Picks for Ages 5 to 7
Hare turns his luck around by striking a clever deal with the rich and lazy bear down the road.
Details through text and photographs the special bond shared by Owen, an orphaned hippo, and Mzee, a 130-year-old giant tortoise.
Introduces readers to more than 60 types of eggs and an array of egg facts.
Discusses and gives examples of the size and weight of various animals and parts of animals.
After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.
Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie find a magic tree house, which whisks them back in time.
Two roller-skating best friends—one tiny, one tall—share three comical adventures involving outrageously bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes and a most unlikely marvelous companion.
Little Mouse gets dressed to go to the barn with his mother, brothers and sisters.
Gerald and Piggie discover the joy of reading. But what will happen when the book ends?
Two cats that are as different as night and day are nevertheless best friends.
When Buzz captures a fly to enter in The Amazing Pet Show, his parents and judges tell him that a fly cannot be a pet, but Fly Guy proves them wrong.
A possum and a muskrat become friends despite their many differences.
A good-natured monster thinks a pie made out of flies would be a good dessert, and invites all his friends and relatives over to try it.
A shark and a train compete in a series of contests on a seesaw, in hot air balloons, bowling, shooting baskets, playing hide-and-seek and more.
A child describes the growth of a maple tree from seed to sapling.
When a young pig knocks on a fox’s door, the fox thinks dinner has arrived, but the pig has other plans.
The kids in Room 207 take advantage of their teacher's good nature until she disappears and they are faced with a vile substitute.
Frogs rise on their lily pads, float through the air and explore the nearby houses while their inhabitants sleep.
Two unseen characters argue about whether the creature they are looking at is a rabbit or a duck.
A young worm discovers day by day, that there are some very good and some not so good things about being a worm in this great big world.
Illustrations and simple text describe the back ends of various animals.
Follow a circle of family and friends through the course of a day from morning till night as they discover the importance of all things great and small in our world, from the tiniest shell on the beach, to warm family connections, to the widest sunset sky.