Books published by publisher Checkerboard Press

I wonder why it gets dark?" asks Christopher. Wise Mrs. Owl knows. She uses a ball for the earth and a flashlight for the sun to explain all about day and night. The JUST ASK series explains the world to your child. In simple words and colorful pictures, these Weekly Reader books answer the questions your youngster loves to ask.

A comprehensive collection of over three-hundred traditional nursery rhymes.

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A rebus version of the fairy tale in which three clever billy goats outwit a big, ugly troll living under the bridge they wish to cross.

Using illustrations and a simple, easy-to-read text, this book explains what a rainbow is and how such phenomena are created

A story that captures the first experience of a young child away from home as little Abigail, staying with her Great Aunt Lavinia, realizes how warm and friendly a strange place can be

In attempting to follow his mother's instructions, a little boy always does the right thing at the wrong time, in this story told in rebus format.

A brief introduction to the history and characteristics of prehistoric mammals in general, and specific descriptions of twelve different kinds.

Four nicely illustrated Christmas classics: The Night Before Christmas, Christmas Joys, The Christmas Snowman, and Noni The Christmas Reindeer.

A rebus version of the folktale in which a tired and hungry little girl, lost in the woods, finds the house of the three bears and helps herself to their food and their beds.

Sam's snowman grows fatter and Sam's mother can't understand why food keeps disappearing from the kitchen each night, until the snowman eats too much, falls asleep, and wakes up to find himself much smaller and too weak to get outside.

Paul and his sister Maureen's determination to own a pony from the herd on Chincoteague Island, Virginia, is greatly increased when the Phantom and her colt are among the ponies rounded up for the yearly auction.