Ages 4-7

Ann likes red. Red! Red! Red! Go shopping with Ann as her mother and the salespeople persuade her to choose a blue dress, a brown hat and tan sandals. Ann wants red instead! Composed of 16 simple words, this delightful story of an independent little girl who knows what she likes, is perfect for a beginning reader. Illustrated in red and black.

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“My mother bought me this book in a supermarket when I was six years old and I have never forgotten it. It is about a little girl who goes back-to-school shopping and insists on buying everything red. Evidently, I am not the only one who never forgot it—it has recently been reissued by popular demand. The book’s author is a former 1st grade teacher who used limited vocabulary to create a primer for kindergartners and 1st graders. But I loved it because it is about self-determinism!” —Julianne Moore, actress

20th Anniversary Edition. Max, a celebrated dancing bear in the Moscow Circus, should have been carefree and contented. But how could Max be happy when his friend Boris was miserable in his hospital job among the grouchy lions and teasing monkeys? True friend that he is, Max resolves that Boris shall have a new and fulfilling career. He, Max, will teach Boris how to dance. A New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book in 1991.