Kibo Recommends

by Ingrid & Dieter Schubert

EXPLORATION
2011
HARD COVER
40 PAGES

A whirlwind tour of the world, this wordless picture book shows the many inadvertent adventures of a black terrier, carried from the desert to the sea, jungle and North Pole. (WLD221, $16.95)

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by Robert Sabuda

LITERATURE
2000
HARD COVER
16 PAGES
FAMILY

Celebrate the 75th anniversary of the iconic movie with Sabuda's sparkling 3-D animation (glasses included) of twirling foot-high tornado, glittering Emerald City and other marvels. (USM80, $29.99)

What Pete Ate from A-Z

by Maira Kalman

ART & ARCHITECTURE
2001
HARD COVER

Pete the dog's impeccable palate leads him to eat his way alphabetically through the possessions an entire family in Maira Kalman's devilishly alliterative alphabet book, subtitled "Where We Explore the English Alphabet (In Its Entirety) in Which a Certain Dog Devours a Myriad of Items Which He Should Not." (BST199, $18.99)

A Day in the Life of Murphy

by Alice Provensen

LITERATURE
2005
HARD COVER
40 PAGES
YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

A illustrated chronicle of the adventures, pleasures and perils of life on the farm by the Caldecott-winning author and illustrator. (NYS41, $16.95)

Stickeen

by John Muir

EXPLORATION
1990
PAPER
96 PAGES

Muir's exhilarating tale of crossing Brady Glacier in Alaska during a storm with his dog, a classic. (ALA334, $7.95)

The Dog Who Wouldn't Be

by Farley Mowat

LITERATURE
1994
PAPER
224 PAGES
MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

A continuation of Mowat's laugh-out-loud memoir of growing up in Saskatchewan. (CND206, $6.99)

Daughter of the Mountains

by Louise Rankin

LITERATURE
1993
PAPER
192 PAGES
MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

A marvelous read-alound introduction to the Himalayas, this captivating odyssey follows a 10-year-old girl from her village in Tebet over the Khyber Pass to Calcutta in a quest to find her beloved Lhasa. Rankin's classic, geared for ages 9-12, won the 1949 Newbery Medal. (HML96, $6.99)