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Books in Greenwillow Read-Alone series

  • You Can't Put Braces on Spaces

    Alice Numeroff Richter, Laura Joffe Numeroff

    Hardcover (William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1979)
    His younger brother enviously watches as Neil has braces fitted on his teeth.
    J
  • It's Valentine's Day

    Jack Prelutsky, Yossi Abolafia

    Hardcover (William Morrow & Co, Sept. 1, 1983)
    A collection of Valentine poems including "I Made My Dog a Valentine" and "I Love You More Than Applesauce".
    K
  • Squash Pie

    Wilson Gage, Mary Q. Steele, Glen Rounds

    Hardcover (William Morrow & Co, Sept. 1, 1976)
    A farmer who loves squash pie replants his squash crop after each visit of a persistent nighttime thief
    K
  • Teapot, Switcheroo and Other Silly Word Games

    Ruthven Tremain

    Hardcover (Olympic Marketing Corp, March 1, 1979)
    Presents a variety of word games some of which involve homonyms, root words, spoonerism, pig latin, and palindromes.
  • Truck and loader

    Helen R Haddad

    Hardcover (Greenwillow Books, March 15, 1982)
    Truck and loader, working together, help to build roads, remove trees, and dam a pond for a swimming pool with a sandy beach.
  • A Picnic, Hurrah!

    Franz Brandenberg, Aliki

    Hardcover (William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1978)
    Edward and Elizabeth, the cat siblings, put their ingenuity to work to save their picnic when it rains
    N
  • The Night It Rained Pancakes: Adapted from a Russian Folktale

    Mirra Ginsburg, Douglas Florian

    Hardcover (William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1980)
    Because he wants to keep the pot of gold he found, Ivan must outwit the lord of the manor who wants the gold for himself.
  • Once in a wood: Ten tales from Aesop

    Eve Rice

    Hardcover (Greenwillow Books, March 15, 1979)
    A retelling of 10 fables by Aesop including "The Fox and the Crow," "The Crow and the Water Jug," and "The Lion and the Mouse."
  • Bullfrog grows up

    Rosamond Dauer

    Hardcover (Greenwillow Books, March 15, 1976)
    Book by Dauer, Rosamond
  • Hoddy Doddy

    Jack Kent

    Hardcover (Greenwillow, March 1, 1979)
    Three Danish tales center around the preposterous actions of a hoddy doddy--or foolish fellow--as he attempts to shake hands with a lobster and out-cuckoo a cuckoo
    L
  • Rainy Rainy Saturday

    Jack Prelutsky, Marylin Hafner

    Hardcover (William Morrow & Co, Oct. 1, 1980)
    Fourteen humorous poems about the pleasures and pains of a rainy Saturday.
    O
  • It's Halloween

    Jack Prelutsky, Marylin Hafner

    Library Binding (Greenwillow, Sept. 1, 1977)
    Ghosts, pumpkins, witches, and black cats abound in original Halloween poems for the beginning reader
    K