Frank Carlson Library

Once he realizes that the dinosaurs in the museum are not alive, Franklin is able to enjoy his class visit there.

A lively marching band of animal musicians leads the Christmas Parade.

A dog follows the bus to school, where he meets the teacher and takes part in the activities of the class.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow a family as they move to a new town.

Freda has a picnic in the backyard with her friends. Includes questions about the text and a note to parents about visual learning.

Charlie Reese has been making the same secret wish every day since fourth grade. She even has a list of all the ways there are to make the wish. But when she is sent to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to live with family she barely knows, it seems unlikely that her wish will ever come true. That is until she meets Wishbone, a skinny stray dog who captures her heart, and Howard, a neighbor boy who proves surprising in lots of ways.

Ma Farmer craves sweet potato pie but needs help to harvest a homegrown sweet potato--in this version of the Russian folktale, The Giant Turnip. Includes recipe and directions to make sweet potato pie.