SPECIAL GIFTS

 

 

398.2 FOR                    

           Forest, Heather.  The baker's dozen : a colonial American tale.

                1st ed.  San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1988.  A

                greedy baker who offends a mysterious old woman suffers

                misfortune in his business, until he discovers what happens

                when generosity replaces greed.

 

398.2 GIL                    

           Gilman, Phoebe, 1940-.  Something from nothing : adapted from a

                Jewish folktale.  New York : Scholastic, c1992.  In this

                retelling of a traditional Jewish folktale, Joseph's baby

                blanket is transformed into ever smaller items as he grows

                until there is nothing left--but then Joseph has an idea.

 

 

398.2 STE                    

           Steptoe, John, 1950-.  The story of Jumping Mouse : a native

                American legend.  New York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books,

                c1984.  The gifts of Magic Frog and his own hopeful and

                unselfish spirit bring Jumping Mouse finally to the Far-Off

                Land where no mouse goes hungry.

 

811 SHA                      

           Shannon, George.  Sea gifts.  Boston : David R. Godine,

                Publisher, Inc., c1989.  A man who lives simply by the sea

                explores the shore each day for treasures such as a glass

                bubble from a fishing net, an empty shell, or wood to warm

                his home.

 

E Alb                        

           Albert, Richard E., 1909-.  Alejandro's gift.  San Francisco :

                Chronicle Books, c1994.  Lonely in his house beside a road

                in the desert, Alejandro builds an oasis to attract the many

                animals around him.

 

E BUN                        

           Bunting, Eve, 1928-.  Night tree.  1st ed.  San Diego : Harcourt

                Brace, c1991.  A family makes its annual pilgrimage to

                decorate an evergreen tree with food for the forest animals

                at Christmastime.

 

E DEE                         

           Deedy, Carmen Agra.  Agatha's feather bed : not just another wild

                goose story.  Atlanta : Peachtree Pub., c1991.  When Agatha

                buys a new feather bed and six angry naked geese show up to

                get their feathers back, the incident reminds her to think

                about where things come from.

 

E GAL                        

           Galbraith, Kathryn Osebold.  Laura Charlotte.  New York :

                Philomel, c1990.  A mother describes her love for a toy

                elephant she was given as a child, a gift she has now passed

                on to her daughter.

 

E LUE                        

           Luenn, Nancy.  Mother earth.  1st ed.  New York : Toronto : New

                York : Atheneum ; Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; Maxwell

                Macmillan International, 1992.  Describes the gifts the

                Earth gives its inhabitants and the contributions people can

                give back to the planet.

 

E MAC                         

           Macaulay, David.  Angelo.  Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin,

                2002.  While restoring the front of a church, an old master

                plasterer rescues an injured pigeon and nurses it back to

                health.

 

E ROT                        

           Roth, Roger.  The sign painter's dream.  1st ed.  New York :

                Crown Publishers, c1993.  A spunky old woman's request and a

                rather unusual dream convince Crabby Clarence the sign

                painter to make the most glorious and magnificent sign of

                his career and then give it away.

 

E SHA                        

           Shannon, George.  Heart to heart.  Boston : Houghton Mifflin,

                1995.  Upset that he has forgotten a valentine for his

                friend Mole, Squirrel starts to make a fancy card but

                discovers a better gift.

 

E SIL                        

           Silverstein, Shel.  The giving tree.  Harper & Row, 1964.

             A young boy grows to manhood and old age experiencing the

            love generosity of a tree which gives to him without thought of return.

           

E SPI                        

           Spinelli, Eileen.  Sophie's masterpiece : a spider's tale.  1st

                ed.  New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers,

                c2001.  Sophie the spider makes wondrous webs, but the

                residents of Beekman's Boarding House do not appreciate her

                until at last, old and tired, she weaves her final

                masterpiece.

 

E STE                        

           Stewart, Sarah.  The money tree.  1st ed.  New York : Farrar,

                Straus, and Giroux, 1991.  In summer the leaves on the

                strange tree growing in Miss McGillicuddy's yard are

                harvested by many people, but when Miss McGillicuddy thinks

                about needing firewood for the winter, she realizes the tree

                may have another use.

 

E VAR                        

           Varley, Susan.  Badger's parting gifts.  1st. U.S. ed.  New York

                : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, c1984.  Badger's friends are sad

                when he dies, but they treasure the legacies he left them.