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Captain Pugwash in the Battle of Bunkum Bay by John Ryan
Category: Fiction | Series: Picture Puffin Story Books
A treasure ship loaded with silver coins has been wrecked in Bunkam Bay. Both the British and French fleets prepare to battle with each other and seize the bullion. Captain Pugwash has a cunning plan to outwit them both and grab the loot for himself, but his rival Cut-Throat Jake means to stop him.
Captain Pugwash in the Secret of the San Fiasco by John Ryan
Category: Fiction | Series: Picture Puffin Story Books
Captain Pugwash and his crew go to Bogle Bay on the stormy coast of Scotland in search of the lost Spanish treasure ship, the San Fiasco. They discover the ship's log-book in the master's bagpipes and the secret of the Fan Fiasco is revealed to them - it is hidden in the dungeons of Bogle Castle.
Fireboat by Maira Kalman
Category: Children's | Series: Picture Puffin Books (Paperback)
This is the inspiring true story of the John J. Harvey -- a retired New York City fireboat reinstated on September 11, 2001. Originally launched in 1931, the Harvey was the most powerful fireboat of her time. After the September 11 attacks, with fire hydrants at Ground Zero inoperable and the Hudson Riv ...Show more
Hazel's Amazing Mother by Rosemary Wells
Category: Picture Books | Series: Picture Puffin Books
When Hazel and her beloved doll Eleanor are set upon by bullies, Hazel's mother comes to the rescue in a surprising way.
How to Lose All Your Friends by Nancy Carlson
Category: Picture Books | Series: Picture Puffin Books (Paperback)
With exuberant pictures and a tongue-in-cheek sense of humor, the author of I Like Me! takes a light-hearted look at bratty behavior that will have children laughing in recognition while learning exactly how not to behave. Colored-pencil illustrations throughout.
Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen/Jerry Pinkney
Category: Classics | Series: Picture Puffin Books (Paperback)
Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale is beautifully adapted by Caldecott Honor illustrator Jerry Pinkney. Plucking a Danish girl from America's 19th century melting pot, this adaptation sheds new light on the invisibility of the poor among the prosperous--a circumstance as familiar in Andersen's day a ...Show more
Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
Category: Classics | Series: Picture Puffin Books
Winner of the Caldecott MedalWhen Madeline falls into the river Seine and nearly drowns, a courageous canine comes to her rescue. Now Genevieve the dog is Madeline's cherished pet, and the envy of all the other girls. What can be done when there's just not enough hound to go around?
Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág
Category: Graphic Novels | Series: Picture Puffin books
An American classic with a refrain that millions of kids love to chant: Hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions and trillions of cats. Wanda G g's enchanting tale of the very old man who went off in search of the prettiest cat in the world for his wife and returned instead with mi ...Show more
Nanu, Penguin Chick by Theresa Radcliffe
Category: Children's | Series: Puffin Picture Books
The penguin chick Nanu is facing her first harsh winter in the icy Antartic. Her parents care for her and she flourishes but as the weather gets worse they have to forage for food, leaving Nanu alone for a while. How will little Nanu cope?
Niccolini's Song by Chuck Wilcoxen
Category: Children's | Series: Picture Puffin Books (Paperback)
Niccolini is no ordinary night watchman in the train yard. He sings the anxious locomotives to sleep every night with a traindreaming song about "gentle hills, steady tailwinds, and feathers for freight." Soon parents start to bring their crying babies and sleepless children to the rail yard, hoping to ...Show more
Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman
Category: Picture Books | Series: Picture Puffin books
A small boy imagines what it would be like to have his own rainbow to play with.
STREGA NONA HER STORY by Tomie DePaola
Category: Picture Books | Series: Picture Puffin Books (Pb)
From the moment Grandma Concetta sweeps through the door and pronounces her granddaughter a "strega", little Nona's fate is sealed. She will grow up to be just like her Grandma -- treating neighbors' aches and troubles, and preparing steaming plates of pasta from a magic pasta pot!