Paul Galdone
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The acclaimed children's book author and illustrator retells the beloved fable of a hen who takes her friends on a misguided adventure.
Convinced the sky is falling, Henny Penny the hen gathers a band of gullible friends who decide they must march off and tell the king. But their misadventures take a frightening turn when they meet their end at the hands of a wily fox.
With its tongue-twisting rhymes, rich illustrations, and surprise ending, this...
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Series
Language
English
Description
When the miller's youngest son receives only Puss as his inheritance, he wonders how his father expects him to make a living with a single cat. But Puss is no ordinary feline. All he asks for is a new pair of boots and he promises that fortune will come their way. With Puss in Boots working for him, the miller's son is in for a life-changing surprise!
Paul Galdone's retelling of this fairy tale is now part of the Folk Tale Classics series.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Paul Galdone's pictures, especially of the kittens in their space suits, have humor and imagination to match the text. -- Saturday Review Flyball, the famous Space Cat, is a father now! He and Moofa, the last of the Martian fishing cats, are the proud parents of a pair of mischievous, fun-loving kittens, Marty and Tailspin. The whole family joins Colonel Fred Stone and a new friend, Bill, on a mission to Alpha Centauri to seek out places where humans...
13) Space Cat
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
An amusing combination of comical cat story and science fiction for the youngest fans, made even more amusing by the artist's interpretation of a cat in a space suit. -- Horn Book A little gray kitten with a taste for adventure stows away on an airplane, and the daring stunt turns out to be his first step toward becoming ... Space Cat! The plane's pilot, Captain Fred Stone, names his fuzzy new friend Flyball and welcomes him to an experimental station...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The dauntless Space Cat -- aka Flyball -- and his pal, Colonel Fred, blast off for their most fantastic destination yet! While they're on their way home from Venus, the astronauts are forced to make an emergency landing on Mars. Although Flyball's a bit bored by the Red Planet at first, his curiosity is piqued by its sole surviving fishing cat, a friendly female named Moofa. Will she turn out to be the cat's meow? This new edition of a charmingly...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This easy science fiction book continues the same kind of humor and adventure of the author's first book, Space Cat . Illustrations in black and white are well suited to the text. Recommended. -- Library Journal Flyball the Space Cat is back, and this time he's living in Luna Port, the first city on the Moon. Workers at the lunar station are building a rocket to transport him and his pilot buddy, Colonel Fred Stone, to Venus. The two friends take...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Homer Fink could speak Latin and Greek or chart the orbit of the planet Jupiter, but when it came to tying his shoelaces or knotting his tie Homer was helpless. The Adventures of Homer Fink is a story of youth's first awareness of power and philosophy and love. It is peopled with characters as real as your next-door neighbors and yet uniquely extraordinary. Above all, this is a tale full of humor and affection and the wonder of growing up.
Series
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Diary of a worm: This fun-filled chronicle of the daily ins and outs of a loveable underground dweller shows us that a worm's life is really not so different from ours.
Anatole: An honorable little French mouse anonymously reveals his remarkably good taste in cheese and helps a cheese factory to become the best.
Frog goes to dinner: Frog causes trouble and embarrassment for the family after popping out of a boy's pocket in a fancy restaurant.
I...
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Language
Español
Description
Estáis a punto de sumergiros en una historia llena de suspense. A ratos pensaréis que nada tiene solución, pero una nueva pista os devolverá la esperanza. Y decimos "pista" porque el protagonista de este libro es un detective. De hecho, el más famoso entre los ratones: Basil.
Quizá no sepáis que este brillante investigador ha aprendido el oficio del mejor detective humano de todos los tiempos: Sherlock Holmes.
Este es su primer gran caso: El...