Akron Public Library

No-talent Louanne's spirits droop as her friends prepare for the talent show, but then she is called upon to perform in a very special way.

At the end of summer Spud and Joe eagerly return to school for more practical jokes, unaware that Principal Lamar J. Spurgle is out of retirement and awaiting them.

A young boy imagines what it was like long ago when a dinosaur lived in his back yard.

Relates how a young man named Kojo finally gets the better of the tricky Anansi.

Simple text and illustrations introduce a variety of trains and their uses. Includes freight trains, passenger trains, monorails, and subways.

Ruthie does everything with her imaginary friend Jessica; and then on her first day at kindergarten, she meets a real new friend with the same name.

Spot the dog enjoys romping with his new baby sister and discovers what it is like to be a big brother. Movable flaps conceal portions of the illustrations.

An alphabet book introducing the world of trains.

Hiroshima was once a city of seven beautiful rivers, where families lived and worked and children grew up. When war came, and when the bomb fell, everything changed, including the life of one small girl who saw her world shattered.

While riding on a bus with her grandmother, a little girl imagines that they are carried up into the sky and fly over the sights of New York City.