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Bears in the Bath by Shirley Parenteau
Category: Picture Books
Splish! Splash! Sploosh! The adorable stars of Bears on Chairs and Bears in Beds are back, and they're ready for bath time. Or are they? "Water, soap, and sponge are there. The bath is ready. Where are the bears?" The four little bears are grimy, dirty, and covered in mud! But when they see the bath and ...Show more
Bears in the Snow by Shirley Parenteau
Category: Book & Toy
Shrieks of joy ensue when Big Brown Bear devises a clever sled that can carry four bears in this quintessential winter adventure. Here's a bright red sled On a snowy day. Where are the bears To come out and play? The little bears are ready to play in the snow. But -- oh, no! Their sled is too small! I ...Show more
Bears in the Snow by Shirley Parenteau
Category: Accessories
Shrieks of joy ensue when Big Brown Bear devises a clever sled that can carry four bears in this quintessential winter adventure. "Here s a bright red sled""On a snowy day.""Where are the bears""To come out and play?" The little bears are ready to play in the snow. But oh, no! Their sled is too small! I ...Show more
Bears on Chairs: Book and Toy Gift Set by Shirley Parenteau
Category: Book & Toy | Series: Bears on Chairs Ser.
Can five bears share four chairs? The infectious rhymes and easy charm of this winsome read-aloud will make young listeners sit up and take notice. FOUR HAPPY BEARS ON FOUR SMALL CHAIRS. Four chairs. Four adorable bears. All is well until Big Brown Bear shows up — what a stare! — and wants a seat. Can ...Show more
Dolls of Hope by Shirley Parenteau
Category: Picture Books
How daring is Chiyo prepared to be to keep the American Friendship Doll safe? Inspired by a little-known historical event, this engaging companion to "Ship of Dolls "is told from a Japanese girl s point of view. When eleven-year-old Chiyo Tamura is sent from her home in a small Japanese mountain village ...Show more
Dolls of Hope by Shirley Parenteau
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: The\Friendship Dolls Ser.
How daring is Chiyo prepared to be to keep the American Friendship Doll safe? Inspired by a little-known historical event, this engaging companion to Ship of Dolls is told from a Japanese girl's point of view. When eleven-year-old Chiyo Tamura is sent from her home in a small Japanese mountain villa ...Show more
Dolls of War by Shirley Parenteau
Category: Young Adult | Series: The Friendship Dolls
In 1941, eleven-year-old Macy James lives near the Oregon coast with her father, the director of a small museum. Miss Tokyo, one of fifty-eight exquisite friendship dolls given to America by Japan in 1926, is part of the museum's collection - and one of Macy's most treasured connections to her mother, w ...Show more
Dolls of War by Shirley Parenteau
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: The\Friendship Dolls Ser.
When America and Japan go to war, will Macy's feelings for her beloved Japanese Friendship Doll change? A moving addition to the Friendship Dolls series. In 1941, eleven-year-old Macy James lives near the Oregon coast with her father, the director of a small museum. Miss Tokyo, one of fifty-eight exquis ...Show more
One Frog Sang by Shirley Parenteau & Cynthia Jabar (ill.)
Category: Picture Books
On a wet spring night, one big frog sings KA-BLU-URP! Two tiny frogs sing PREEP, PREEP, three young frogs sing RIBBIT, RIBBIT, all the way up to ten frogs who trill PEEP, PEEP as a frog chorus fills the air with grunts and croaks and chirps.The night is resonant until . . . a car splashes down the stree ...Show more
Ship of Dolls by Shirley Parenteau
Category: Accessories | Series: Friendship Dolls
It's 1926, and eleven-year-old Lexie Lewis wants to leave Portland, Oregon, where she has been staying with her strict grandparents, and rejoin her mother, a singer in San Francisco. Meanwhile, Lexie's class has been raising money to ship a doll to the children of Japan in a friendship exchange - and wh ...Show more
Ship of Dolls by Shirley Parenteau
Category: Accessories
Can a ship carrying Friendship Dolls to Japan be Lexie's ticket to see her fun-loving mother again? A heartwarming historical novel inspired by a little-known true event. It's 1926, and the one thing eleven-year-old Lexie Lewis wants more than anything is to leave Portland, Oregon, where she has been st ...Show more