Most Popular Books by Anne F. Rockwell

Mrs. Madoff''s preschool class learns about Thanksgiving and puts on a play about the origins of the holiday.

Join a class full of children as each child makes a special valentine for a former classmate who has moved to Japan.

Camping for the first time on their deck, two brothers discover that the night is full of strange sights and sounds.

Before finding the robin she is searching for, a child discovers other interesting fauna and flora in her backyard.

Relates a boy''s excitement in buying the perfect pumpkin and then making the perfect jack-o-lantern.

When a man from Florence, Italy, is home sick, he s says he wants the sight of the Dome.

Little Shark is on his own to find food and live to grow up into a big shark. Includes shark facts.

The kids from Mrs. Madoff''s classroom are preparing for a brand-new school year! New is exciting! But it can also be scary. What will school be like this year? Get ready to share in the excitement of the first day of school with friends old and new!

Each child in Mrs. Madoff''s class brings a visitor who tells the group about his or her job.

An easy-to-read description of the basic tools found in a toolbox.

Describes the passing of the seasons through the changes in plants and animals that occur on a farm.

In an early introduction to the stars, planets, and outer space, gentle text and luminous watercolor drawings bring the distant heavens a little closer. By the author of Our Earth. Children''s BOMC. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

"Told for the first time in picture book form is the true story of James Lafayette, a slave who spied for George Washington''s army during the American Revolution. But while America celebrated its newfound freedom, James returned to slavery. His service hadn''t qualified him for the release he''d been hoping for. For James the fight wasn''t over; he''d already helped his country gain its freedom, now it was time to win his own."--Amazon.

The kids in Mrs. Madoff''s class have a special celebration for the 100th day of school and so must prepare by saving pennies, collecting memorable trinkets, and counting down in multiples of ten, in a colorful tale enhanced with a calendar, arts-and-crafts, activities, and more. Reprint.

Gentle, rhyming text introduces earth science concepts, from frozen polar ice caps to steamy tropical rain forests, to steep mountains, green valleys, rushing rivers, deep canyons, dark caves, and sandy deserts. Children''s BOMC. Reprint.