collectors and collecting

Joining his family to collect discarded things that they can put to use, little Marvin the beetle enlists James' help to save an injured Uncle Albert.

When Max cuts out words from magazines and newspapers, collecting them the way his brothers collect stamps and coins, they all learn about words, sentences, and storytelling.

Rabbit loves carrots so much that his hoard of them have begun crowding him out of his burrow. His friends offer to help him clear out the excess carrots, but that doesn't quite work--the only thing Rabbit can do is throw a feast of carrots and learn to share.

Lawrence the fox accompanies his father into the forest to collect something to take to his school show-and-tell, and while briefly lost and alone, Lawrence encounters the beauty of nature and finds exactly what he needs.

En la edici?n en espa?ol de este extraordinario cuento de Peter H. Reynolds, Jer?nimo descubre la magia de las palabras que lo rodean; palabras cortas y duces, palabras de dos s?labas, palabras de muchas s?labas que m?s bien parecen canciones. Palabras que conectan, transforman y lo hacen sentir a uno bien.

Overlooked in class, a hearing-impaired boy who collects lost or discarded trinkets discovers a dangerous underground world full of stolen wishes and the people who collect them.

Tara, a self-proclaimed shrinking violet, tries to break out of her shell by stealing the school mascot, a goat, but she gets caught and is shipped off for the summer to stay with relatives in the quirky town of Willow Falls, which she decides is as good a place as any to reinvent herself.

"Ebenezer collects words. No one appreciates his efforts until he meets a friend who writes stories and could use a word or two"--Provided by publisher.

Stanley the spider must make a new start after rain comes and collapses the home he has spun and filled with his collection of seeds, twigs, leaves, and other precious items.

Jerome enjoys collecting and using words that he hears, reads, or sees, and then decides to share his collection with others.