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"This is the first volume of a fantasy epic starring the Bone cousins--Fone Bone, Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone--who leave Boneville rather quickly after Phoney Bone's campaign for mayor, which involves 50-foot balloons and bad prunes, causes a riot.…

Sendak intended for this picture book to explore how children use fantasy to deal with anxieties and fears, and it was quite controversial when first published. Adults wondered if the scary monsters were appropriate for reading with preschoolers.…

"Everybody knows the story of the three little pigs, right? Wrong. Only now has Alexander T. Wolf (known also as Al) chosen to tell his side of the story: and as it turns out, it's really about a sneeze and a cup of sugar. It seems that when…

"This has a primer value too, as the vocabulary is, on the whole, a simple one for beginners, and there is enough repetition, association of action pictures with text, to carry the first year reader over the more difficult words. But five year olds…

"Retells the myth of the legendary avaricious king who learns a valuable lesson when a mysterious stranger grants Midas' wish that whatever he touches turns to gold. But all too late does Midas realize the greed and folly of his ways when food turns…

"When Hades sees Persephone gathering flowers in a field, he carries her off to the underworld to be his queen. Her mother Demeter is so distraught that she curses Earth with endless winter. With intervention from Zeus and other gods, Persephone is…

A genuine meme came into the language from this beloved story, now reaching its fourth generation of children. It's still an enchanting tale of a little train filled with toys, books, fruit, milk and treats for "all those good little boys and girls…

"Shape-changing Raven steals the sun from the Sky Chief to light the dark world in this handsome rendering from the fund of lore shared by the Native groups of the northwest coast. "Raven changed himself into a pine needle. He fell down from the tree…

"This charming story was very much a book of its time, complete with beautiful line drawings capturing the ambience of Boston 50 years ago. But children why read this Caldecott Medal winner continue to respond to this young duck family and worry if…

"This graphic-novel version of a popular series describes how the Baby-Sitters Club was formed, focusing on the girls' friendships and some of their amusing jobs. Subplots include Kristy's gradual acceptance of her mother's boyfriend and their…