Books with author helen Ketteman

Tattlers and those they tell on will delight in Helen Ketteman and Keith Graves' hilarious spin on the story of how Armadillo's ears came to be so small.When a creeping, peeping tattler gets caught, it's bittersweet sorrow.Especially if the tattler happens to be an armadillo with ears as tall a jackrabbit's and as wide as a steer's horns--an armadillo who can hear anything and everything with his fabulously useful ears.Armadillo Tattletale loves nothing better than eavesdropping on other animals and telling tales about what he hears. Then one fine day Armadillo's friends give him the how-come and why-not of tattle-telling that leaves Armadillo promising never to cause such a ruckus again.Spanish title: Armadillo, el chismoso

This book is specially designed in Amazon's fixed-layout KF8 format with region magnification. Double-tap on an area of text to zoom and read. A blue norther's a-blowing', and Miss Billie Armadilly is hankering to make a pot of chili! Only she needs to fix it all by herself because Tex the tarantula, Mackie the bluebird, and Taffy the horned toad are too busy to lend a hand.

What happens when a heat wave descends on the family farm? Why, the corn stalks turn into popcorn in the fields, flowers pluck themselves and hide under the porch, and the cows jump so much from the hot air that they churn their own milk into butter, that's what! In this delightful tall tale, illustrated by Scott Goto (Shooting Star, Shoeshine Whittaker), a young girl saves the day (and the farm) using her own ingenuity, every crow in Kansas, and a packet of lettuce seeds.

This book is specially designed in Amazon's fixed-layout KF8 format with region magnification. Double-tap on an area of text to zoom and read. All through the school, ghosts go marching, witches go flying, and goblins go groaning with a whole host of other creatures! The teachers and staff are terrified, but of course the students know it's just Halloween fun! Helen Ketteman's verses—written to the counting tune of The Ants Go Marching—make this a rollicking read-aloud, while Adam Record's artwork brings the ghoulish parade to life.

In this Tex-Mex retelling of The Little Gingerbread Man, Senorita Gordita--a little corn cake-- escapes from the frying pan and leads a merry chase. She runs through the desert boasting, "You'll never catch me!" while fleeing from a spider, a rattler, and other hungry creatures "with a flip, and a skip, and a zip-zoom-zip." A fast-paced and wildly illustrated twist on an old favorite.

At the old haunted house In a room with no sun Lived a warty green witch And her wee witchy one. There are all kinds of creatures in the house: a big Ma monster and her wee monsters two, a scrawny black cat and her wee kittens three, a green Pa goblin and his wee goblins four, and more! Count along as the creatures prepare for the Halloween Fright. The text, written in the pattern of the popular poem “Over in the Meadow,” makes reading aloud fun, while the cinematic illustrations set the scene for an unforgettable romp through the old haunted house. Trick or treat!

All through the school, ghosts go marching, witches go flying, and goblins go groaning with a whole host of other creatures! The teachers and staff are terrified, but of course the students know it’s just Halloween fun! Helen Ketteman’s verses―written to the counting tune of The Ants Go Marching―make this a rollicking read-aloud, while Adam Record’s artwork brings the ghoulish parade to life.