Akron Public Library

Bear's friends awaken him the day before Christmas and help him to stay awake as they bake fruitcakes, fill stockings, and sing carols; then, while they sleep, he prepares his own surprise.

Dr. Seuss presents the letters and their sounds, and shows how the sounds join to form words.

At night when Mrs. Brown begins to snore, her sixty cats have fun galore.

Tongue twisters designed to tickle the tongues of both the young and the not so young. For grades K-3 to share with older readers.

Mr. Fish feels nervous venturing deep in the sea to look for Ms. Clam's lost pearl until Miss Shimmer helps him conquer his fear of the dark.

Describes how a dinosaur eats, with no rude noises and while sitting very still. How does a dinosaur eat all his food? Does he burp, does he belch, or make noises quite rude? Does he pick at his cereal, throw down his cup,hoping to make someone else pick it up? Just like kids, dinosaurs have a difficult time learning to behave at the table. However, with a little help from Mom and Dad, these young dinosaurs eat all before them with smiles and goodwill....

A young monster describes all the things its mother does to show she loves it.

A librarian named Mavis McGrew introduces the animals in the zoo to the joy of reading when she drives her bookmobile to the zoo by mistake.

A boy imagines a series of incredible sights on his way home from school so that he will have an interesting report to give his father.

Easy-to-read riddles are matched to fun photographs in this seacrch-and-find book of "monsters."