Paco and the Giant Chile Plant

Paco and the Giant Chile Plant

Author: Keith Polette

Publisher: Raven Tree Press,Csi

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781932748987

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Based on the classic "Jack and the Beanstalk", the desert Southwest is an unexpected setting for this retelling. Filled with prickly pears and such, our story moves from the sandy desert into a cloudy domain where anything is possible. The book is also available in Spanish only and bilingual formats.


Paco and the Giant Chile Plant

Paco and the Giant Chile Plant

Author: Keith Polette

Publisher: Raven Tree Press,Csi

Published: 2008-09-24

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781932748994

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Based on the classic "Jack and the Beanstalk", the desert Southwest is an unexpected setting for this retelling. Filled with prickly pears and such, our story moves from the sandy desert into a cloudy domain where anything is possible. The book is also available in Spanish only and bilingual formats.


Kate and the Beanstalk

Kate and the Beanstalk

Author: Mary Pope Osborne

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2014-03-25

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 1481419560

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Mary Pope Osborne and Giselle Potter’s funny, magical retelling of a favorite fairy tale featuring Kate, a new and inspiring heroine. Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum’un, I smell the blood of an Englishwoman. Be she alive or be she dead, I'll grind her bones to make my bread. Readers will cheer on the resourceful, gutsy Kate as she outsmarts the famously greedy giant.


The Big Snow

The Big Snow

Author: Berta Hader

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011-10-18

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 1442444495

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The woodland animals were all getting ready for the winter. Geese flew south, rabbits and deer grew thick warm coats, and the raccoons and chipmunks lay down for a long winter nap. Come Christmastime, the wise owls were the first to see the rainbow around the moon. It was a sure sign that the big snow was on its way.


Tales of Bunjitsu Bunny

Tales of Bunjitsu Bunny

Author: John Himmelman

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2014-10-28

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 0805099700

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Although she can throw farther, kick higher, and hit harder than anyone else at school, Isabel, aka Bunjitsu Bunny, never hurts another creature, unless she has to.


I'm Like You, You're Like Me

I'm Like You, You're Like Me

Author: Cindy Gainer

Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing

Published: 2013-02-01

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 157542553X

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“It’s fun to find ways I’m like you and you’re like me. It’s fun to find ways we’re different.” In this colorful, inviting book, kids from preschool to lower elementary learn about diversity in terms they can understand: hair that’s straight or curly, families with many people or few, bodies that are big or small. With its wide-ranging examples and fun, highly detailed art, I’m Like You, You’re Like Me helps kids appreciate the ways they are alike and affirm their individual differences. A two-page adult section in the back provides tips and activities for parents and caregivers to reinforce the themes and lessons of the book.


Enter a Glossy Web

Enter a Glossy Web

Author: McKenna Ruebush

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

Published: 2016-09-27

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 1627796576

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Twelve-year-old George has no idea what to expect when she’s sent to stay with eccentric relatives following the disappearance of her brother. Soon after her arrival, she learns that Uncle Constantine has been kidnapped. George sets off to recover him and is joined by two orphaned boys along the way and Cavendish, a talking map. Together they visit magical worlds full of monsters, witches, and dragons as they attempt to find Constantine--the Timekeeper--a man of great significance. If he’s not rescued, events will cease to happen at their designated times, disrupting the unfolding of the universe. Can this ragtag crew save the future before being outwitted by evil captors? A Christy Ottaviano Book


Would You Rather Be a Princess Or a Dragon?

Would You Rather Be a Princess Or a Dragon?

Author: Barney Saltzberg

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2016-09-27

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 1626723583

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Some little ones want to be princesses; others want to be dragons. The message of this book is that you can actually be both! There are lots of things you can be: a little wild, a little sweet. A little polite, a little troublesome. A little dainty, a little dragony. There's nothing stopping you from being just what you want to be . . . so which would you rather be: a princess or a dragon? Here's just the book to help you sort through that difficult question. You might be surprised at what you decide by its end.


Tuesday

Tuesday

Author: David Wiesner

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2014-11-28

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1448187877

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A highly acclaimed almost-wordless and Caldecott Award-winning picture book from the only living three-time winner of the Caldecott Medal: David Wiesner. In this ingenious and imaginative - nearly wordless - picture book, on a normal Tuesday night, frogs in a pond lift off on their lily pads and fly to a nearby town where they zoom through a woman's living room, encounter a dog playing in his yard, and distract a bathrobe-clad citizen from his midnight snack. Who knows what will happen next Tuesday? 'Light-hearted and quirky, it is sure to appeal to a child's sense of adventure and fun, as well as stimulating the imagination' BOOKTRUST 'One of the best illustrated storybooks we’ve seen in a long time . . . An amazing book that will truly fire a child’s imagination!' CREATIVE STEPS 'Evocative. Children will love the silliness.' IRISH TIMES


Neglected Crops

Neglected Crops

Author: J. Esteban Hernández Bermejo

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9789251032176

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About neglected crops of the American continent. Published in collaboration with the Botanical Garden of Cord�ba (Spain) as part of the Etnobot�nica92 Programme (Andalusia, 1992)