Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

Follows the story of an exceptional little girl whose lazy parents dismiss her as a nuisance and who discovers in the wake of a cruel headmistress's bullying that she has a remarkable power with which to avenge herself.

Nico the bunny is supposed to wait until dinnertime to eat carrots, but every time his mother looks away, there is one fewer carrot, and Nico has a fanciful explanation for where it has gone.

Los perros en este libro ilustrado van viajando en patineta, esquís, bote, y carro hasta que llegan a la fiesta.

Ten-year-old Raymie Clarke has come to realize that absolutely everything depends on her. And she has a plan. If she can win the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition, then her father, who left town two days ago with a dental hygienist, will see Raymie's picture in the paper and come home. To win, not only does Raymie have to do good deeds and learn how to twirl a baton; she also has to contend with the wispy, frequently fainting Louisiana...

"En este dulce cuento en rima, el amor por la lectura comienza con un humilde librero casero. 'Te haré tu propio librero' celebra lo maravilloso que es leer con nuestros seres queridos y nos recuerda que la magia de la lectura ninca envejecerá." --contraportada. Illustrations and rhyming text portray a loved one who promises to build a home library to hold treasures that grow and change along with their special child.

Strange things happen when twelve-year-old Sarah is alone in the house with Great Aunt Margaret, who appears to be the victim of a ghost seeking revenge for a death in the past.

The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to Africa where they meet up with wonderful wild animals, a very hungry warrior, and where they even solve a riddle.

Ma and the girls follow Pa west by train where they make their home at a rough railroad camp and plan for their own homestead.

Children delight in jumping, leaping, crunching, stomping, and raking as leaves fall down on them.

Elephant is enjoying a peaceful walk with his green umbrella, when suddenly a Hedgehog says: I believe you have my boat. Elephant listens patiently as Hedgehog insists: I crossed deep oceans . . . tasted the salty spray of whales [in that umbrella-boat]. Cat, Bear, and Rabbit soon interrupt Elephant--each claiming that his umbrella is really their tent, flying machine, and cane. Elephant is flabbergasted--after all, it's an umbrella, and it certainly...