Children's Books - Classic Story Books

Eat Your Peas, Ivy Louise!

By Leo Landry

Her parents may see a healthy meal, but Ivy Louise sees her peas staring in a series of amazing acts in the world’s smallest circus. Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages 2-5.

Eat Your Peas, Ivy Louise! HMH-8861......$12.00

Cucumber Soup

By Vicki Leigh Krudwig

When a cucumber falls on the entrance of an anthill, 10 little ants need all the help they can get to move it and save their home. Luckily, 9 noisy mosquitoes, 8 orange ladybugs, 7 hairy garden spiders, 6 fuzzy bumblebees, 5 purple butterflies, down to one tiny flea, join the ants in pushing the green mass. When the task is done, what other way to celebrate than to have a feast of cucumber soup! Includes scientific facts about each insect as well as a recipe to make cucumber soup. Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.

Cucumber Soup F-3806......$16.95

When Moose cannot move, not even budge, the giant cabbage that he finds in his garden one day, he gladly accepts the help of all of his friends in the neighborhood. With Moose, Bear, Wolf, Fox, Hare, Old Porcupine, Squirrel, and Little Vole there to push, tug, bump, and shove, will they be able to get the enormous cabbage to the Alaska State Fair and win the prize? Softcover, 32 pages. Ages 3-8.

The Giant Cabbage: An Alaska Folktale SQ-3575......$9.95

Meet Ellie Morgan - a 16-year-old who's passionate about her pumpkin, Max, who is set to win the Rock River Pumpkin Weigh-In - if only he could gain 200 pounds. Then life would be perfect...that is if Ellie herself lost 20 pounds and gained enough courage to approach Wes, the new boy in town (a corn grower with a grower's heart too). Softcover, 208 pages. Ages 12 and up.

Squashed PP-4268......$7.99

Everyone knows that the big hungry bear likes strawberries. However, what happens when a little mouse craves a bite? Will the big hungry bear find out? This adorable book has humorous color illustrations that will intrigue readers of all ages. Softcover, 31 pages. Also available as a board book. Ages 3 and up.

The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear English (Softcover) CPI-0124......$7.99 English (Board Book) CPI-6599......$6.99 Spanish (Softcover) CPI-9792......$7.99

This bright red sack contains everything you'll need to re-create the wonderful story of The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear. Book, game, plush strawberry and wood knife, audio tape, scenery, Pocket Pal Mouse, parent prompt and guide all help to bring this story to life! Ages 4-8.

The Big Hungry Bear Storysack Set CPI-684X......$56.99

Carla is very unique, and so are her sandwiches! Every day at lunchtime the kids always make fun of her concoctions like her "lettuce, tomato, raisin, bean sprout, pretzel, and mayonnaise sandwich," or her "banana and cottage cheese sandwich." In the end, her creative ways finally win over her classmates and they all learn to accept new foods. This book with colorful, cheery illustrations might just evoke some ideas of crazy recipes for you to try with your kids! Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.

Carla's Sandwich English IPG-2252......$15.95 Spanish IPG-2563......$14.95

Lila lives in a small house overlooking the sea, "far away from the rest of the world." She plants and plows her own fields for food, picking beans and collecting apples for applesauce - but one long, cold winter leaves her hungry. One night, a wish on a falling star leaves a bag of flour on her doorstep and Lila bakes bread. Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages 9-12.

The Wish BM-5198......$15.95

Farmer McPhee is elated when it's time to pick and ship his lovely yellow lemons from his farm. "There's nothing like lemons," cries Farmer McPhee, "This fruit isn't mellow. They're tangy! They're tasty! They're tart - and soooooo yellow!" And as the Farmer excitedly gathers his glorious McPhee Farms 100% Yellow Perfection Lemons, he is stupefied at the sight of a perfectly red lemon one day. Hardcover, 40 pages. Ages 4-8.

The Red Lemon RH-5938......$14.95

A delightful story of a happy ol’ couple so poor and so content that they share everything - even one potato per day. Kids and adults alike will share in the O’Grady’s surprise when instead of a potato one day, Mr. O’Grady pulls up a black magical pot from their garden. What will the couple do when they realize that for whatever goes into the pot, it comes out double? A great read aloud and fun way to practice multiplication! Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages 3 and up.

One Potato, Two Potato MPS-6408......$16.99

"A funny thing happened at the market today...It happened in the fruit section where the fruits were at play." Join the cheering cherries, warbling watermelons, rappin' raspberries, and laughing lemons and meet the new fruit on the block: coconut. Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.

Ambrosia IPG-4202......$14.99

When one pig, two pigs, three pigs want potatoes - three little piggies are washing and peeling potatoes. When Pappa Piggy gets home and makes three pigs into four, plus three friends - Mama's up to nine, including herself, and puts one extra in for good measure - ten potatoes in the pot! With humorously detailed illustrations, this lovely little story will delight every reader - and get them hungry for potatoes! Hardcover, 36 pages. Ages 4-8.

Pigs Love Potatoes PP-0362......$15.99

Henry loved to eat books, and the more he ate the smarter he got...until one day he ate so many books he became ill. He sadly gave up eating books and discovered he loved to eat broccoli and read books. From then on he was known as, "The Incredible Broccoli Eating Boy," although a bite out of the back cover of this book suggests he still occasionally indulges in bit of book. A hilarious, ingenious story coupled with equally unique illustrations. Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.

The Incredible Book Eating Boy PP-7491......$16.99

Classic story of a tiny green caterpillar who eats his way through the book and is transformed into a beautiful butterfly. Ages 3-7. (PP-7453 includes a CD of Eric Carle reading the story!)

NEW! Pop-Up Book 40th Anniversary Limited Edition: Experience this classic story in a whole new way as the hungry caterpillar literally pops off the page, crawling along branches, munching through pop-up foods, and finally flying off the page as an extraordinary butterfly! Get your limited edition copy before they disappear! Hardcover Pop-up Book (11 3/4” x 8 1/2”), 14 pages. (PP-0392)

The Very Hungry Caterpillar (La Oruga Muy Hambrienta) English (Hardcover) PP-8534......$21.99 English (Board Book, 7" x 5") PP-8534B......$10.99 English (Big Book with CD, 10 3/4" x 9 1/4") PP-7453......$15.99 English (POP-UP BOOK) PP-0392......$29.99 Spanish (Hardcover) PP-8534P......$21.99 Spanish (Board Book) PP-8534SPB......$10.99

When Bliss and her mother go to pick blueberries in the woods one day, a beautiful butterfly catches Bliss' eye, and before she knows it has followed the butterfly to a nearby stream where her mother is nowhere in sight! When Bliss also realizes that her once full bucket of blueberries is now empty, she begins following the trail of blueberries from her bucket, leading her back to her mother. Library Binding, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.

Bliss, Blueberries, and the Butterfly PW-2060......$14.99