Houghton Mifflin Juvenile Books - Böcker

A toy Indian and his canoe travel from Lake Nipigon to the Atlantic Ocean.

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The Stupid family and their dog Kitty have a fun-filled day doing ridiculous things.

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A young Indian boy carves a canoe and travels through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. The text and pictures provide an excellent geographical and historical picture of the region. Caldecott Honor Book.

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The kids in Room 207 take advantage of their teacher's good nature until she disappears and they are faced with a vile substitute.

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A story with a middle-European flavour. Lonely Fritz is a stumpy little pony who has to live outside the city because only the famous and beautiful horses are allowed in. But the children are afraid of the horses and when they are in danger only F...

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When Annie's cat disappears, she attempts friendship with a variety of unsuitable woodland animals, but with the emergence of Spring, everything comes right.

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Winner of the 1991 Caldecott Medal, this book challenges the conventional methods of presenting time and narrative to children and invites the reader to use text and illustrations in a unique way. The author was also awarded the Caldecott Medal fo...

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An African folktale tells how the sun and water once lived on earth as friends, but because the sun failed to build his house large enough, he and his wife, the moon, were driven into the sky when the water came to visit them.

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Historical photographs with explanatory text present a picture of life in the American West from 1840 to the early 1900s.

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A visual burlesque of the improbable, with antecedents in animated cartoons, silent films and superhero comic books of the 1960s. It tells what happens when frogs float through the air and explore houses while the inhabitants sleep. David Wiesner ...

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Five little monkeys get ready for bed and say goodnight to their mama. Then the serious bed-jumping begins.

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A children's reference book combining serious facts and trivia on topics such as famous people, food, the environment, sport, oddities of law, languages and books. Among the little-known facts are that a slug has four noses, that a jellyfish is 95...

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Aiming to illuminate the difference between a sentence that's merely correct and one that's dramatic, evocative, memorable or funny, this is an introduction to the figure of speech - a means of putting words together to create a vivid picture in t...

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Joe the bug wants to march in the parade with his squadron, but he can only join in if all the lines are even. He studies the problem, rearranging everyone until all 25 bugs stand in five lines of five so that he can fit in. This story provides a ...

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Part of the Information Please series, this book covers topics including: women's achievements, prizes and record-setting through history; female body and health issues; international customs; and fashion trends. It is intended to be of interest t...

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This is a book with crayon cartoons depicting the artistic endeavours of very young children. It is the story of a little girl called Regina who makes one very big mistake.

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The simple sentences, rhyming text and humorous tone in this book, are ideal for beginner readers. It is a tale about sheep who seem to cause chaos wherever they go.

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Problems arise when Martha, the family dog, learns to speak after eating alphabet soup.

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Based on a true story, this is the tale of Yankele, a Polish boy who is separated from his mother during the German invasion of Poland in World War II.

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Personal narratives of Christians, Gypsies, deaf people, homosexuals, and blacks who suffered at the hands of the Nazis before and during World War II.

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The true story of a Chinese boy who grew up in the Southwest of the US and who believed his father when he said: In America, you can be anything you want to be. Too short to be a basketball player, he sets his sights on becoming a matador.

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A guide to good manners for children, this book offers advice on etiquette and how to deal with various problems encountered on interacting with classmates and family members.

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This follow-up to What's Your Story? presents a selection of short fiction written by students in grades four through twelve followed by Bauer's comments on each.

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The fun-loving flock of sheep is raring for a rugged adventure. A good hike is just what they need. The book's illustrations are accompanied by simple rhyming text.

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When she wins a call-in radio contest, Martha the talking dog and her family go for a vacation and manage to change the "no dogs allowed" policy.

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Is there any chapter in American history more dramatic than that of the Northwest from the time of Lewis and Clark to the tragic defeat of Chief Joseph in 1877? Heroic - and not so heroic -characters abound: explorers, fur traders, miners, settler...

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Just as the ants feel a jolt when John knocks over the ant farm, John and his third grade classmates find their world turned upside down following the news of their beloved teacher's imminent departure.

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Judge is desperate. His mother has threatened to send him to a different school next year--away from his twin brother and "posse" of friends. To prove he can succeed at his current school, Judge needs to bring up his grades. After weeks ...

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Several small worms use their varying lengths to measure the vegetables in a garden.

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A young artist finds that her creativity comes from within when the rug that she had always relied upon for inspiration is destroyed.

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