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Night Cars
"...Night Cars is an intriguing book, simple though it may seem. The illustrations, portraits of street life from a bedroom window, chronicle a night in the city. From taxi cabs and garbage trucks, snow plows and fire engines, a young baby and his…
Tags: board book, Children's Books
Olivia
"Olivia, a delightful little pig, is Everychild. She's good at lots of things, especially wearing people out--including herself. When she gets dressed, she tries on everything; at night she's ready to go to sleep, but only after four stories. She's a…
Tags: Children's Books
The Runaway Bunny
"This is one of the nicest things Margaret Wise Brown has done, and Clement Hurd has made enchanting pictures, with line drawings and eight double spreads in four colors, beautifully reproduced. The text pattern is a successful dialogue with almost…
Tags: Children's Books
Saint George and the Dragon
"This Caldecott Medal-winning book retells the story from Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene of the Red Cross knight and his quest to save an English kingdom from the wrath of a fire-breathing dragon. Hyman's stunning illustrations are perfect for…
Tags: Children's Books, Mythology
The Snowy Day
"The author brought bold, bright color and collage to the forefront of children's literature, winning the Caldecott Medal and introducing children to a young African American protagonist named Peter who romps in the snow in this first book and who…
Tags: Children's Books
Stella, Star of the Sea
Who can forget their first sight of the ocean? Marie-Louise Gay's delightful new picture book captures the essence of a young child's first encounter with the seashore, as Stella, who has been there once before, encourages her little brother, Sam, to…
Tags: Children's Books
A Treasury of Jillian Jiggs
"The entire Jillian Jiggs series is now available in one oversized treasury, which includes instructions for making Jillian's "wonderful pigs" and the complete script for the play The Chicken Princess. Extras include a bio of Phoebe Gilman,…
Tags: Anthology, Children's Books
Zoom Away
"Ages 5-8. The second book in a series that has twice won the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award (the Canadian Caldecott) finds white catzoomtravelingtothenorthpole in search of his seafaring uncle. Journeying with his human friend…
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The Three Pigs
"David Wiesner's Caldecott award-winning book begins like countless other versions of this familiar tale, but readers soon encounter a strange twistwhen the wolf buffs and puffs, the pigs are blown right out of the book! They escape from the wolf, as…
Tags: Children's Books
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
"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…
Tags: Children's Books
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7 Wonders
Players: 2-7
Playing time: 30 minutes
Ages: 10+
Description: Lead one of the seven great cities of the Ancient world. Exploit the natural…