Burlington Public Library

In this retelling of Androcles and the Lion, Andy meets a lion on the way to school and wins his friendship for life by removing a thorn from his paw.

Presents a children's boardbook for early readers that describes the various sounds that animals make.

In a poor Mexican village, Erandi surprises her mother by offering to sell her long, beautiful hair in order to raise enough money to buy a new fishing net.

Hiroshima was once a city of seven beautiful rivers, where families lived and worked and children grew up. When war came, and when the bomb fell, everything changed, including the life of one small girl who saw her world shattered.

As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.

Though she plans to try out for cheerleading, Louanne Pig helps her friend Arnie try out for football, with surprising results.

Despite his father's objections, Tony insists on wanting such impractical pets as an elephant, a python, or a flamingo.

Rhyming text and illustrations describe the familiar faces and objects of a day at school.

Because Mrs. Marsh is always in her classroom before the students arrive and always stays after they leave, Mollie becomes convinced that her teacher has no home other than the school.

Simple text and illustrations introduce a variety of trains and their uses. Includes freight trains, passenger trains, monorails, and subways.