First and Second Grade

When Buzz captures a fly to enter in The Amazing Pet Show, his parents and the judges tell him that a fly cannot be a pet, but Fly Guy proves them wrong.

A wordless picture book that observes the changes in a neighborhood from before a girl is born until she is an adult, as it first decays and then is renewed by the efforts of the residents.

A young child with a new book hunts inside and outside the house before finding the right chair for reading.

Text and photographs introduce readers to different types of spiders and their behavior.

When a young Tanzanian girl gets a new baby brother, she finds a rock, which she names Eva, and makes it her baby doll.

A grouchy ladybug, looking for a fight, challenges everyone she meets regardless of their size or strength.

A haiku poem about a loveable dog.

A tour of the sights of Harlem, including the Metro-North Train, brownstones, shopping on 125th Street, a barber shop, summer basketball, the Boy's Choir, and sunset over the Harlem River.

After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.

Happy the dog and Honey the cat enjoy playing outside on a fall day.

Walter shows Iris how to make friends with his horse Rain, and in turn, Iris helps Walter deal with a problem at school.

Frances finds it difficult to go to sleep with the strange noises and menacing shapes that seem to fill her room after dark.

Using rhyme, rhythm and repetition, the scary text invites young children to read along with an adult. Together the adult's text and the child's responsive text create stories with a scary theme.

Pup and hound find a egg & take care of it.

In words and pictures, a girl describes the three humans and two cats that live in her house, and details some of the traits that they share.

A stirring yet jubilant glimpse of the youth involvement that played an invaluable role in the Civil Rights movement.

A fictionalized account of how in 1849 a Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, escapes to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia.

A child describes the various little dishes of dim sum that she and her family enjoy on a visit to a restaurant in Chinatown.

Two friends share experiences in each season of the year.

Gritch the witch flies to Old MacDonald's farm for some pigs to make a piggie pie, but when she arrives she can't find a single porker.

A collection of nearly sixty fables from Aesop, including such familiar ones as "The Grasshopper and the Ants," "The North Wind and the Sun," "Androcles and the Lion," "The Troublesome Dog," and "The Fox and the Stork."

A self-confident young African-American girl explains why she is "queen of the scene" at the playground.

The children at Napville Elementary School always ignore Officer Buckle's safety tips, until a police dog named Gloria accompanies him when he gives his safety speeches.

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.

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!"

Presents information about the vehicles and equipment used to fight fires from the ground, sea, and sky.

When Dish and Spoon run away, their nursery rhyme friends Cat, Cow, and Dog set out to rescue them in time for the next evening's reading of their rhyme.

A Good Knight helps three little dragons who are in bed with a cold.

When Daisy, a middle child, is invited to spend the night at her friend's house, her family finally pays attention to her.

Two girls, one white and one black, gradually get to know each other as they sit on the fence that divides their town.