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Title	Author	Description
Wee Gillis Wee Gillis	Munro Leaf Leaf	By the author and illustrator of the bestselling children's book The Story of Ferdinand. Wee Gillis spends half the year with his father's rough and rawkus highland people and the other half with his mother's gentle sheephearding folk. But it's up to him to decide where he fits in. Contributors: Robert Lawson
The Backward Day Backward Day	Ruth Krauss Krauss	The author of The Carrot Seed and the illustrator of Nate the Great, who together produced the Caldecott Award-winning The Happy Day, reunite for this charming story of a little boy who decides to live the day in reverse, from putting his underclothes on over his coat and pants to greeting his family at the breakfast table with a "Good night!" Contributors: Marc Simont
The Sorely Trying Day Sorely Trying Day	Russell and Lillian Hoban Hoban	What a mess! The cat is on top of the grandfather clock, the dog is barking and lunging, and all the children are squabbling and shouting. Well, who started it? Each child points to the next, and even the dog blames the cat. But the truth is another story. From the author and illustrator of the Frances books.
The Mousewife Mousewife	Rumer Godden Godden	Rumer Godden's beautiful tale of a downtrodden mouse and her friendship with a caged dove is based on a story by Dorothy Wordsworth. William Pène du Bois's elegant pen-and-ink drawings complement this meditation on love and freedom. Contributors: William Pène du Bois
Jenny's Birthday Book Jenny's Birthday Book	Esther Averill Averill	Today is the day, the day of days, the day of Jenny Linsky's birthday!
Jenny's Moonlight Adventure Jenny's Moonlight	Esther Averill Averill	It's Halloween—a special night for black cats everywhere, especially Jenny .
The School For Cats School for Cats	Esther Averill Averill	"Five to eight-year-olds who have their own problems of adjustment in school will rejoice in Jenny's moral triumph." —The New York Times
Too Big Too Big	Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire Aulaire	A silly story about a little tow-headed boy who's getting "TOO BIG" to do just about everything he's wants to do. Brightly colored and simply told, this picture book will appeal to preschoolers exploring the world around them.
Foxie: The Singing Dog Foxie	Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire Aulaire	Based on the Chekhov short story "Kashtanka," this beautiful and touching picture book about a little singing dog is "one of the best of the excellent books by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire." —The New York Times