Barbara Shook Hazen
1) Digby
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Learning about the family dog, Digby, helps a young child understand aging.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Being the middle child isn't easy. Harry is too little to do the things his big brother does and is too old to do what his baby sister does. Most of all, he wonders who is his Mama's favorite?
3) The new dog
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1997.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
31 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
When Tootsie, a small, pampered dog, joins Danny Dougle's Dogwalking Group, he is teased and tormented by the other dogs until he wins their respect by foiling a robbery.
4) Katie's wish
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Soon after Katie wishes for her potatoes to disappear during dinner, a potato famine ravages her native Ireland, forcing her to leave for America.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1994]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Sir Fred, considered to be the bravest knight in the castle, fears for his reputation when a jealous bully tries to expose his secret fear of fighting.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1995.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
For all the sadness in "goodbyes, " there are corresponding happy moments in "hellos, " as an urban child moves to a suburban neighborhood.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
20 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Two friends like to share everything, but when they find a toad and argue over how to share it, they eventually leave it in its own environment.
8) Tight times
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
1983.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 18 x 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A small boy, not allowed to have a dog because times are tight, finds a starving kitten in a trash can on the same day his father loses his job.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1993
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
[29] pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
When things are looking bad, a farmer who would rather fiddle than do his chores invites his neighbors to a hoedown where he plays such a lively tune that his shy daughter's pet turkey starts dancing, with happy results.
Series
Reading rainbow volume no. 1
Publisher
GPN Educational Media
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Presents a reading of the book Tight times, written by Barbara Shook Hazen. Host LeVar Burton also shows how children can have a good time without expense, such as by visiting their public library.