Barbara Bottner.  Be Brown

A little boy is frustrated by a rambunctious dog that refuses to obey.

David M. McPhail.  Big Brown Bear

A big brown bear turns blue while painting when a little bear playing with her baseball bat accidentally knocks him off his ladder.

Marisabina Russo.  The Big Brown Box

As he plays in a very large box in his room and turns it into a house, then a cave, then a boat, Sam is reluctant to let his little brother Ben join him, but then he finds the perfect way for them to share.

Arnold Adoff.  Black is Brown is Tan

Describes in verse a family with a brown-skinned mother, white-skinned father, two children, and their various relatives.

Walter Dean Myers.  The Blues of Flats Brown

To escape an abusive master, a junkyard dog named Flats runs away and makes a name for himself from Mississippi to New York City playing blues on his guitar.

Bill Martin Jr.  Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, and a teacher looking at them.

Alan Baker.  Brown Rabbit's Day

Brown Rabbit prepares some special treats for his friends when they come to play.

Charles R. Smith Jr.  Brown Sugar Babies

Illustrations and rhyming text describe babies in terms of different sweet and tasty brown treats.

Deborah Blumenthal.  The Chocolate Covered Cookie

Tantrum   Seized with a desire for a cookie while in the park, Sophie discovers that throwing a terrible tantrum will not get her what she wants.

Jonathan London.  Count the Ways, Little Brown Bear

A little bear's mother shows him how much she loves him by counting the ways.

Margret & H.A. Rey.  Curious George Goes to a Chocolate

Factory   George's curiosity causes a problem at the chocolate factory, but his quick thinking and speedy action on the assembly line help save the candies.

Nikki Grimes.  Danitra Brown Leaves Town

Recounts, in a series of poems and letters, Danitra's summer at her aunt's house in the country and her best friend Zuri's summer at home in town.

Teri Sloat.  Farmer Brown Goes Round and Round

A twister strikes Farmer Brown's farm and mixes the animals all up, so that the cows oinked, sheep clucked, hens brayed, and his hound neighed.

Claude LeBrun.  Good Morning, Little Brown Bear!

Little Brown Bear feels cranky when he gets up in the morning, but a hug from Mama Bear makes everything better.

Charles M. Schulz.  Kick the Football, Charlie Brown!

Charlie Brown continues to try to kick the football and Lucy continues to pull it away to make him fall down.

Jane Dyer.  Little Brown Bear Won't Take a Nap!

Unwilling to settle down for his winter sleep, Little Brown Bear heads south with a flock of geese, but eventually he finds that he misses his nice bed at home.

Pamela Duncan Edwards.  Little Brown Hen's Shower

A mother hen hears that there's going to be a shower, so she takes her umbrella to the surprise party the other animals are having for her baby and her.

Jakki Wood.  Moo Moo, Brown Cow

Readers learn about numbers and colors as a lively kitten visits the barnyard asking mother animals about their babies.

Dr. Seuss.  Mr. Brown Can Moo!  Can You?

Mr. Brown is an expert at imitating all sorts of noises.

Wong Herbert Lee.  Mrs. Brown Went to Town

When Mrs. Brown goes to the hospital, her farm animals--a cow, two pigs, three ducks, and a yak--take over her house.

Dorothy Butler.  My Brown Bear Barney

On her many travels, a small girl takes many things, especially her brown bear Barney.

Niki Daly.  Old Bob's Brown Bear

Old Bob gets a teddy bear for his birthday because he never had one as a child, but his grandaughter, thinking the bear deserves better than to be stuck between dusty books, wants to take him home.

Mike Gibbie.  Small Brown Dog's Bad Remembering Day

Small Brown Dog can't remember anything, not even his name, until his friends help him out.

Gavin Bishop.  Stay Awake, Bear!

Old Bear and his friend Brown Bear decide that sleeping all winter is a waste of time, so they stay awake planning a warm summer vacation and then sleep through the whole trip.

Sheridan Cain.  Why So Sad, Brown Rabbit?

Brown Rabbit wants a family, but when three newborn ducklings think that he is their mother, he's not sure this is the right family for him.

Paul May.  You're a Big Bear Now, Winston Brown

His parents keep forgetting that Winston is a big bear now, but when he discovers a burglar in the house who has eaten all of his porridge, Winston proves that he is both big and brave.

Paula Danziger.  Amber Brown is Not a Crayon

The year she is in the third grade is a sad time for Amber because her best friend Justin is getting ready to move to a distant state.

