Books in Rainbow Reading My Body series

In this poignant story, the counting rope is a metaphor for the passage of time and for a boy's emerging confidence facing his greatest challenge: blindness. While classified as an Indian story, the love, hope, and courage expressed are universal.--Booklist, starred review. Full color.

Titles include I Look Pretty, Fun, Riding on the Train, Harriet Tubman, and By Myself.

Kenny dreams of a fabulous land where he would like to live always, and in his search for it discovers many things about himself and about growing up. ‘An unusual, imaginative story . . . in which reality blends with make-believe.’ —SLJ. 1956 Children's Spring Book Festival Honor Book (NY Herald Tribune)

Old Max never suspects the true source of his shop's financial success.

A tiny pig is granted his wish which leads to an almost perfect life.

A spider has made her home among the green hills and valleys of a lettuce leaf. It is a perfect den, just the right size, with a dewdrops pool nearby that will catch moths on moonlit nights. How is the spider to know that the lady intends to eat that very lettuce for lunch one day?

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Looking for some diversion, a bored rancher drives to the town of Sleepy Gulch, little knowing that some amazing things are happening to his wife and ranch during his absence.

A little girl and her friend must pass a water hole, desert, river, and trading post -- all teeming with wild animals -- on their imaginative trip to school. "Exudes light and warmth." -- School Library Journal.

Two children play in their backyard during a rainy day.

Dolores learns to curb some of her more smothering tendencies and wins the affection of her new pet cat, Duncan.

Pig William must use his vivid imagination to create his own good times when, despite warnings to hurry up, he misses the picnic with his brothers

Archibald Frisby, mad about science and wise beyond his years, is sent to camp to have fun and ends up broadening the horizons of his fellow campers.