Alice Schertle

A Kentucky Cardinal is American writer James Lane Allen's third novel. It was published in 1894 as the first of the A Kentucky Cardinal series. James Lane Allen (December 21, 1849 — February 18, 1925) was an American novelist and short story writer whose work, including the novel A Kentucky Cardinal, often depicted the culture and dialects of his native Kentucky. His work is characteristic of the late-19th century local color era, when writers sought...

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. Brimming with bright colors, sounds, and city energy,...

Beep! Beep! Have you heard the news? There is someone new on the farm! All the animals are curious and cautious about the newcomer--what will he be like? Does he neigh like a horse or oink like a pig? Does he have fur or feathers? Does he swim? Does he fly? Luckily, Blue knows just the thing to help his friends, old and new, feel at home! Making new friends can be scary, but being kind is easy. Little Blue's "Beep!" was loud and clear: We are very...

In every season a little mouse pops out of his hole in the meadow and explores his world, gathering the food and supplies he will need when winter comes.

"Soft and woolly, shiny and smooth...this touch-and-feel book featuring the beloved Little Blu Truck and his farm animal friends provides fun and sensory exploration, while gently sharing that we don't have to be the same to be the best of ourselves--and the best of friends."--

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

Shy Jeremy Bean forgets, much as to his humiliation, to wear green to school for St. Patrick's Day

Recounts the experiences of a shaggy, "boulder-big" bear as the four seasons come to the beautiful wood which is his home

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