Akron Public Library

Rhymed text and illustrations introduce the many meanings of "up."

"When her parents agree to let Amelia Bedelia get a puppy, she is surprised and happy as she begins her search for the perfect four-legged friend."--Amazon.com

Depicts the adventures of an infant girl and her canine babysitter one day while Mother is out.

The story of what happens when a camera becomes a piece of flotsam. "A bright, science-minded boy goes to the beach equipped to collect and examine flotsam--anything floating that has been washed ashore. Bottles, lost toys, small objects of every description are among his usual finds. But there's no way he could have prepared for one particular discovery: a barnacle-encrusted underwater camera, with its own secrets to share . . . and to keep."--...

When he falls asleep with a book in his arms, a young boy dreams an amazing dream -- about dragons, about castles, and about an uncharted, faraway land. And you can come along.

A household of unusual creatures help beginning readers recognize common "household" words.

Using a red marker, a young girl draws a door on her bedroom wall and through it enters another world where she experiences many adventures, including being captured by an evil emperor.

A boy and his dog suffer through several adventures while searching for a pet frog that escaped during the night.

Miss Alma is going to have a shower at the Rogers-Bedelia House. So Amelia Bedelia almost crashes the party with her cousin. She puts prunes all over the hedges, ices raw fish with chocolate frosting, stomps on Mrs Rogers's favorite tablecloth, and sprays all the party guests with the hose. But she knows how to do one thing the right way, and that is to make chocolate cupcakes

An illustrated version of the Christmas carol about the procession to Bethlehem and the offer of a poor boy to play his drum for the Christ Child. Music for the song appears in the back of the book.