Jimmy's Boa and the Big Splash Birthday Bash


Book Description

Jimmy's mother thought a goldfish wouldn't be a source of constant chaos like her son's boa constrictor. But trouble--and laughs--abound when Jimmy takes both animals to his birthday bash at SeaLand. An American Bookseller Pick of the Lists. Booklist Editors' Choice. Full color.




Jimmy's Boa and the Big Splash Birthday Bash


Book Description

Jimmy's birthday party at SeaLand turns out to be a big splash when everyone ends up in the big tank.




The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash


Book Description

A slapstick comedy details the hilarious results when Jimmy's class takes a field trip to a farm.




Jimmy's Boa and the Bungee Jump Slam Dunk


Book Description

Jimmy's boa constrictor creates havoc in his gym class and his antics lead to the formation of an unusual basketball team.




How I Became a Pirate


Book Description

"Pirates have green teeth when they have any teeth at all. I know about pirates, because one day, when I was at the beach building a sand castle and minding my own business, a pirate ship sailed into view."So proclaims Jeremy Jacob, a boy who joins Captain Braid Beard and his crew in this witty look at the finer points of pirate life by the Caldecott Honor winning illustrator David Shannon and the storyteller Melinda Long. Jeremy learns how to say scurvy dog, sing sea chanteys, and throw food . . . but he also learns that there are no books or good night kisses on board: Pirates don t tuck. A swashbuckling adventure with fantastically silly, richly textured illustrations that suit the story to a T. "




Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears


Book Description

Everyone's afraid of something . . .Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal.Young children will identify with the little mouse who uses the pages of this book to document his fears - from loud noises and the dark, to being sucked down the plughole. Packed with details and novelty elements including flaps, die-cuts and even a hilarious fold-out map, Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears by Emily Gravett is an extraordinary, award-winning picture book.




Jimmy's Boa And the Bungee Jump Slam Dunk


Book Description

Jimmy's boa constrictor creates havoc in his gym class and his antics lead to the formation of an unusual basketball team.




Mike Fink


Book Description

Mike Fink was king of the keelboatmen -- the strongest, rowdiest bunch of fellows ever to work on the Mississippi. Mike was a whole lot more than a keelboater -- yes, sir! He was a crack shot and the best grizzly and gator wrestler on the river. They don't make 'em like Mike these days, now do they?




Frogs Jump


Book Description

Illustrations provide humorous interpretations of the actions of animals from one frog to twelve whales.




Rettie and the Ragamuffin Parade


Book Description

In 1918 a deadly influenza epidemic was sweeping across America. The pandemic ravaged families, leaving thousands of children as orphans. But in the tenement apartments of New York City's Lower East Side, one young girl is determined to keep her family safe. While her mother is sick with consumption, nine-year-old Loretta (Rettie) Stanowski does all the cleaning, washing, shopping, and cooking for her family. To earn money, she washes rags for the rag picker and cleans the halls and stairways of their apartment building. But Rettie knows the best way to get even more money is to participate in the Ragamuffin Parade that marches down Broadway Avenue on Thanksgiving morning. With the influenza outbreak, quarantines are ordered and large gatherings are banned. Will the parade be cancelled?