Poor Jake simply wants to read his book but his little sister, Louise, has other ideas. She dances into his room, plays with his toys, and bounces on his bed. When Jake becomes frustrated and announces that he’s going to leave and she won’t be able to find him, Louise retorts that he can change [...]
Afraid of getting close to someone who might prove dangerous, Scaredy Squirrel has never had a friend. But, bored and tired of thinking up activities to do by himself, Scaredy leaps at the opportunity to make friends with the goldfish who lives in the fountain near his nut tree. While the goldfish might [...]
When the kingdom of Thibodeau announces the birth of a royal baby, the Queen of Iddison sets out to gather the finest gifts both from her own kingdom and from the lands between her kingdom and that of Thibodeau. She composes a long list of items and eight great carts, pulled by eight elephants, are [...]
An animal who hunts by night and likes his solitary, nocturnal existence, Fox awakens unexpectedly one morning to the knowledge that something is about to happen. He joins hundreds of other animals, all of them traveling with their mates, in a trek that lasts for many days and takes Fox and his traveling [...]
When Bird wakes up grumpy, one morning, he is too grouchy to fly, so he sets out on foot. Greeted first by one friend and then another, Bird clearly wants to be left alone but, despite his attempts to deter them, every one of his friends decides to join him on his walk.
Bird stalks on, [...]
Step into Margriet’s backyard and take a look at some of the many animals and plants found there. From snakes and wasps to mice, spiders and bats, in winter, spring, summer and fall, Margriet helps the reader to explore her garden and its visitors at all times of the day and night, and in all [...]
Yankel Liebovich loves to tell stories to his friends, stories he overhears while working in his father’s store. When Reb Wulff, the baker, regales the men of the village with the tale of how he mistakenly put salt in the rugelach, rather than sugar, Yankel tells his friends. When he sees Freya Silinsky [...]
After we read Jeffrey and the Sloth, children in the Primary Division tried their hands and doodling. They went to ArtPad, a website that allows you to paint virtual pictures, and created some wonderful paintings. I wouldn’t mind have many of these pieces on my walls! Simply click on the image to [...]
Jeffrey has to write a story for homework and cannot think of anything to write about. So he begins to doodle on the page and soon as drawn a long-armed sloth who slips off the page and into his bedroom. While Jeffrey tries to concentrate on his story, the sloth informs him that [...]
Lily likes walking home from school with her mother, waving to Frank, the crossing guard, and visiting Mrs. Chan’s store for milk and the occasional treat. But, when she bumps into a homeless man selling newspapers on her street, Lily is overcome with shyness and fear. The man’s raggedy appearance and wild hair, and his [...]
