Greenwillow Read-alone

As Amelia Bedelia helps Mrs. Rogers prepare for Christmas, she bakes a date cake with a calendar in it and stuffs the children's stockings with turkey stuffing.

When Henry the Cat falls into a deep hole, his wits must get him out.

Presents three Danish tales of foolish fellows: The Lobsters, The Clock, and The Patriot.

The rooster and the hen set off in a mice-drawn shoe to proclaim themselves king and queen.

Three different times Fox manages to outwit Wolf.

The setting is a well-to-do vacation colony on the shores of Lake Erie, the time 1945, during the final stages of World War II. Charlie, an incipiently rebellious fourteen-year-old, is summering with his mother and sister (his father is fighting in the Pacific) before going off to an expensive boarding school in the fall. Although he intended to spend the summer loafing and socializing with his friends, the need for spending money forces him to take a job as handyman for an iconoclastic, bohemian art teacher, Anna Trumbull, a former member of the “upper crust” who has lost both her fortune and her regard for the ideals of her upbringing. Sensing a kindred spirit in Charlie, she tries to stretch his mind by teaching him painting and sculpture—and exposing him to “radical” ideas about life and love which, in time, persuade Charlie to reject the notion of going back to school. The result is a family crisis and, more specifically, a showdown between Anna and Charlie’s conservative mother, a clash of philosophies which raises as many questions as it answers and, in the end, stimulates the self-awareness which will shape the man Charlie is destined to become.

The adventures of a drake who becomes a king with the help of a fox, ladder, river, and waspnest.

Fearless Toby the tinker repairs a ghost and reaps the reward.

Brief poems describing the world from a child's point of view.

When his shadow steals his magic dust, Jahdu must try to recover it.

Thirteen poems to spice up the holiday that ghouls and ghosts love most. "Prelutsky's Nightmares tamed for beginning readers. They're catchy at the most rudimentary level."--Kirkus Reviews.

Three little sailors learn that there is something worse than hard work.

In a dream a poor orphan is given a brush that brings to life everything she paints.

A collection of Valentine poems including "I Made My Dog a Valentine" and "I Love You More Than Applesauce".

Benny Rabbit's fear of the owl he thinks is in his closet is overcome with Father Rabbit's help.

Amelia Bedelia shows her niece Effie Lou how to follow instructions to the letter as they dust the potato bugs and sew seeds.

Fourteen humorous poems about the pleasures and pains of a rainy Saturday.

Instructions for making decorations for holidays throughout the year. Includes an Easter bush, a log cabin, and a valentine mobile.

Thomas refuses to learn to read and gets into trouble when he fails to read signs like "Exit," "Danger," and "Ladies."

A rolling pancake eludes all its pursuers except one clever pig.

Jill's softball talent helps her find her niche at camp.

A clever bum finds an unusual way to prevent the children's pond and woods from being turned into a parking lot.

When Anna's friends can't play with her she creates a playmate of her own.

A little girl adjusts to her new life in California with the help of her doll.

A little girl, not ready for tennis, is good at her own game, gymnastics.