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Books in Greenwillow Read-Alone series

  • Six New Students

    Franz Brandenberg

    Hardcover (William Morrow & Co, Oct. 1, 1978)
    Despite his plans to dislike all his subjects, Ferdinand Fieldmouse finds that his first day at school is not as bad as he expected
    M
  • Bullfrog grows up

    Rosamond Dauer

    Paperback (Greenwillow Books, March 15, 1976)
    A family of mice raises a card-playing, bath-taking tadpole who as a bullfrog begins to eat alarming amounts.
  • It's a Gingerbread House: Bake It, Build It, Eat It!

    Vera B. Williams

    Hardcover (William Morrow & Co, Oct. 1, 1978)
    Grandpa's Christmas present includes step-by-step directions for making a delightful gingerbread house and for devouring it
    M
  • Mind Your Manners

    Peggy Parish, Marylin Hafner

    Hardcover (William Morrow & Co, Oct. 1, 1978)
    A simple, considerate guide to basic manners takes into account the capabilities and perceptions of children
    K
  • Seeing is believing

    Elizabeth Shub

    Hardcover (Greenwillow Books, Aug. 16, 1979)
    Two stories about Tom and the piskies, "The Leprechaun's Trick" and "Pisky Mischief."
  • Rainy Rainy Saturday

    Jack Prelutsky, Marylin Hafner

    Library Binding (Greenwillow Books, Sept. 1, 1980)
    "Fourteen poems center loosely around experiences that tend to happen when it's too wet to go out. A most pleasing diversion for times when such things count."--Booklist.
    O
  • How the Forest Grew

    William Jaspersohn, Chuck Eckart

    Library Binding (Greenwillow, Sept. 1, 1989)
    Describes the gradual transformation of a cleared farm field into a dense forest
    K
  • The Pancake

    Anita Lobel

    Hardcover (William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1978)
    A pancake leaps from the pan and outrolls the woman, her children, and several other creatures, until it is outwitted by a pig
    K
  • Turtle spring

    Lillian Hoban

    Unknown Binding (Greenwillow Books, March 15, 1978)
    The Turtle family is puzzled by a very strange bump under the lettuce bed in their garden.
    K
  • A Mad Wet Hen and Other Riddles

    Joseph Low

    Hardcover (William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1977)
    A collection of riddles for beginning readers.
    O
  • The Tale of Thomas Mead

    Pat Hutchins

    Hardcover (William Morrow & Co, Oct. 1, 1980)
    Thomas refuses to learn to read and gets into trouble when he fails to read signs like "Exit," "Danger," and "Ladies."
    H
  • King Rooster, Queen Hen

    Anita Lobel

    Hardcover (Greenwillow Books, Aug. 16, 1975)
    The rooster and the hen set off in a mice-drawn shoe to proclaim themselves king and queen.