It is Herbie Hippo’s birthday! His friends decide to bake a lovely cake for him. But something unexpected happens to the cake. Will Herbie have his birthday cake in the end?
The school concert is coming up and everyone is taking part in it. Fergus Frog is upset because he cannot sing, dance or play the piano. But Fergus doesn’t realize that there is something else he can do?
Billy Bull is new in school. At first, everyone tries to befriend him. But they find it impossible? Because Billy is a bully! Will Billy get to have any friends at all?
When Eddy Elephant sees juicy red apples on a tree, he decides to pluck them. But the problem is… the apples are too high! Can Eddy find a way to reach for those apples?
In this simple story belonging to the second level of Herbster Readers, it's the Fourth of July and Herbie Bear and his family are watching fireworks up at the lake. But wait! Are the fireworks spelling out Herbie's name?
In this simple story belonging to the third level of Herbster Readers, Herbie Bear goes on a scout-troop trip to a local bakery, and invents a brand-new kind of cookie by frosting it with his favorite thing--peanut butter!
Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.
Intended to provide teachers with a list of recently published books recommended for children, this annotated booklist cites titles of children's trade books selected for their literary and artistic quality. The annotations in the booklist include a critical statement about each book as well as a brief description of the content, and--where appropriate--information about quality and composition of illustrations. Some 1,800 titles are included in this publication; they were selected from approximately 8,000 children's books published in the United States between 1985 and 1989 and are divided into the following categories: (1) books for babies and toddlers, (2) basic concept books, (3) wordless picture books, (4) language and reading, (5) poetry, (6) classics, (7) traditional literature, (8) fantasy, (9) science fiction, (10) contemporary realistic fiction, (11) historical fiction, (12) biography, (13) social studies, (14) science and mathematics, (15) fine arts, (16) crafts and hobbies, (17) sports and games, and (18) holidays. There are also sections on professional books, teaching with literature, and book awards and booklists. A directory of publishers as well as author, illustrator, subject, and title indexes are included. (MS)