Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Twinkle, twinkle, little star Twinkle, twinkle, little star Jane Taylor,Jeanette Winter In this version of the familiar nineteenth-century poem celebrating one bright little star, the illustrations depict people and animals from around the world. Holes allow the "starlight" to show from… OL1129271W
Hush little baby Hush little baby Jeanette Winter In an old lullaby a baby is promised an assortment of presents from its adoring parent. OL16312331W
Kali's song Kali's song Jeanette Winter Thousands and thousands of years ago, a young boy gets his first hunting bow and learns to shoot, but he prefers to use the bow to make music. OL16596996W
Biblioburro Biblioburro Jeanette Winter "After amassing piles of books, Luis, a voracious reader, dreams up a way to share his collection with 'faraway villages.' He starts with two burros--one for himself, one for books--and heads off. T… OL474268W
The Christmas visitors The Christmas visitors Jeanette Winter Every Christmas Eve a wood cutter and his family have to prepare a feast for the trolls who come from a nearby mountain. Then one year a trapper and his white bear ask for shelter on the same holiday… OL474269W
Come out to play Come out to play Jeanette Winter Presents the Mother Goose rhyme inviting girls and boys to leave supper and sleep and come out to play in the street by the light of the moon. Illustrations show modern-day children. OL474270W
Elsina's clouds Elsina's clouds Jeanette Winter In South Africa, a Basotho girl paints designs on her house as a prayer to the ancestors for rain. OL474272W
Follow Drinking Gourd Follow Drinking Gourd Jeanette Winter By following the directions in a song, "The Drinking Gourd," taught them by an old sailor named Peg Leg Joe, runaway slaves journey north along the Underground Railroad to freedom in Canada. OL474274W
The House that Jack Built The House that Jack Built Jeanette Winter Simple rebus illustrations are used to present the familiar cumulative nursery rhyme about the antics that go on in the house built by an unsuspecting Jack. OL474277W
The Basora Librarian The Basora Librarian Jeanette Winter Alia Muhammad Baker is a librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, her library has been a meeting place for those who love books. Until now. Now war has come, and Alia fears that the library--alo… OL474281W
My Baby My Baby Jeanette Winter As she waits for her baby to be born, a young African woman describes some of the sights and sounds of her Mali homeland as she creates a beautiful bogolan cloth for her child. OL474283W
My Name Is Georgia My Name Is Georgia Jeanette Winter Presents, in brief text and illustrations, the life of the painter who drew much of her inspiration from nature. OL474299W