Carolyn Sherwin Bailey

Step back in time and join the adventures of young colonists in America! "Boys and Girls of Colonial Days" is like a magical doorway to the past, where you'll meet kids just like you, but living in a very different world. Imagine a place without cars, phones, or even electricity! That's where our colonial friends live. You'll follow them as they help their families build log cabins, tend to farm animals, and learn in one-room schoolhouses. But...

"Don't do it! Don't do it!" the little birds warn, but no one listens to them, especially naughty Nutcracker and thoughtless Sugardolly. In this old German cautionary tale, we are reminded to be considerate of others. Including: • In the Garden of Fairy Honeymouth, • Nutcracker Runs Away, • Sugardolly Looks for Nutcracker, • Sugardolly Becomes Queen of the Dwarfs, • The Adventures of Nutcracker, • Sugardolly finds Nutcracker, and • The...

A discontented little rabbit wishes for a pair of red wings, but the reaction of his mother and the other animals convinces him that it is better just to be himself.

A collection of 17 "stories [that] revolve around the play of children of generations past--from Colonial times down to the mid-19th century ... a wide range of fun before the days of machine-made games and formal entertainment."--Kirkus Reviews.

Nine year old Ann comes to stay with her Great-granny Brown for one year, while her parents are traveling. This is the chronicle of a year in the New Hampshire countryside, with all its traditions and community spririt.