As Halloween arrives, and Omar still hasn't found a costume scary enough, he is forced to put a sheet over his head and trick-or-treat as a boring old ghost. Omar's Halloween is ruined--until the weather comes to his aid.
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A cumulative tale about the chain of events surrounding the making of a cake by a farmer's wife, eventually leading to its consumption in surprising circumstances.
An updated version of the original Garbage delight, with some new verses and entirely new illustrations.
A mother has a clever answer when asked who her favourite "monster" is.
Young children will be clamoring to join in the fun when Grandma takes Jenny and Joanna on a carriage ride through New York City's Central Park. Caught up in the holiday spirit they start to sing--and take off on a hilarious romp no one will want to miss!
Jenny and Joanna love their imaginative and exciting grandmother. One day grandmother arrives to take them on an outing, even if it is a school day.
Omar isn't nearly as good as his friends at swimming or jumping off the high-diving board but when it comes to helping a friend, Omar forgets all about his fears.
Tenement life in the 1930s is difficult, and Mama is homesick for the sunny skies of her native Italy. Her family tries everything to cheer her up, from hand stands and jokes to a trip to Coney Island, but nothing works until, at Coney Island, her daughter wins a packet of seeds ...
Having heard about Thanksgiving in school, nine-year-old Rivka tries to convince her immigrant family and her rabbi that it is a holiday for all Americans, Jews and non-Jews alike.
"Jennifer loves junk. Every day she looks for things that people have thrown away and adds these new treasures to her collection. She doesn't mind that her friends and neighbours call her Junk-Pile Jennifer, because she truly believes that the stuff she collects is still useful a...
Omar discovers that everyone has their own special talents and that people are good at different things.
While a grandmother and grandchildren wait for the bus, they sing the title song with such gusto they miss their bus.
Imagine for a minute another kind of world ... a purple world, with purple people and places. In Mable Murple a young girl dreams of just that-- with some wonderfully wacky results!