Theme: Sleep

Murder Of Bindy Mackenzie

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Bindy Mackenzie is the smartest girl at Ashbury High. She memorizes class outlines to help her teachers. She holds lunchtime therapy sessions for her fellow students. She is always kind, polite, and helpful. And she wears crazy nail polish to show she’s a free spirit. But something is missing. And at the first session of [...]

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My Pig Amarillo

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Amarillo is Pablito’s best friend. They do everything together-run, hide from each other, jump in the mud. They are inseparable, just like many best friends. But Amarillo is a bit different-he is a little yellow pig. When Pablito comes home from school one day and Amarillo isn’t there, Pablito is devastated. Where could he be? [...]

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Last Night

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

A little girl doesn’t like her dinner and is sent to her room. She seeks comfort from her friend Bear and falls asleep. So begins a fantastic dream voyage deep into the forest, where the girl and her friend dance and play all night. And in the morning, mother and child make up. With brilliant [...]

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Lullaby and Good Night: Songs for Sweet Dreams

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

It’s bedtime, that special time when parents tuck their little ones in for the night and lull them to sleep with their favorite lullabies. In this gorgeous book, author-illustrator Julie Downing has selected her favorite lullabies and illustrated each one with expressive watercolor paintings. Parents will delight in the familiar, soothing rhythms of beloved songs [...]

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Remember World War Ii: Kids Who Survived Tell Their Stories (Remember)

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

“Mother, they’re here.The Nazis are here!”It was march 15, 1939. The place was Plzen, Czechoslovakia. The life of 15-year-old Jirina Zizkovska, like the lives of millions of people across Europe and around the world, war was about to change — never to be the same. In Remember World War II you will experience the war [...]

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The Three Snow Bears

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Aloo-ki glances up from fishing and sees her sled dogs floating off on an ice floe. She races after them and comes upon an igloo. Being a curious girl, she goes inside only to find no one home. That’s because the polar bear family who lives there is out walking while their breakfast cools off. [...]

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Oliver Who Would Not Sleep

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Oliver Donnington Rimington-Sneep COULDN’T and DIDN’T and WOULD NOT SLEEP! And why should he? As soon as his parents shut his door, Oliver’s off on all kinds of explorations: painting and reading, drawing and racing — and a little trip to Mars for good measure. But his explorations end where all explorations should: safe at [...]

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28 Good Night Stories

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Whenever children want “just one more story” at bedtime, here is a beautiful anthology of all-new good-night stories that will fit the bill. At 128 pages, this book can accommodate. It’s full of imaginative and dreamy stories that are perfect for lulling your little ones to sleep. Eve Tharlet’s adorable illustrations complement a wide range [...]

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Bye-Bye Binky

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

Nora is a big girl now, but she still clings to her pacifier when she gets sleepy. One day it falls out of her pocket while she’s playing outside. Ella Elephant doesn’t know what it is, but she thinks it’ll make a beautiful ring for her trunk. When she too loses it, Lotti Lamb finds [...]

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One More Sheep

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 29, 2007

Sam’s sheep must find a way to keep him awake long enough to count them, so that he will not open the door to let in what he thinks is a stray sheep, but might be an enemy in disguise.

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