Books in Sandpiper series

Katy's distress at being a kangaroo with no pouch is quickly remedied by a kindly construction worker.

A 1942 Caldecott Honor Book A young Indian boy carves a little canoe with a figure inside and names him Paddle-to-the-Sea. Paddle's journey, in text and pictures, through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean provides an excellent geographic and historical picture of the region.

A father and son go fishing, with a big fishing rod for the daddy and a little one for the child.

Droofus the kindly dragon has a price on his head, but the small boy who befriends him refuses to sell him to the king.

The country bunny attains the exalted position of Easter Bunny in spite of her responsibilities as the mother of twenty-one children.

This fictional account of the dismantling and removal of the Empire State Building describes the structure of a skyscraper and explains how such an edifice would be demolished.

The amazing tricks two American soldiers perform on a borrowed bicycle are a fitting finale for the school sports day festivities in a small village in occupied Japan.

Hubert the lion, terribly vain about his beautiful mane, tries everything to make it grow back after it goes up in smoke.

Everyone in the forest is afraid of Zeke the griffin until he does them all a very big favor.

Peter thinks his house is noisy until the village wise man teaches him a lesson in perspective.“This is a funny book, a very funny book.”—Publishers Weekly “The too-crowded house of a familiar old tale becomes a too noisy house in this entertaining picture-book story.”—Booklist

Katy's distress at being a kangaroo with no pouch is quickly remedied by a kindly construction worker.

The Stupid family celebrates the children's awful report cards by inviting their relatives to a costume party.