Set in snowy Michigan, this is a delightful children's story, especially appropriate for use with preschoolers during winter. In the story, Grandmother comes to care for twins while their parents are away on a trip. The entire town becomes involved when word gets out that a twin has lost a mitten. The community appears, one by one, at the door of the twins' home, offering lost mittens they have found. Soon the 'lost mittens', none of which belong to the twins, overwhelm the household. When the twin's mitten is finally found (at home all along), a "Lost Mitten Line" is established in the back yard. An announcement is made that anyone in town who has lost a mitten may come to the twins' house to look for it on the "Lost Mitten Line". This is a delightful story of community, and would work in nicely with a Winter Unit for K4 or K5. Children may make a mitten line in the classroom like that in the story from paper mittens (or a true "Lost Mitten Line" for the school)! The illustrations are classic Louis Slobodkin!

What would you do if your best friend was an alien? The Three-Seated Space Ship is a science fiction book about the adventures of Eddy, a typical earth boy, Marty, an alien from the planet Martinea, and, unintentionally, Eddy's grandmother. Marty shows up while Eddy and his grandmother are in line for a plane ride to Albany. Marty invites them to look at his space ship, disguised as a little green car. But then, a security guard sees them and they have to make a quick liftoff! This results in a tour of London and a funny adventure!

The Three-Seated Space Ship is a science fiction book about the adventures of Eddy, a typical earth boy, Marty, an alien from the planet Martinea, and, unintentionally, Eddy's grandmother. Marty shows up while Eddy and his grandmother are in line for a plane ride to Albany. Marty invites them to look at his space ship, disguised as a little green car. But then, a security guard sees them and they have to make a quick liftoff! This results in a tour of London and a funny adventure!