Best of
Chapter-Books

1967

The Hen Who Wouldn't Give Up


Jill Tomlinson - 1967
    And when Hilda makes up her mind, nothing can stop her. Hilda’s auntie has just had a family of chicks, and she’s determined to visit them. But how is Hilda going to travel the five miles to her auntie’s farm?

McBroom and the Big Wind


Sid Fleischman - 1967
    Josh McBroom relates how he and his family harness the rambunctious prairie wind.

The Christmas Dolls


Carol Beach York - 1967
    An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found hereThis heartwarming Christmas story about the lovable girls at the Good Day Orphanage is the first of four favorites to be reissued with an exciting new format, featuring appealing, contemporary cover art.

Horseshoe Crab


Robert M. McClung - 1967
    From its beginning, the baby crab leads a perilous existence. As an egg it may be stranded by the ebbing tide. Newly hatched, it may be eaten by a larger animal in the sea. After eleven years the horseshoe crab becomes an adult and can live with relative safety in its bristly, armored shell. Even then it is often a target for unnecessary destruction at the hands of human beings.