Rinaldo the sly fox is up to his old tricks, until he is outfoxed by a clever cat.

Rinaldo the sly fox is up to his old tricks, eluding Bruno the duck detective and acquiring riches through his trickery, until he is outfoxed by a clever cat.

A complete and current guide to international children's literature. The annotated bibliography contains over 700 titles from 29 different countries printed between 1950 and 1996. All titles are available in English; many have been translated and others have originated in other English-speaking countries. Indexes include Author-Title Index, Country of Origin Index, and Subject Index. Sponsored by the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)

Series covers individuals ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers. Entries cover: personal life, career, writings and works in progress, adaptations, additional sources, and photographs.

Text and photographs take the reader into a family of lions to watch the cubs grow and learn on the African plains.

Drawing on distinguished review sources, this updated and expanded guide recommends more than 4,800 American and British fantasy novels and anthologies, including nearly 1,500 new to this edition. Ten topical chapters embrace the entire range of fantasy literature, from allegory to witchcraft. Detailed annotations note major awards won, review citations, suggested reading level, other related titles by the author, and more. - Back cover.

A young girl wants a cat more than anything, and a tiny, but lively ghost that appears in her lunchbox at school helps her get one.

Because of their popularity, books in series are great vehicles for fostering literacy among all types of readers, who are almost always adamant about reading every title in the series, in series order. Yet traditional information sources on children's and YA literature include very little about series fiction, so librarians often have difficulty managing this literature. This guide will be a rich resource and time-saver for librarians who work with children. It introduces users to the best and most popular fiction series of today, covering more than 1,000 series with over 10,000 titles, appropriate for elementary readers. Annotations also indicate series and titles accepted by some of the popular electronic reading programs (e.g., Accelerated Reading, Reading First). A numbered list of titles in the series follows.