Arcadia Public Library

When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want. Farmer Brown thinks it's odd when he hears the sounds of typing coming from the barn, but his troubles really begin when his cows start leaving him notes. First they demand better working conditions, then they stage a strike!

A collection of eleven short stories focusing on the everyday adventures of Hispanic young people growing up in Fresno, California.

Meet the little joey, whose kangaroo mother carries him in her pouch. See the cygnet riding on the back of the mother swan. Eric Carle's colorful collages of animal babies with their caring and affectionate mothers offer small readers visual delight as well as comforting reassurance. An information page at the end of the story presents the names of animal babies, parents, and groups, for example, a baby kangaroo is a joey, its mother is a flyer, its...

After helping her mother weed, water, and chase the rabbits from their garden, a young girl imagines her dream garden complete with jellybean bushes, chocolate rabbits, and tomatoes the size of beach balls.

A fresh look at eight classic stories, told with bold language and vibrant pictures.

Tad and Willie Lincoln are two of the most mischievous pranksters you could ever meet. They also happen to be Abraham Lincoln's sons. The boys treat the White House like their very own playground, aggravating everyone, except their indulgent father. To Mr. Lincoln, the boys and their antics are a welcome distraction from the looming Civil War. So when Tad and Willie get themselves into an especially tricky situation, they appeal directly to the only...

Little Chick wants her carrot to grow big, her kite to fly, and her special star to come close enough that she can catch it, but things do not happen the way that she wants them to.

Pictures and rhyming text celebrate a family's day spent going to the beach, shopping at the market, eating at a restaurant and spending the evening with the rest of the extended family.

"Watch the shiny feathers disappear as you count down from five to one in this Thanksgiving book about five silly turkeys!"--

A story based on the life of the dedicated young Lakota boy who grew up to be one of the bravest defenders of his people.