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Guess Where You're Going, Guess What You'll Do
A. F. Bauman, True Kelley
Paperback (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Sept. 1, 1995)After a variety of situations are described, the reader is invited to guess resulting destinations and activities which are then revealed on a subsequent page
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On Monday When It Rained
Cherryl Kachenmeister, Tom Berthiaume
Paperback (Sandpiper, March 26, 2001)In simple, straightforward text and marvelously expressive pictures, the author and photographer have captured the thoughts and feelings of one small boy. Whether he is proud or scared, lonely or excited, the boy’s face mirrors his emotion with the wonderful directness of childhood.
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Friday Night at Hodges' Cafe
Tim Egan
Paperback (Sandpiper, Aug. 26, 1996)When three mean and hungry tigers disrupt Hodges' Cafe and its customers one Friday night, it's Hodges' crazy duck who saves the day.
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Table Chair Bear: A Book in Many Languages
Jane Feder
Paperback (Houghton Mifflin, March 1, 1997)Presents illustrations of objects found in a child's room, labeled in thirteen different languages, including Spanish, Vietnamese, Japanese, and French
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Geoffrey Groundhog Predicts the Weather
Bruce Koscielniak
Paperback (Sandpiper, Feb. 2, 1998)Geoffrey Groundhog has become a local celebrity for successfully predicting how long winter will last. Everyone awaits his prediction each February 2, when he emerges from his burrow to look for his shadow. But Geoffrey's fame has grown out of control - and so has the commotion surrounding his burrow! With television lights and cameras crowding him, he can't even see the ground, much less his shadow. How will he make his spring prediction? How will anyone know if they should wax their surfboards or their skis?
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The Lost Lake
Allen Say
Paperback (Sandpiper, April 27, 1992)Luke and his father, who is disgusted by the tourists surrounding the once secluded lake of his childhood, hike deeper into the wilderness to find a "lost lake" of their own.
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How the Stars Fell into the Sky: A Navajo Legend
Jerrie Oughton, Lisa Desimini
Paperback (Sandpiper, March 3, 1996)This retelling of a Navajo folktale explains how First Woman tried to write the laws of the land using stars in the sky, only to be thwarted by the trickster Coyote.
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