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Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.

The curiosity of a newly-captured monkey gets him into continual trouble.

“Do you like green eggs and ham?” asks Sam-I-am. In this most famous of cumulative tales, the list of places to enjoy green eggs and ham, and friends to enjoy them with, gets longer and longer. Follow Sam-I-am as he insists that this unusual treat is indeed a delectable snack to be savored everywhere and in every way.

On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too.

Lilly loves everything about school, especially her teacher, but when he asks her to wait a while before showing her new purse, she does something for which she is very sorry later.

With more than two million copies sold,Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? has opened up a world of learning to a generation of children. For this edition, created for the twenty-fifth anniversay in 1992, Bill Martin, Jr., restored his text to its original wording. And Eric Carle created all new pictures--based on the originals, but clearer, brighter, and truer to the colors they represent. Bill Martin has been devoted to writing children's books for more than thirty years. He has a Ph.D. in early childhood education and he has long been a proponent of using rhyme and rhythm to teach young children how to read. Eric Carle, illustrator of many beloved children's books, was born in the United States, but spent his early years in Stuttgart, Germany, where he studied art and design at the Academy of Applied Art.Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? was the first book he illustrated.

Vol. 1: The Early Years, 1550-1739 (Part 1) by Francelia Butler
Vol. 2: The Early Years, 1550-1739 (Part 2) by Francelia Butler
Vol. 3: The Middle Period, 1740-1836 (Part 1) by Robert Bator
Vol. 4: The Middle Period, 1740-1836 (Part 2) by Robert Bator
Vol. 5: The Victorian Era, 1837-1900 (Part 1) by Robert Lee Wolff
Vol. 6: The Victorian Era, 1837-1900 (Part 2) by Robert Lee Wolff
Vol. 7: Victorian Color Picture Books by Jonathan Cott
Vol. 8: The Twentieth Century by William T. Moynihan

ThisVery Short Introduction provides an overview of the history of children's literature as it has developed in English, whilst at the same time introducing key debates, developments, and figures in the field, raising questions about what shape the future of literature for children should take, and exploring the crossover with adult fiction, Reynolds shows that writing for children - whether on page or screen - has participated in shaping and directing ideas about culture, society and childhood.

Provides a thorough history of British and North American children's literature from the 17th century to the present day