Stanleys Wild Ride Lib

Stanley, who is dog-tired of his yard, escapes through a hole he digs, leads other dogs out of their yards, and takes the ride of a lifetime.

In this fun follow-up to Stanley's Party, Stanley discovers a way out of the yard and soon joins other dogs are on the lam. Soon they're off to have the kind of fun they can't find in a yard--chasing tomcats, sampling tasty garbage, and soaking fire hydrants. Full color.

When Stanley the dog's people bring home a cat, he is miffed. Nobody asked him!

Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.

Stanley and his friends clamber aboard a small red boat--which comes loose from its mooring, heads downriver, floats under a bridge and out to sea.