A humorous revelation of the real reasons why adults tell children to do things, such as "Eat your vegetables," "Comb your hair," and "Don't blow bubbles in your milk."
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A yellow plastic duck makes a long perilous journey when he is washed overboard with a crate full of bathtub toys during a storm.
A saintly rabbi miraculously brings to life a clay giant who helps him watch over the Jews of sixteenth-century Prague.
To bring rain to his thirsty village, Pik challenges the rain god to a game of pok-a-tok.
When his friend Chips is snatched and chewed, Tough Cookie sets out to stop Fingers.
The story of Sundiata, who overcame physical handicaps, social disgrace, and strong opposition to rule Mali in the thirteenth century.
An emperor gives his twin sons, one a warrior and one a wise man, a quest to see which will rule his kingdom.
Children speak to the sun, wind, clouds, rain, stars, and moon, asking to play with them.
When an evil toy store owner brings crime to the city of Tokyo, only a mysterious, and large, hero is able to defeat the villain.
Bring the enchanting art of shadow puppetry into the library or classroom. These authors have modernized and simplified the techniques of shadow puppetry and created this step-by-step guide to incorporate the medium into today's curriculum. Stage directions, puppet patterns, scri...
Describes, in rhyming text and illustrations, the characteristics of tools commonly found in most toolboxes.
A boastful strong man learns a lesson harder than his muscles when he encounters one of Nigeria's superheroes in this Hausa tale which explains the origin of thunder.
Kchokeen, a Tlingit princess, is rescued from drowning by a guardian spirit that later enables Kchokeen to summon a great wave and save her people from hostile strangers.
Kchokeen, a Tlingit princess, is rescued from drowning by a guardian spirit that later enables Kchokeen to summon a great wave and save her people from hostile strangers.