Posts Tagged ‘children-3-5’

Runny Babbit lent to wunch And heard the saitress way, “We have some lovely stabbit rew — Our Special for today.” From the legendary creator of Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and The Giving Tree comes an unforgettable new character in children’s literature. Welcome to the world of Runny…

In this version of the classic tale, Little Red, a brave moped scooter, sets out to bring spare parts to Granny Putt Putt, but ends up having to rescue her from Tank, the biggest, loudest, and meanest machine in the neighborhood.

Set in a Kenyan village, a group of orphans are thrown out of the line for water when a drought hits the area, so when the orphanage gets its own well, one of the orphans has an idea to help the villagers.

Based on the life of a real boy, this warm-hearted, beautifully illustrated book tells the story of Baraka, a young Kenyan boy with a physical disability. Baraka and eight cousins live with their grandmother. She gives them boundless love, but there is never enough money or food, and life is hard –love doesn’t feed hungry…

When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place-a pigeon! But you’ve never met one like this before. As he pleads, wheedles, and begs his way through the book, children will love being able to answer back and decide his fate. In his hilarious…

Needing to brush his teeth, a bus driver asks the reader to make sure that the pigeon goes to bed on time–but the bird has many excuses about why it should stay awake.

Pigeon is very angry when the duckling gets a cookie just by asking politely.

The pigeon really, really wants a puppy, but when a puppy arrives the pigeon changes its mind.