Frank Carlson Library

When Jack and Annie travel back in time to Galveston, Texas, on September 8, 1900, they find themselves facing a horrific storm that resulted in the worst natural disaster in US history.

Harold creates a whole world of moonlight, mountains, ocean liners and fast-flying jets with his purple crayon.

At bedtime, a little llama gets scared after his mother puts him to bed and turns out the light, so he goes downstairs where Mama puts it all right.

Veering from the convivial, scene-centered graphic interpretation often associated with this classic, Würbs offers a sparer take, narrowing each scene to softly focused images that are more suggestive than representational. The poem's opening lines are accompanied by an image of a lone candle burning in a brass candleholder, and the sleigh's rooftop landing shows two shadowy reindeer heads emerging from behind a foregrounded stone chimney. Santa's...

Lewis gets into mischief with an imaginary beast in the bathtub while his parents are watching television.

A child imagines being old with Grandaddy and joining him in such activities as playing cards all day, visiting the ocean, and eating bacon on the porch.

A book is no place for tomfoolery, and this mouse assures us that his book is to be no exception. Just please ignore that Word-Eating Flying Whale, and -- oh, no, the lights have gone out. Wait, what is THAT?! Nothing to fear. Everything is under control ...

Travel to Ancient Greece with Jack and Annie as they meet Alexander the Great and help tame his wild stallion.

"Dory's sure that her big sister's friendship troubles have to do with pirates, but she'll have to navigate those rocky waters without her imaginary first mate Mary, who's found an exciting new pal of her own"--