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When I Am Old With You
Angela Johnson, David Soman
Paperback (Scholastic Inc., March 1, 1993)"A small child imagines a future when he will be old with his Granddaddy and will sit beside him in a rocking chair and talk about everything...The poignant reality that time will never allow these two to coexist at the same age is softened by the fact that they do not have to be the same age in order to share happy times...The African American child and grandfather are...recognizable to anyone who has ever shared the bond of family love across generations." - School Library Journal, starred review
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My Mama Had A Dancing Heart
Libba Gray, Libba Moore Gray, Raul Colon, Raúl Colón
Paperback (Scholastic Inc., Sept. 1, 1999)"In spring, summer, fall and winter, a mother leads her young daughter in dancing a celebratory ballet, a hymn to the season. When the girl is older, she is a ballerina and remembers that her mother gave her a dancing heart.... [An] exuberant celebration of dance." - School Library Journal, starred review
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Somebody And The Three Blairs
Marilyn Tolhurst, Simone Abel
Paperback (Scholastic, Sept. 1, 1994)In a reversal of the Goldilocks story, a bear explores the home of the three Blairs while they are out
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Do Like Kyla
Angela Johnson, James Ransome
Paperback (Scholastic Inc., Sept. 1, 1993)A little girl imitates her big sister Kyla all day, until in the evening Kyla imitates her.
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Annie, Bea, and Chi Chi Dolores: A School Day Alphabet
Donna Maurer, Denys Cazet
Paperback (Orchard Books, March 1, 1998)Illustrations and simple text present young animals going through a day's activities at school, including counting, follow the leader, making music, painting, and snack time
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Come a Tide
George Ella Lyon, Stephen Gammell
Paperback (Orchard Books, March 1, 1993)A girl provides a lighthearted account of the spring floods at her rural home.
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Insects Are My Life
Megan Mcdonald
Paperback (Scholastic, Sept. 1, 1997)Amanda Frankenstein's enthusiasm for insects annoys family and friends and definitely sets her apart, until she meets a girl named Maggie, who is crazy for reptiles
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Children Of Christmas
Cynthia Rylant, S.D. Schindler
Paperback (Scholastic, Sept. 1, 1993)"These five stellar stories . . . can be read aloud or silently, alone or in a group, at Christmas or in July, and by adults or children. . . . Ordinary places (and) . . . ordinary people . . . suddenly become extraordinary. . . . Unforgettable fiction."--The Horn Book, starred review.
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Never Spit On Your Shoes
Denys Cazet
Paperback (Scholastic, Sept. 1, 1993)Arnie returns home from his first day of first grade to tell his mother all about his exhausting experiences, describing the hardship of abiding by rules and sitting still in a desk chair, as well as the fun of making a new friend
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When Africa Was Home
Karen Lynn Williams, Floyd Cooper
Paperback (Scholastic, March 1, 1994)After returning to the United States, Peter's whole family misses the warmth and friendliness of their life in Africa; so Peter's father looks for another job there.
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Counting Our Way To Maine
Maggie Smith
Paperback (Scholastic, March 1, 1999)Beginning readers learn to count up to twenty in this lively tale of travel as a family journeys to their summer vaction home in Maine. Reprint.
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Iktomi And The Buffalo Skull
Paul Goble
Paperback (Scholastic, Sept. 1, 1996)Iktomi, the Plains Indian trickster, interrupts a powwow of the Mouse People and gets his head stuck in a buffalo skull. Asides and questions printed in italics may be addressed by the storyteller to listeners, encouraging them to make their own remarks about the action.Iktomi, the Plains Indian trickster, interrupts a powwow of the Mouse People and gets his head stuck in a buffalo skull, and his wife must come to his aid
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