Arthur Yorinks
2) One mean ant
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Was there ever an ant as mean as this mean ant? Not likely. This ant is so mean that leaves fall off trees when he walks by. This ant is so mean that grapes shrivel when he looks at them. But when this mean ant finds himself lost in the desert and meets a fly that defies explanation . . . well, nothing is the same again. With this first in a planned trilogy, celebrated picture book creators Arthur Yorinks and Sergio Ruzzier team up for a hilariously...
3) Hey, Al
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A city janitor and his treasured canine companion are transported by a large colorful bird to an island in the sky, where their comfortable paradise existence threatens to turn them into birds as well. Al, a janitor, and his faithful dog, Eddie, live in a single room on the West Side. They eat together, they work together, they do everything together. So what's the problem? Their room is crowded and cramped; their life is an endless struggle. Al and...
10) Happy bees
Author
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rhythmic text describes the carefree life of bees as they sting knees, munch on Swiss cheese, and laugh in the breeze.
11) Oh, brother
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Milton and Morris, two orphaned immigrant brothers in New York, brave their way in the New World taking jobs as trapeze artists, fruit peddlers, and tailors, and discover life's bitter realities.
12) Homework
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
When Tony's pens, along with his pencil and eraser, come to life, the squabbling set of writing tools tries to complete Tony's neglected homework.
13) Ugh
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
Unappreciated and overworked by his selfish family, Ugh, a prehistoric caveboy, escapes his dreary life when he invents a bicycle.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Desiring a child of her own, Rosina the witch fashions one out of straw and scraps, but when she cannot bring the rag child to life she becomes enraged and turns the village children into shrubs, where they stay until a kind girl discovers the discarded doll and saves her.
19) Quack!
Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Quack, a young duck, builds a rocket and goes to the moon, only to find that he misses home.