family.

Impatient to begin reading, a first-grader doesn't realize that there is more to reading than books.

A collection of nursery rhymes, both familiar and lesser known, illustrated with photographs in a city setting.

A young worm discovers, day by day, that there are some very good and some not so good things about being a worm in this great big world.

In illustrations and rhyme, this book describes the dancing of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, one of the most famous tap dancers of all time.

Rhyming text describes the many sounds associated with an airplane flight and what they mean. Includes a section with more facts about airplanes.

Kiri, a Japanese American girl who loves to draw and paint, tries to use the origami set she received for her birthday. Includes instructions for making an origami butterfly.

A young girl watches as the activities across the street from her bus stop become a circus.

A mother and child watch as tadpoles develop and grow into frogs.

When Kate and her parents visit the animal shelter, an adorable puppy charms them, but it is very hard to leave an older dog behind.

Celebrates being Bold, All Bliss Boy, All Bad Boy Beast, Boy Running, Boy Jumping, Boy Sitting Down, and being in Love With Being a Boy.

Learn what it's like to come face-to-face with some of the dinosaurs that once roamed the Earth through these "actual-size" illustrations.

This book is about a book. A magical red book without any words. When you turn the pages you'll experience a new kind of adventure through the power of story.

Home alone with a stomachache while the family works in the fields, a young girl faces up to the horrifying Boo Hag that her brother warned her about.

From blueberries to vanilla, indigenous foods of the Americas are celebrated in this collection of haiku, which also includes information about each food's origins.

By the time Sumi finishes her first day of school, she decides that school is not as lonely, scary, or mean as she had thought.

At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins fall in love and start a family by taking turns sitting on an abandoned egg until it hatches.

An introduction to young readers to the world of the turkey vulture.

Three easy-to-read stories reveal the close friendship between Dog and Bear.

Introduces the letters of the alphabet while telling what happened at kindergarden when Miss Bindergarten was too ill to come to school.

On a cold winter night many animals gather to party in the cave of a sleeping bear, who then awakes and protests that he has missed the food and the fun.

When Gerald the Elephant is sad, Piggie is determined cheer him up, but finds after many tries that it only takes the simplest thing to change Gerald's mood.

A Chinese American child fears that the food her parents are preparing to sell on the Fourth of July will not be eaten.

The making of "Show ways," or quilts which once served as secret maps for freedom-seeking slaves, is a tradition passed from mother to daughter in the author's family.

Mother and child ponder the different ways a dinosaur can say goodnight, from slamming his tail and pouting to giving a big hug and kiss.