Steven Kellogg

In this modern version of the children's song, preparations for bedtime include "A-reading we will go, Now to the bath we go! Now off to bed we go!" Printed music on lining papers.

A variation on the familiar song, "This Old Man," in which an increasing number of dogs look for treats.

A collection of eleven previously-published tales of Pinkerton, Jimmy's boa, and other creatures, plus an introduction and a profile of the author/illustrator.

A young llama asks his friends if their mamas are llamas and finds out, in rhyme, that their mothers are other types of animals.

Jimmy's boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm.

A formidable librarian makes readers not only out of the once resistant residents of her small town, but out of a tough-talking, television-watching motorcycle gang as well.

"The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen In recent years, neither the persistent effort to "clean up" the racial epithets in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn nor its consistent use in the classroom have diminished, highlighting the novel's wide-ranging influence and its continued importance in American society. An incomparable adventure story, it is a vignette of...

"If you decide to go to the moon," writes Faith McNulty, "read this book first. It will tellyou how to get there and what to do after youland. The most important part tells you how to get home. Written in the second person, the text allows the reader to participate in every aspect of the journey, from packing ("don't forget your diary and plenty of food") to liftoff (at first you'll feel heavy; don't worry") to traveling thorugh space (where "the...

Jimmy's birthday party at SeaLand turns out to be a big splash when everyone ends up in the big tank.

The well-known jump rope ditty which is built on letters of the alphabet is illustrated with animals from all over the world.