LIBRARY BUILDERS COLLECTIONS Story Collections Big Book of Beginner Books (K-3) The Beginner Books series Nursery Rhyme Collections Make Way for McCloskey: Robert McCloskey has delighted early readers Treasury (PK-3) for over fifty years. These My Book House - In the Nursery (PK-AD) From Make Way for Ducklings to Blueberries fun stories have the perfect This book is a reprint of what was once Volume for Sal, this hardcover volume contains eight of blend of words and pictures 1 of the My Book House series published Robert McCloskey’s acclaimed children’s books. to encourage kids to read all in 1937. This wonderful collection of nursery Stories in this collection include Make Way for by themselves. They make rhymes was gathered from all over the world. Ducklings; Blueberries for Sal; The Doughnuts great read-alouds, too! Each More than 350 nursery rhymes and children’s from Homer Price; Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man; hardcover book contains poems are featured with colored and/or black Lentil; Ever So Much More So from Centerburg the complete text and art- and white illustrations that remind me of the old Tales; Time of Wonder; and One Morning in work of six individual Beginner Books titles, all “Dick and Jane” style of pictures. This book is Maine. These classic stories contain the original packaged into one convenient, money-saving vol- an unabridged reprint and includes Japanese lul- text and artwork, and biographical informa- ume. Except where noted, each volume features labies, native American songs, Russian rhymes, tion provides insight into McCloskey’s enduring books by a variety of authors and/or illustrators. and Mother Goose stories, from authors such as legacy in the world of children’s literature. See below for specific titles in each volume. Robert Louis Stevenson and Christina Rossetti. Oversized. 144 pgs, hc. ~ Lisa EACH BOOK . 16.99 11 .95 The table of contents is shown in alphabetical 001614 . 26.00 17 .95 069005 ☼Big Aqua Book (PK-2) order rather than page order, which makes it Includes the following Dr. Seuss titles: Cat in easier to find specific titles. I remember some of James Herriot’s Treasury for Children (PK-3) the Hat Comes Back, There’s a Wocket in My these from my childhood, but there are many I’ve Enjoy 8 charming animal stories from the Pocket!, Oh Say Can You Say?, and Please never read before. Enjoy sharing these with your author of All Creatures Great and Small. Set in Try to Remember the First of Octember!, children! 224 pgs, pb. ~ Donna Yorkshire, England, you’ll read about an aban- along with Robert Lopshire’s New Tricks 027648 . 19.99 13 .95 doned kitten finding a home, a dog who only I Can Do!, and Al Perkins’s Hand, Hand, barked once in his life, as well as stories about Fingers, Thumb. My Book House - Story Time (PK-AD) horses, cows and sheep. These stories have a 022453 Big Blue This second book was Volume 2 of the My Book pleasantly calm, nostalgic feel and are accom- Are You My Mother?; Best Nest; A Fly Went House series. It is an illustrated collection of more panied by beautiful illustrations, making this a By; Go, Dog, Go!; It’s Not Easy Being a than 75 tales from folklore around the world, wonderful bedtime story treasury for your little Bunny; and Put Me in the Zoo . featuring authors such as Aesop, Lear, Tolstoy, animal lover. 272 pgs, hc. – Laura 022477 Big Green and others. The book begins with “The Little Red 014837 . 24.99 16 .95 Includes the following Dr. Seuss titles: Great Hen and the Grain of Wheat,” an English folk tale Day for Up, I Am NOT Going to Get Up about the importance of hard work. Other favorites James Herriot’s Treasury of Inspirational Today!, I Wish That I Had Duck Feet, Maybe include “The City Mouse and the Country Mouse” Characters for Children (PK-6) You Should Fly a Jet! Maybe You Should Be and the story of Noah’s Ark. Along with the well- The warm hues in these a Vet!, Wacky Wednesday, and Would You known are quite a number of stories that are lesser magnificent illustrations bring Rather Be a Bullfrog? known. Illustrations are a mix of both color and this collection alive. Read 059999 Big Orange black and white and reflect the era of the 1937 about Moses the Cat, the Little Includes The Shape of Me and Other Stuff; publication of the original. This 224-page collec- Lost Lamb named Smudge and Ten Apples Up on Top!; Because a Little Bug tion would be a perfect fit for your family library, other funny stories from James went Ka-Choo!; Marvin K. Mooney will You to be shared by all ages. Herriot’s veterinarian practice Please Go Now!; and In a People House. 