Frank Carlson Library

The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century. Who could forget the pranks, the adventures, the sheer fun of Tom Sawyer? It's something every child should experience and every child will love. From Tom's sly trickery with the whitewashed fence, when he cleverly manipulates everyone so they happily do his work for him, to his and Becky Thatcher's calamities in Bat Cave, the...

A band of mischievous monkeys steals every one of a peddler's caps while he takes a nap under a tree.

Worried about their son's healthy eating habits, Gregory's parents take him to the doctor to teach him how to eat old shoes and boxes like the rest of the goats, but things do not go as planned.

A cumulative rhyme relating how Ki-pat brought rain to the drought-stricken Kapiti Plain.

Introduces signs and symbols frequently seen along the street.

Shortly after the Civil War, a black family travels to Kansas to take advantage of the free land offered through the Homestead Act.

A dinosaur's exuberance about moving cools considerably when he realizes how much he misses his next-door friend.

Grandma tells about her mama's journey to America by boat, years ago.

Old Max never suspects the true source of his shop's financial success.

Explains how ants live and work together to build and maintain their cities.