Robert McCloskey
1) Homer Price
Author
Language
English
Description
Homer Price lives about two miles out of Centerburg, somewhere in the Midwest. He keeps busy with school or sweeping out cabins at his parents' tourist camp. But somehow one thing always leads to another—and he finds himself in the midst of a rib-tickling adventure. The day Homer tames a friendly skunk, he doesn't expect his new pet to get mixed up with dangerous robbers. How can he know that the whole town will get in an uproar when he runs
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Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
1983
Language
English
Description
From acclaimed and beloved author Robert McCloskey.Whenever Burt Dow, who lives in a snug little house on the Maine coast, sets out to sea, his pet giggling gull goes along. But this time, it will take all his might and some plain old ingenuity to save him and the gull from a raging storm.
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
A companion to Homer Price, these imaginative and outlandish tales from all-American Centerbury will leave you in stitches. There's Grampa Hercules and his never-ending tall tales, Dulcy Dooner, the uncooperative citizen, unbusinesslike Uncle Ulysses and his friendly lunchroom, the flustered sheriff, the pompous judge, and more. In Centerburg, along with the routine of day-to-day living, the most preposterous things keep happening. But...
6) Lentil
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lentil's harmonica playing saves the day when calamity threatens the homecoming celebration for the leading citizen of Alto, Ohio.
Author
Series
Caldecott medal book volume 1958
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows the activities of two children spending their summer vacation on an island off the coast of Maine. Describes the enchanting beauty of the island in rain, fog, sunshine, and hurricane.
Series
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
©2003
Language
English
Description
Introduces children to classic children's literature and enhance early language and literacy skills. Snowy day: A small boy's enchantment with a city's snowfall has him making snow angels and snowballs, sliding down snow mountains and looking forward to going outside again. Owen: When Mrs. Tweezers convinces Owen's parents that their son is becoming a little too attached to Fuzzy, his beloved yellow blanket. Owen vehemently disagrees. What wil Owen's...
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
In Make way for ducklings, a family of ducks are looking for a home in Boston. In The story about Ping, a young duckling gets separated from his family. In The ugly duckling, a swan is raised by a loving duck mother, but endures teasing for his awkward, un-ducklike appearance. In Angus and the ducks, a live action film with narration, a puppy investigates what's making so much noise. In Cat and Canary, the unlikely friends have a great time when their...
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Six beloved stories about adventure and science. Stories include I'm Dirty, find out just how dirty a backhoe can get while doing its' job. Other stories include Burt Dow: Deep-Water Man, The Paper Boy, Stars! Stars! Stars!, Fletcher and the Falling Leaves, and Johnny Appleseed. Also included are author interviews from Kate & Jim McMullan and celebrity narration from Steve Buscemi and Forest Whitaker.
Series
Curious George original adventures volume 3
Publisher
[Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[released 2009], ©2009
Language
English
Description
In Curious George Rides a Bike, George the monkey goes riding on his new bicycle and runs into unexpected adventure.
In Doctor De Soto, a hungry fox with a toothache begs a mouse dentist to relieve his pain in this modern day fable.
In The Biggest Bear, Johnny hunts for the biggest bear in the forest, but comes home with a little bear -- that grows and grows and grows.
In Blueberries for Sal, a little girl and a little bear, picking blueberries...