Alice Schertle

A small blue truck gets into a jam, then receives help from his friends.

A young man who loves to dance is captured by the goblins beneath the hill and must challenge them to a dance contest in order to escape.

A school assignment to share collections prompts Jeremy Bean to become a collector of stories about himself, which he hopes he can share with his grandchildren as his Gramps has shared stories with him. This engaging transitional work is organized into three "books" that explore Jeremy's efforts to become a collector, his search for dust bunnies and his solution to the problem of a St. Patrick's Day costume.

A counting rhyme that captures the playfulness and tender affection between parent and child.

After his toy bear comes out of the washing machine with an ear missing and not smelling "right," a boy takes him outside to play until he looks and smells familiar once again.

Zooom! Wooeeee . . . ! "Make way!" The big city sure is a speedy, noisy place for a country truck like Blue. Everywhere Blue looks, he sees buses, police cars, taxis, vans, a street sweeper, and even the mayor's limousine. With everyone pushing to be first, soon there's a giant traffic jam! But even a wrangle-tangle is no match for Little Blue Truck, who comes to the rescue in true Blue style. --Publisher La cuidad sí que es un lugar rápido y ruidoso...

A series of humorous and serious poems about cats.

"Describes the emergence of humankind out of Africa, charting the course of human development from 7 million years ago to today, highlighting the development of diversity among peoples and our ability to invent and discover"--Provided by publisher.

"Little Blue Truck is spreading cheer by delivering Christmas trees to his animal friends. Can you help count each green tree?" -- "¡¡Pi-pii! Es la mejor época de año! El camioncito Azul va repartiendo alegría llevando árboles de Navidad a sus amigos los animales. ¿Puedes ayudar a contar cada árbol verde? ¿No olvides guardar uno para Azulito!" --

"Little blue truck teaches a big important dump truck the value of a few friendly beeps and a group of helping hands." --