by Lee Bennett Hopkins Tony said: "Boys are better! They can \... whack a ball, ride a bike with one hand leap off a wall." I just listened and when he was through, I laughed and said: "Oh,...
Encyclopedia Brown
Encyclopedia Brown from Encyclopedia Broum, Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol Leroy Brown's head is full of facts, which is why he is called Encyclopedia. Because he often helps his father, the...
Bedtime Stories by Lilian Moore
> "Tell me a story," Says Witch's Child. > > "About the Beast So fierce and wild. > > About a Ghost > > That shrieks and groans. > > A Skeleton That rattles bones. > > About a Monster...
Bedtime
by Eleanor Farjeon Five minutes, five minutes more, please! Let me stay five minutes more! Can't I just finish the castle I'm building here on the floor? Can't I just finish the story I'm...
Sam, Bangs & Moonshine
by Evaline Ness On a small island, near a large harbor, there once lived a fisherman's little daughter (named Samantha, but always called Sam), who had the reckless habit of lying. Not even the...
Until I Saw the Sea
by Lilian Moore Until I saw the sea I did not know that wind could wrinkle water so. I never knew that sun could splinter a whole sea of blue. Nor did I know before, a sea breathes in and out...
The Eensy, Weensy Spider
author unknown The eensy, weensy spider Climbed up the waterspout. Down came the rain And washed the spider out. Out came the sun And dried up all the rain. So the eensy, weensy spider Climbed up...
A Thousand Pails of Water
by Ronald Roy Yukio lived in a village where people fished and hunted whales to make their living. Yukio's father, too, was a whale hunter. "Why do you kill the whales, Father?" Yukio asked....
Table Manners
> by Gelett Burgess The Goops they lick their fingers, And the Goops they lick their knives; They spill their broth on the tablecloth- Oh, they lead disgusting lives! The Goops they talk while...
The Dragon of Grindly Grun
> I'm the Dragon of Grindly Grun, But my lunches aren't very much fun, > For I like my damsels medium rare, And they always come out well > done. by Kaye Starbird I went away last August To...