Shoes can tell a lot about a person. They can describe someone's job, hobbies, or personality. Explore various occupations through a simple story with bright, colorful photographs. Young learners and readers will also enjoy answering the question, "Whose shoes?" Traveling Trunk contents.
2010: What a Treasure! by Jane and Will Hillenbrand.
A charming story about a young mole that digs for treasure, but what is the real treasure here? Everything he finds is the perfect treasure to share with someone else, except for the one last treasure, which the mole finally keeps for his own...another mole friend. Traveling Trunk contents.
2009: If You Were a Penguin by Wendell and Florence Minor.
An entertaining and educational story encourages children to step inside a penguin's world, learn fun facts about penguins and helps them to identify the many different kinds of penguins found throughout the world. Traveling Trunk contents.
2008: Up, Down and Around by children's author Katherine Ayres and illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott.
It is a picture book story of planting & gardening, presented in upbeat rhymes! The author comments "While I loved stories, I didn't like my veggies--not a bit." Traveling Trunk contents.
2007: A Splendid Friend, Indeed by children's author & illustrator Suzanne Bloom.
It is the story of a polar bear and a goose who develop an unlikely but rewarding friendship. It was nominated for Best Book Award, Child Magazine, 2005; named among New York Public Library's 2005 List of Best Books to Read and Share; was a 2006 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book Award Winner; and was named to the Texas 2x2 Reading List, 2006. Traveling Trunk contents.
A story of two mice, one who sleeps inside the house and one who sleeps outside the house, follow complicated but parallel paths and meet each other at the window. Traveling Trunk contents.
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Shoes can tell a lot about a person. They can describe someone's job, hobbies, or personality. Explore various occupations through a simple story with bright, colorful photographs. Young learners and readers will also enjoy answering the question, "Whose shoes?" 
A charming story about a young mole that digs for treasure, but what is the real treasure here? Everything he finds is the perfect treasure to share with someone else, except for the one last treasure, which the mole finally keeps for his own...another mole friend. 
An entertaining and educational story encourages children to step inside a penguin's world, learn fun facts about penguins and helps them to identify the many different kinds of penguins found throughout the world. 
It is a picture book story of planting & gardening, presented in upbeat rhymes! The author comments "While I loved stories, I didn't like my veggies--not a bit." 
It is the story of a polar bear and a goose who develop an unlikely but rewarding friendship. It was nominated for Best Book Award, Child Magazine, 2005; named among New York Public Library's 2005 List of Best Books to Read and Share; was a 2006 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book Award Winner; and was named to the Texas 2x2 Reading List, 2006. 
A story of two mice, one who sleeps inside the house and one who sleeps outside the house, follow complicated but parallel paths and meet each other at the window. 
