Akron Public Library

A little duck finds adventure on the Yangtze River when he is too late to board his master's houseboat one evening.

The smallest and bravest one is Madeline, whose adventurous spirit and outrageous antics have delighted boys and girls for over seventy years. Now even the youngest readers can enjoy this timeless favorite in a sturdy board book format.

Ceci, a little Mexican girl, is excited because now she is old enough to buy a pinata for her first Christmas posada, a party given before the holiday.

A small boy enjoys playing alone in deep snow all day, and later welcomes his warm bath and snug bed-so he can go out again tomorrow!

A young boy tries to learn how to whistle, so that he can call his dog like all the bigger boys do.

A small boy enjoys his relationship with his grandmother and his great-grandmother, but he learns to face their inevitable death.

Hester, a crocodile dressed too early for her own Halloween party, goes trick-or-treating while she waits for her guests to arrive.

Relates the consequences of a stonecutter's foolish longing for power.

To escape the dangers of urban life, Jenny and her friends sail away to an island, only to be faced with a new problem --its single inhabitant--the Skog.

Mr. Gumpy's human and animal friends squash into his old car and go for a drive - until it starts to rain.