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The Boo Baby Girl
Meets the Ghost of Mable's Gable
Jim May
Parkhurst Brothers, Inc., 2014
Horror overcome by humor in a classic tale retold by a modern storyteller

Something of a quest story for the picture book set, this playful horror tale sets young protagonists against “the Ghost of of Mable’s Gable.”  In Jim May’s version of a story from children’s folklore, eighth grade boys swagger but fail, only to be followed by outdone by an unlikely heroine, “the Boo Baby Girl,” a toddler who will not be denied.
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Friday Comes on Tuesday
An Adventure at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Darcy Pattison
University of Arkansas Press, 2021

Winner, 2022 Susannah DeBlack Award, Arkansas Historical Association


The delightful story of Friday, a dog who discovers that the world of art is filled with many wonderful friends.

A dog in an art museum? Maybe not most dogs, but Friday goes to the museum every Tuesday to visit his friends. One day Friday must say goodbye for the winter. Join the fun as Friday trots through the galleries, taking photos and saying goodbye to Maman the spider, Rosie the Riveter, George Washington, and many others.

Looking back on his day, Friday realizes that the works of art in a museum are more than just bronze and steel, paint and canvas, ink and paper. Instead, the art connects him—and us—to a diversity of cultures, stories, and dreams.

Through the art collection at Crystal Bridges, all of us—even a dog—become part of the American experience.

Lexile Level: 570L

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Mother Goose's Melody
Nigel Tattersfield
Bodleian Library Publishing, 2003
First published in 1780, this was by far the most comprehensive and influential compilation of nursery rhymes. It is here that many of today's favorite rhymes make their first appearance in print, including "Hush-a-by-baby," "Ding dong bell," "High diddle diddle," and "Jack and Gill." Illustrated throughout with 52 delightful wood engravings by Thomas Bewick—long considered the finest of English wood engravers—this facsimile edition is bound in a copy of the gold-flecked Dutch floral paper similar to the original binding and presented in a handsome slipcase.
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