Burlington Public Library

In trying to determine which of his six sons to reward for saving his life, Anansi the Spider is responsible for placing the moon in the sky.

Father Christmas visits France, Scotland, and Las Vegas while on his annual vacation.

Madeline, smallest and naughtiest of the twelve little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis.

A little boy tells a lie to his parents and then is bothered by the big fat lie monster who keeps growing and won't leave him alone.

A small boy imagines what it would be like to have his own rainbow to play with.

Presents fourteen rhymes with diagrams for accompanying finger plays.

An introduction to the life cycle of frogs, detailing their transformation from a tadpole, their mating habits, and the difficulty of life for them in the 20th century.

Tired of kindergarten, Bea Jones trades "jobs" with her father, who works in an office.

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.

When her can of blue paint mysteriously disappears, Belinda is determined to find out which one of the children took it.