Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present
Charlotte ZolotowMr. Rabbit helps a little girl find a lovely present for her mother, who is especially fond of red, yellow, green, and blue. 1963 Caldecott Honor BookNotable Children's Books of 1940–1970 (ALA)
'Gruffness and anger is passed along from person to person until a little dog starts a chain of happiness that reverses the trend.[A] pleasant picture book [that touches on] emotional maturity.' —ALA Children's Services Division.
In print for more than forty years, Charlotte Zolotow's The Bunny Who Found Easter has delighted generations of readers. Now, newly illustrated with Helen Craig's luminous art, the story of a lonely bunny who goes on a search for East...
A small girl runs away from her domineering older sister, only to discover how much she is needed and loved. 'A heartwarming picture book for small girls.' —BL. Children's Books of the Year 1966 (CSA)
With her finely tuned ear for the concerns and cadences of childhood, Zolotow records a little girl describing all the things she likes that grown-ups usually do not.This tale, adapted from Zolotow's I Want to Be Little and newly illu...
'The year's seasonal changes and festivities that are important in a little child's life are imaginatively [described]. . . . The story ends with the happy realization that it will all come round 'over and over' again.' —H.
More than anything, William wants a doll. 'Don't be a creep,' says his brother. 'Sissy, sissy,' chants the boy next door. Then one day someone really understands William's wish, and makes it easy for others to understand, too.
It is a day in the country,and everthing is hot and still.Then the hazy sky begins to shift.Something is astir, something soundless.
I hate hate hated my friend. When I moved over in the school bus, she sat somewhere else. When her point broke in arithmetic and I passed her my pencil,she took Peter's instead.'Ask her,' my mother said.'Ask your friend why.'
If you are lucky you know someone like the elderly lady in this book. Whenever she sees you--coming home from school, trick-or-treating at Halloween, or walking with your dog in the wood--she makes you feel special. She is someone you...