Picture Book Favorites: Adventure

Follows the journey of a truck from loading to unloading.

A little boy's animal friends help him discover the poetry to be found in nature.

"A bear and a boy who both love exploring learn to share their adventures together"--

Lured into a hot air balloon by the smell of fried chicken, Sally the black labrador retriever inadvertently goes for a ride all by herself.

After Trixie and daddy leave the laundromat, something very important turns up missing.

A child who enjoys Grandad's stories of his travels and adventures with Gramps persuades him to fix up their old camper and take another trip, in honor of Gramps.

"A child and his beloved giraffe go on a grand sea adventure"--

Katy Mouse teaches her younger brother, Tiny, the names of some of the things they see, including a boot, a snail, and a pheasant, when they go to the cornfield to play games.

The wheels on the bus go round and round on the way to the watering hole. But who's on the bus? A lion roars, flamingos flap, and a hyena laughs a big ha-ho-hee as they travel on the bus with their animal friends. Don't forget to watch out for the crocodile too, whose jaws go snap! Together, a simple trip becomes a raucous adventure that young readers can sing and move along with at any story hour, family reading time, or energy-filled morning. Jane...

Celebrating 75 years, The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown, beloved children's book author of Goodnight Moon."If you run away," said his mother, "I will run after you. For you are my little bunny."A little bunny keeps running away from his mother in this imaginary game of hide-and-seek. Children will be profoundly comforted by this lovingly steadfast mother who finds her child every time. The Runaway Bunny, first published in 1942 and never out...