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Henry's journal describes his adventures in free enterprise when he and his partner, Midge, start a research company.

When a young girl named Sal goes blueberry picking with her mother, she does far more eating than collecting. With her mother distracted by her goal of picking enough berries to preserve for the winter, young Sal wonders off, and is soon far from her mother's watchful eye. Meanwhile, a mother bear is urging her young cub to eat enough berries to survive the long hibernation that awaits them both. Like Sal, the bear cub wonders off on his own, and he, too, is soon far from his mother's protective care. Although both Sal and the bear cub each eventually find a mother, neither finds the mom they expected, in what proves to be two non-threatening human/animal encounters. An appreciation of the natural world, as well as a look at the similarities that exist between these two very different families, BLUEBERRIES FOR SAL features charming blue-and-white drawings and is a 1949 Caldecott Honor Book. Sal and her mother are based on author/illustrator Robert McCloskey's own wife and daughter, and the character of Sal also appears in the book ONE MORNING IN MAINE.

Further adventures of Homer Price, including those in which a juke box sets the whole town singing against its will and in which a mad scientist develops weeds that overrun the town.

In the form of a personal journal, a young boy describes his unusual car trip from California to New Jersey.

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Johnny is leaving the farm because of hard times when his Journey Cake leads him on a merry chase that results in a farm yard full of animals and the family all together again.

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Awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1941, 'Make Way for Ducklings' has been described as "one of the merriest picture books ever" (The New York Times). Ideal for reading out loud, this book deserves a place of honor on every child's bookshelf.

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Henry had meant to merely launch his career as a producer in small Grover's Corner, but before the summer was over, he had organized a rock-music festival and put on a wild, wild rodeo.

Awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1941, 'Make Way for Ducklings' has been described as "one of the merriest picture books ever" (The New York Times). Ideal for reading out loud, this book deserves a place of honor on every child's bookshelf.

Six episodes in the life of Homer Price including one in which he and his pet skunk capture four bandits and another about a donut machine on the rampage.

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An illustrated, poetic description of a Maine island.

Enhanced with full-color illustrations, an amusing picture book provides a collection of all this celebrated author's published works, including Make Way for Ducklings and Time of Wonder.

El senor Pato y la senora Pata saben que el Jardin Publico de Boston es el lugar perfecto para criar a su familia. Pero para unos patitos recien salidos del cascaron no es lugar seguro. La islita del rio Charles parece ideal, y la senora Pata en el Jardin, su nuevo hogar. Pero ella no contaba con tener que atravesar con sus pequenos patitos las calles de Boston, con todo su trafico! La historia, contada en detalle con gracia y bellamente ilustrada, de estos patitos que van de un lado a otro, se ha ganado el corazon de generaciones de lectores. Premiada en 1941 con la Medalla Caldecott como "El libro ilustrado para ninos mas distinguido del ano," ha sido desde entonces lectura favorita de millones de lectores, tanto ninos como adultos.

"As we follow the story of Sal and his lost tooth we feel as refreshed as though we had spent a day with his family on their island".--Saturday Review. Caldecott Honor Book. Full-color illustrations.

The Mallard family lives in the middle of busy Boston, a city whose busy streets make it very difficult for a mother and her ducklings to get around. Fortunately, there's enough kindness and patience in the big city to accommodate a family of ducks. Spanish translation.

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.

Lentil cannot sing or even whistle; longing to make music in some fashion, he provides himself with a harmonica and practices constantly wherever he is, especially in the bathtub, because there his tone is improved 100 percent. A book that, along with its fun, truly illustrates the American scene.