Barbara Cooney

Pam and Penny Kellyhorn are eleven-year-old twins, one living with an aunt, the other with their father and cousin, in small towns in Maine and have just met, but it doesn't take them long to learn to be sisters as together they help bring an arsonist to justice, and try to rekindle the romance between Aunt Ivory and Puppa.

Matthais grows from a little boy to a grandfather on a small island off the coast of New England.

As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.

Miss Eleanor Southeran was reliably informed that independence of mind was not a desirable quality in a young lady. But, convinced that she could not love any of the fashionable fribbles of the Ton, Eleanor had so far evaded matrimony.Meeting Mr. Jonas Guthrie, a forthright, coolly cynical gentleman, was a refreshing change--until the scandal that surrounded his name was revealed. Believing herself deceived about his character, Eleanor intended never to see him again. But Jonas had other plans for her....

Letters of the alphabet are introduced by illustrated verses describing colonial children at play.

Letters of the alphabet are introduced by illustrated verses describing colonial children at play.

A bear, befriended by two sisters during the winter, returns one day to reward them royally for their kindness.

Retells the legend of the little juggler's search for a special Christmas gift for the Christ Child and the Blessed Mother.

A cheerful assortment of sentences that illustrate the rules of spelling.

A collection of nursery rhymes, each in both English and Spanish, collected from the Spanish community in the Americas, many with instructions for accompanying finger plays or other activities.

Corduroy / from Corduroy by Don Freeman -- Ferdinand / from The story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, ill. by Robert Lawson -- Pig Pig / from Pig Pig gets a job by David McPhail -- Madeline / from Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans -- Miss Ruphius / from Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney -- Peter Rabbit / from The tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter -- Winnie-the-Pooh / from Winnie-the-Pooh and Now we are six by A.A. Milne -- Fudge / from Tales of a fourth grade nothing by Judy Blume -- Homer Price / from Homer Price by Robert McCloskey -- Sam Gribley / from My side of the mountains by Jean Craighead George -- Pippi Longstocking / from Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren, ill. by Michael Chesworth -- Encyclopedia Brown / from Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the secret pitch by Donald J. Sobol, ill. by Leonard Shortall -- Matilda / from Matilda by Roald Dahl, ill. by Quentin Blake -- Sebastian / from The marvelous misadventures on Sebastian by Lloyd Alexander.

A young girl from Brooklyn, New York enjoys her summer at the beach where she can paint and listen to the wild waves.

Juvenile literature.

A brother and sister run away from their cruel and wicked stepmother to a forest, but cannot escape her powers.

A retelling of the seventh Homeric hymn in honor of Dionysos, an account of that god's capture by pirates.