While Galileo sleeps, his young daughter Virginia, later known as Maria Celeste, explores his study and discovers some of the tools he uses in his scientific experiments.
Galileo’s Treasure Box
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That’s What Leprechauns Do
When leprechauns Ari, Boo, and Col need to place the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, they cannot help getting into mischief along the way.
Not All Animals Are Blue
Sharing simple concepts, Not All Animals are Blue prompts discussion about colors, movement, attitude, and even accessories.
A Sick Day For Amos Mcgee
THE BEST SICK DAY EVER and the animals in the zoo feature in this striking picture book debut. Friends come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. In Amos McGee’s case, all sorts of species, too! Every day he spends a little bit of time with each of his friends at the zoo, running races with the tortoise, keeping the shy penguin company, and even reading bedtime stories to the owl. But when Amos is too sick to make it to the zoo, his animal friends decide it’s time they returned the favor.
Moon over Manifest
Twelve-year-old Abilene Tucker is the daughter of a drifter who, in the summer of 1936, sends her to stay with an old friend in Manifest, Kansas, where he grew up, and where she hopes to find out some things about his past.
The Three Pigs
The three pigs escape the wolf by going into another world where they meet the cat and the fiddle, the cow that jumped over the moon, and a dragon. By the creator of the Caldecott Honor book, Sector 7.
Tuesday
Frogs rise on their lily pads, float through the air, and explore the nearby houses while their inhabitants sleep.
Flotsam
The story of what happens when a camera becomes a piece of flotsam.
Featured in WOW Review Volume XII, Issue 4
Yoko’s Show-And-Tell
When Yoko’s grandparents send her a beautfui antique doll all the way from Japan, Yoko couldn’t be happier. She places Miki on a windowsill and brings her candy every day. On Girls’ Festival Day, Yoko wants to show Miki to her class and tell them all about the Japanese holiday. In her Big No voice Mama says, “We don’t trouble trouble or trouble will trouble us.” But Yoko is so excited about Girls’ Day that she can’t resist taking Miki to school. Mama will never know . . . . What could possibly go wrong? Rosemary Wells brings the loveable Yoko back in a story that deftly explores cultural differences, bullying at school, and learning to forgive, with her trademark accessibility and elegance.
Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures #7: The Flying Chinese Wonders
There’s no place on Earth a flat kid can’t go! Stanley accidentally caused twin acrobats Yin and Yang to take a tumble, right before their Chinese New Year show. Yang’s foot is broken–but luckily, Flat Stanley is flexible enough to take his place. To make up for his mistake, Stanley travels to China to help out–but can he learn all their amazing tricks in time?