Library Guides: The Well for Health Promotion: Bedtime Stories

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Pandora (aka Pandorable). 8-year-old well-traveled kitty of librarian, Lisa Hooper, Head of Music and Media Department

Howie-T's Favorite Children Stories

Howie-T has a large collection of children's books located in the Amoss Collection on the 2nd floor of the Library. Although not all of books are available for borrowing (labeled as non-circulating), the books will definitely bring back some fond childhood memories and put you in a relaxed and content state-of-mind.

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.S47Wh 1984
ISBN: 0064430553
Publication Date: 1984-03-01
Max is sent to bed without supper and imagines sailing away to the land of Wild Things, where he is made king.
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf; Robert Lawson (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.L463 St3
ISBN: 9780448456942
Publication Date: 1939
Ferdinand is the world's most peaceful--and--beloved little bull. While all of the other bulls snort, leap, and butt their heads, Ferdinand is content to just sit and smell the flowers under his favorite cork tree.
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ10.3.M1295MAK 1976
ISBN: 0140501711
Publication Date: 1976-09-30
This classic tale of the famous Mallard ducks of Boston
Petite Rouge by Mike Artell; Jim Harris (Illustrator, Artist)
Call Number: PZ 8.3 .A685 Pe 2001
ISBN: 0803725140
Publication Date: 2001-05-01
Big Bad Gator Claude will do anything to have a taste of Petite Rouge...even if it means putting on a duck bill, flippers, and frilly underwear. He presents no match for the spunky heroine and her quick-thinking cat TeJean, though, as they use some strong Cajun hot sauce to teach Claude a lesson he will never forget!
The Cajun Gingerbread Boy by Berthe Amoss
Call Number: PZ 8 .A46 Caj 1999
ISBN: 0922589666
Publication Date: 1999-04-01
The classic tale is set in Louisiana where the gingerbread boy is baked by a Cajun mawmaw and meets his fate with a hungry crocodile
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Call Number: PR 6031 .O72 T333 1972
ISBN: 0723205922
Publication Date: 1902-01-01
Now the youngest Potter fans will be able to join Peter Rabbit as he makes his mischievous romp through Mr. McGregors vegetable garden
Little Brown Bear Won't Take a Nap! by Jane Dyer (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ 7 .D977 Li 2002
ISBN: 0316197645
Publication Date: 2002-09-01
This is the story of a young bear who travels south for the winter instead of hibernating. Then one day, Little Brown Bear misses his cozy bed and thinks about how his parents must miss him.
Hushabye by John Burningham (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ 8.3 .B9529 Hu 2000
ISBN: 0375814140
Publication Date: 2001-10-09
A long day is drawing to a close, and several creatures are ready for sleep.
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame; Ernest H. Shepard (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.G759 Wi 1954
ISBN: 0684128195
Publication Date: 1972-02-01
A book for those 'who keep the spirit of youth alive in them; of life, sunshine, running water, woodlands, dusty roads, winter firesides.'