"The Newbery Award-winning author of The Crossover pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree"--

Rhymes and colorful illustrations invite young readers to meet their favorite trucks and vehicles face-to-face.

Cartoon illustrations and poetry introduce beginning readers to snow and stars.

Humorous poems about how some dinosaurs died before the extinction.

from international collectors library "The Odyssey was already an ancient and revered classic to the Athenians of the 6th century B.C., and it was recited in full together with the Iliad, at a public festival held every four years. ... The version now offered by the International Collectors Library is the work of Robert Fitzgerald, who has translated other Greek classics and published three books of his own poetry. His Odyssey, ... combines a fidelity...

A company of thirty-one pilgrims tell their stories on the way to the shrine of St. Thomas at Canterbury. Text is in Middle English and includes definitions, an introduction, and notes on pronunciation, grammar, and versification.

Cartoon illustrations and poetry introduce beginning readers to the sea and space.

A collection of poems celebrates the four seasons, including spring, summer, fall, and winter.

A lullaby which asks animals such as a lizard, monkey, and water-buffalo to be quiet and not disturb the sleeping baby.

"Ashley Bryan illustrates 19th century poet Christina Rossetti's classic nursery rhymes and poems"--