PPS Books for Relaxing Reading Grades K-2, Authors S-Z

A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following the instructions of an old witch, gains riches, while her greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and is duly rewarded.

The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs.

A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things, where he becomes their king.

David's activities in school include chewing gum, talking out of turn, and engaging in a food fight, causing his teacher to say over and over, "No, David!"

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.

Includes a collection of humorous poems.

A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters in a collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author's own drawings.

Introduces the letters of the alphabet as Miss Bindergarten and her students get ready for kindergarten.

A band of mischievous monkeys steals every one of a peddler's caps while he takes a nap under a tree.

Rumpelstiltskin -- Beauty and the beast -- Hansel and Gretel -- Little Red Riding Hood -- The frog prince -- Jack and the beanstalk.

When Pete feels miserable because rain makes it impossible to play ball outdoors, his father finds a fun indoor game to play with his son.

Hare turns his bad luck around by striking a clever deal with the rich and lazy bear down the road.

Presents the traditional version of a famous American folk poem first heard in the U.S. in the 1940's with illustrations on die-cut pages that reveal all that the old lady swallows.

Gertrude LaRue receives typewritten and paw-written letters from her dog Ike, entreating her to let him leave the Igor Brotweiler Canine Academy and come back home.

Johnny goes hunting for a bearskin to hang on his family's barn and returns with a small bundle of trouble.

Stories about school.

When he discovers that he is destined to be someone's dinner, Wilbur the pig is desolate until his spider friend Charlotte decides to help him.

The adventures of the debonair mouse Stuart Little as he sets out in the world to seek out his dearest friend, a little bird who stayed a few days in his family's garden.

When the bus driver decides to take a break from driving, a wild and wacky pigeon pleads and begs to take his place, capturing the antics of a preschooler's temper tantrum.

On a cold winter night many animals gather to party in the cave of a sleeping bear, who then awakes and protests that he has missed the food and the fun.

Mother and child ponder the different ways a dinosaur can say goodnight, from slamming his tail and pouting to giving a big hug and kiss.

A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.