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<<< 1 2 3 4 5 >>>     sort list by author | publication date City by the Bay A Magical Journey Around San Francisco Tricia Brown The Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, Union Square, Chinatown -- these are just a sampling of the San Francisco landmarks featured in this magical journey around the fabled city by the bay. Each famous location is brought vividly to life by fanciful... The Crows of Pearblossom Aldous Huxley Written in 1944 by Aldous Huxley as a Christmas gift for his niece, The Crows of Pearblossom tells the story of Mr. and Mrs. Crow, who live in a cottonwood tree. The hungry Rattlesnake that lives at the bottom of the tree has a nasty habit of... Every You, Every Me David Levithan A powerful exploration of those intense relationships we form in high school, relationships we assume (no, not assume, know) will define our lives. And those assumptions are always wrong. This realization tears apart a group of friends as they try to... Fantastic Mr. Fox Roald Dahl Mr. Fox is surrounded, and he’s going to have to come up with a truly fantastic plan to dig himself out of trouble this... Fly High, Fly Low 50th Anniversary Edition Don Freeman Sid the pigeon is very choosy about finding just the right home in the magnificent city of san Francisco. And find it he does, in the loop of a huge b in an electric sign high up on a skyscraper. sid's view of san Francisco is without equal. so sid... Fly High, Fly Low Sid the pigeon is very choosy about finding just the right home in the magnificent city of San Francisco. And find it he does, in the loop of a huge "b" in an electric sign high up on a skyscraper. Sid’s view of San Francisco is without equal. so Sid... George's Marvelous Medicine Roald Dahl George’s grouchy grandma needs a taste of her own medicine, and George knows just the right ingredients to put into... Go the F**k to Sleep Adam Mansbach "Total genius." --Jonathan Lethem, author of Motherless Brooklyn, father of two"A children's book for grown-ups! I really did laugh out loud--hilarious!"--David Byrne, musician, father of one"I wish this book had been around during my daughter's... Going Solo Roald Dahl Going Solo is the action-packed tale of Roald Dahl’s exploits as a World War II pilot. Learn all about his encounters with the enemy, his worldwide travels, the life-threatening injuries he sustained in a plane accident, and the rest of his sometimes... Green Eggs and Ham An I Can Read It All by Myself Book Dr. Seuss Sam-I-Am mounts a determined campaign to convince another Seuss character to eat a plate of green eggs and... Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie The author of The Satanic Verses returns with his most humorous and accessible novel yet. This is the story of Haroun, a 12-year-old boy whose father Rashid is the greatest storyteller in a city so sad that it has forgotten its name. When the gift of... Hokey Pokey Jerry Spinelli Welcome to Hokey Pokey. A place and a time, when childhood is at its best: games to play, bikes to ride, experiences to be had. There are no adults in Hokey Pokey, just kids, and the laws governing Hokey Pokey are simple and finite. But when one of... How to Behave and Why Munro Leaf "No matter where you are or who you are, there are four main things that you have to do if you want to make good friends and keep them. You have to be HONEST You have to be FAIR You have to be STRONG and you have to be WISE And there is no... I Want My Hat Back Jon Klassen The bear's hat is gone, and he wants it back. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they have seen it. Each animal says no, some more elaborately than others. But just as the bear begins to despond, a deer... <<< 1 2 3 4 5 >>>