Akron Public Library

A little boy who is not ready for sleep goes on a bedtime adventure.

Henry and Ali tell their teacher a wild outer space tale to explain why they do not have their homework on the solar system.

Buzz is filming a movie about aliens from Outer Space, who capture Fly Guy and Buzz Boy--and our two heroes must outsmart the aliens, with some help from Dragon Dude and Fly Girl.

Sam and Dave are on a mission to find something spectacular. So they dig a hole and keep digging and they find nothing. Yet the day turns out to be pretty spectacular after all.

On a snowy day, Nancy and her friends are stuck playing inside-but the plot thickens when Lionel's comic goes missing! Don't worry, Detective Nancy is on the case. Disney Junior Fancy Nancy: Nancy Takes the Case is a Level One I Can Read, perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. Disney Junior's Fancy Nancy is an animated preschool series starring six-year-old Nancy, a girl who is fancy in everything from her advanced vocabulary...

A little girl hesitates to initiate a friendship with her new neighbor Zola because she imagines Zola is busy with another friend--an elephant.

Bob Marley's songs are known the world over for their powerful message of love, peace, and harmony. Now a whole new generation can discover one of his most joyous songs in this reassuring picture book adaptation written by his daughter Cedella and exuberantly illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton. This upbeat story reminds children that the sun will always come out after the rain and mistakes are easily forgiven with a hug. Every family will relate...

Nellie Sue, who fancies herself a real cowgirl, wants a horse for her birthday, but she discovers that a brand new bicycle--her first--takes almost as much taming as a filly.

"Drawn from Gaiman's trove of published speeches, poems, and creative manifestos, Art Matters is an embodiment of this remarkable multi-media artist's vision--an exploration of how reading, imagining, and creating can transform the world and our lives"--

A little girl collects wildflowers while on a walk with her distracted father. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter. This wordless picture book, conceived by award-winning poet JonArno Lawson and beautifully brought to life by illustrator Sydney Smith, is an ode to the importance of small things, small people and small gestures.