Picture Book Lists: Classics

Everyone tells a small boy that the carrot seed he has planted will never grow, but his patience is rewarded. (description from catalog)

Madeline, smallest and naughtiest of the twelve little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis. (description from catalog)

Farm animals seek shelter in a big, warm barn during a cold, snowy night. (description from catalog)

When three hungry soldiers come to a town where all the food has been hidden, they set out to make soup of water and stones, and all the town enjoys a feast. (description from catalog)

A country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her. (description from catalog)

A toy bear in a department store wants a number of things, but when a little girl finally buys him he finds what he has always wanted most of all. (description from catalog)

How can an old man and his wife select one cat from a choice of millions and trillions? (description from catalog)

Despite their elaborate preparations for the winter, the animals and birds are delighted by a surprise banquet after a big snow. (description from catalog)

Harold goes for an adventurous walk in the moonlight with his purple crayon. (description from catalog)

Ferdinand likes to sit quietly and smell the flowers, but one day he gets stung by a bee and his snorting and stomping convince everyone that he is the fiercest of bulls. (description from catalog)

Throughout the year, Farmer Small stays busy on his farm as he prepares his crops, harvests apples, chops wood, and cares for his cows, pigs, and chickens. (description from catalog)

In a moment of fright Sylvester the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock but then can not hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again. (description from catalog)

Little Sal and Little Bear both lose their mothers while eating blueberries and almost end up with the other's mother. (description from catalog)

Bulldozers push the raccoon and his friends from their home, but they are able to find a new one after a hair-raising train ride. (description from Amazon)

Katy caboose doesn’t like her life at the back of the train. Stuck with clouds of billowing smoke from the engine and a bumpy, jolting ride, she longs for some peace and quiet. When her rusty bolts bust loose, Katy finally gets the life she wants in a way she never expected! (description from Amazon)

When the other engines refuse, the Little Blue Engine tries to pull a stranded train full of dolls, toys, and good food over the mountain. (description from catalog)

The curiosity of a newly-captured monkey gets him into continual trouble. (description from catalog)

Depicts the life of a little girl who lives at the Plaza Hotel in New York. (description from catalog)