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3) Zen shorts
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Stillwater the bear moves into the neighborhood, the stories he tells to three siblings teach them to look at the world in new ways. "Michael, " said Karl. "There's a really big bear in the backyard." This is how three children meet Stillwater, a giant panda who moves into the neighborhood and tells amazing tales. To Addie he tells a story about the value of material goods. To Michael he pushes the boundaries of good and bad. And to Karl he demonstrates...
4) Chester
Author
Series
Chester books volume 1
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
As the author/illustrator attempts to create a picture book about a mouse in a house, her rotund feline Chester sends the mouse packing and attempts to rewrite the story with his handy red marker.
Author
Series
Bobo books (Eileen Rosenthal) volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Willy writes a storybook starring Bobo in order to act out his revenge fantasies on Earl, who retaliates by continually wrecking Willy's stories until the duo realizes that they both have something in common.
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
Answers many of the questions the author receives from children on writing, including where she gets her ideas, how she learned to draw, and how many books she can write in one day.
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Tiddler the fish is always telling tall tales about why he is late for school, but when he is actually caught in a net and taken far from home, it is his stories that help him find his way back.
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Marcus's joy over a new pair of shoes prompts his grandfather to tell him a story about Ariba, who has an unusual relationship with a persistent pair of shoes."--Provided by publisher.
15) Zen ghosts
Author
Series
Zen books (Jon J Muth) volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
On Halloween night, Stillwater the giant panda tells Karl, Addy, and Michael a spooky and unusual story. Based on a Zen koan.
Author
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Gray just wants to be included. But the other colors are always leaving him out. So he decides to create his own project: an all-gray book. Once upon a time, there lived a wolf, a kitten, and a hippo... Gray just knows it's going to be perfect. But as he adds page after page, the Primary and Secondary colors show up...and they aren't quite so complimentary. A book within a book, this colorful tale explores the ideas of fitting in, appreciating others,...
17) Toys in space
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A group of toys, left out at night for the first time, begins to be afraid but the WonderDoll distracts them by weaving a story of lost toys, space travel, and a strange alien.
Author
Series
Gooney Bird volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A most unusual new student who loves to be the center of attention entertains her teacher and fellow second graders by telling absolutely true stories about herself, including how she got her name.
Author
Publisher
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A father relates to his son the tale of his encounter--and friendship--with a gigantic trout whose enormous jaw is covered with so many lures and fish hooks that he jangles when he swims, but who has never been caught.
20) Three up a tree
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Sam and Spider build a tree house and go there with Lolly to trade stories.
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