027661 . 19.99 13 .95 in Yorkshire, England. Your 022478 Big Purple children might decide that they want to be vets Includes the following titles, all written or Children’s Treasuries (PK-AD) too! This treasury is hardbound and comes with illustrated by P.D. (or son Peter) Eastman: A What a charming a beautiful dust cover. You and your children Fish Out of Water, Snow, I’ll Teach My Dog collection of those will store up precious memories as you sit togeth- 100 Words, Flap Your Wings, Big Dog…Little rhymes and stories we er and read James Herriot’s captivating stories. Dog, and Fred and Ted Go Camping. all know so well, and This amazing collection is also available in an 022479 Big Red many we may not. unabridged audio CD format, with the wonder- Digging-est Dog, I Want to Be Somebody Each book has color- ful stories read aloud by the famed voice of Jim New!, Robert the Rose Horse, Sam and the ful, whimsical illus- Dale. Comes on two CDs with a total running Firefly, Stop That Ball!, and Very Bad Bunny. trations that go with time of 1.5 hours. ~ Genevieve 022529 About Me the text giving them 014868 Book . 22.99 15 .95 Includes the following three Dr. Seuss titles: wide appeal. I think 019234 Audio CD . 14.95 10 .75 Foot Book, Eye Book, and Tooth Book. Also they have a bit of a includes Ear Book, Nose Book, and Knee nostalgic look. If you are looking for read-alouds, Aesop’s Fables (PK-AD) Book by other authors. those kind of books with “ear” appeal, then you This comprehensive collection contains over have found them! The sing-song rhythms roll off 200 of Aesop’s famous fables. “Fox and the Read-Aloud Classics (K-6) your tongue. A set of these would make a lovely Grapes,” “Ants and the Grasshopper,” and “Wolf A lovely collection of stories from many well- gift to anyone with small children. Prayers and and the Shepard” are just a few of the tales loved children’s books such as Peter Pan, Call Lullabies have Christian content, but the others featured here. The tales are translated into read- of the Wild, and Black Beauty as well as stand- do not. Each book is 9”x 9” with a different col- able, modern American English, and some are alone stories. Arranged as 10-minute readings ored polka-dotted spine. 28 pgs, pb. ~Sara enhanced by black and white woodcut illustra- (for busy parents) that are likely to serve as EACH TREASURY . 6.95 5 .50 tions by the French artist J. J. Grandville. Scholar salted oats to encourage children to read the 064647 Lullabies (some Christian content) Sam Pickering provides an introduction that entire book. Beautiful illustrations and artwork, 064648 Mother Goose places Aesop’s work in historical and cultural many from the original books, are interspersed 064649 Nursery Rhymes context. Edited and with an afterword by Jack throughout the stories. 230 pgs. hb (with dust 064650 Poems Zipes; bibliography and index included. 288 pgs, cover) ~ Janice 064651 Prayers pb. ~ Lisa 028369 . 14.95 10 .95 064652 Songs 016561 . 5.95 4 .50 See page vi for key to Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act warning labels. Library Builders 1169 ☼Annotated Classic Fairy Tales (1-AD) American Tall Tales (4-8) A sweeping collection of well-known and well- This book contains the fanciful stories of eight leg- loved tales with just a few not-quite-as-familiar endary men of the early American frontier. Young ones thrown in for good measure. These tales and old alike will enjoy the exciting, if slightly exag- (whether we know it or not) form the foundation- gerated, tales of Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Stormalong, al stones of our culture and show up regularly Mike Fink, Davy Crockett, Johnny Appleseed, John in allusions, assumptions, and Disney™ movies. Henry, and Joe Magarac. 112 pgs, pb. ~ Rachel P. This collection has some added features that 043864 . 6.99 5 .25 increase its appeal. Careful annotations (sidebar notes) from a Harvard professor of Germanic ☼Oxford Anthology of Mystery Stories (4-AD) Languages and Literature add historical insight as This collection by Oxford University Press con- well as cultural observations. Reproductions of tains 14 short stories that showcase the works of illustrative artwork from previous publications, a wide variety of mystery writers. Many of the Classic Myths to Read Aloud (K-8) although smallish, include the work of Doré, selections are presented in the classic English In this great book you will find timeless sto- Maxfield Parrish, Dulac, and Arthur Rackham mystery style, and readers should expect to be ries that have been retold through generations.