Allan Ahlberg.  The Better Brown Stories

The Browns have decided that life is boring and predictable, so they visit the Writer, who agrees to spice up their story. But no one, including the Writer, is prepared for the wildly unexpected scenarios that follow.

Betsy Cromer Byars.  Bingo Brown and the Language of Love

As fifth grader Bingo Brown strives for the triumphs of today and steels himself against the tribulations of tomorrow, he discovers that he will have to undergo a few more trials and triumphs before growing up.

Marguerite Henry.  Brown Sunshine of Sawdust Valley

Molly wants a horse of her own, but when her father's mare gives birth to a mule, Molly changes her mind and raises the newborn.

David A. Adler.  Cam Jansen and the Chocolate Fudge Mystery

When Cam Jansen and her friend Eric uncover a mystery while selling fudge door-to-door to raise money for the local library, Cam uses her photographic memory to foil a crime.

Roald Dahl.  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.

Robert Kimmel Smith.  Chocolate Fever

From eating too much chocolate, Henry breaks out in brown bumps that help him foil some hijackers and teach him a valuable lesson about self-indulgence.

Matt Christopher.  Dirt Bike Runaway

A shy, unhappy sixteen-year-old with a talent for working with motorcycles runs away from his foster home and gets involved with a variety of people, both bad and good.

Donald J.  Sobol.  Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Jumping

Frogs   Encyclopedia Brown, boy detective extraordinaire, solves ten new cases, including "The Case of the Miracle Pill," "The Case of Nemo's Tuba," "The Case of the Lawn Mower Races," and "The Case of the Air Guitar." Solutions provided at the end of each chapter.

Sharon Dennis Wyeth.  Ginger Brown:  Too Many Houses

When her parents get a divorce, six-year-old Ginger lives for a while with each set of grandparents and begins to understand her mixed background and her new family situation.

Charles M. Schulz.  It's Back to School, Charlie Brown

Go to the head of the class with this smart new collection featuring 50 yearsof Peanuts strips--all related to school and learning!

Suzy Kline.  Mary Marony and the Chocolate Surprise

Mary decides it's all right to cheat to make sure she wins a special lunch with her favorite teacher, but the results of her dishonesty end up surprising the whole second grade class.

Nancy Lesourd.  The Personal Correspondence of Hannah Brown

and Sarah Smith:  the Underground Railroad, 1859   Letters between two young girls, one from Goose Creek, Virginia, and her friend living in Philadelphia, chronicle their involvement in helping an escaped slave travel via the Underground Railroad to join her father in Canada.

Virginia Hamilton.  The Planet of Junior Brown

Already a leader in New York's underground world of homeless children, Buddy Clark takes on the responsibility of protecting the overweight, emotionally disturbed friend with whom he has been playing hooky from eighth grade all semester.

Walter Dean Myers.  Brown Angels:  an Album of Pictures and

Verse   A collection of poems, accompanied by photographs, about African American children living around the turn of the century.

Andrew Lang.  The Brown Fairy Book

Less familiar folk tales from the American Indians, Australian Bushmen, African Kaffirs and from Persia, Lapland, Brazil, and India.

Joyce Carol Thomas.  Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea:  Poems

A collection of poems exploring the theme of African-American identity.

Diane L. Good.  Brown V. Board of Education

Explains the history of segregation in the United States and cases that tested the law allowing "separate but equal" treatment, including the five cases that came together as Brown v. Board of Education.

Jacqueline Dineen.  Chocolate

Discusses the role of chocolate in history, where it comes from, and how it is processed and prepared for eating.

Robert Burleigh.  Chocolate:  Riches From the Rainforest

Traces the history of chocolate from a drink of the Olmec and Maya and later in Europe to its popularity around the world today.

Natalie M. Rosinsky.  Dirt:  the Scoop on Soil

Discusses the nature, uses, and importance of soil and the many forms of life that it supports.

Jude Daly.  Fair, Brown & Trembling:  an Irish Cinderella Story

This version of the Cinderella story, in which a young girl overcomes the wickedness of her older sisters to become the bride of a prince, is based on a Irish folktale.

Anne Welsbacher.  Flying Brown Pelicans

Simple text and photographs introduce the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of the brown pelican.

Raymond Bial.  A Handful of Dirt

Discusses the nature and importance of soil and the many forms of life it supports.

Elaine Landau.  Heroine of the Titanic:  the Real Unsinkable

Molly Brown   An anecdotal account of some of the adventurous activities of Molly Brown, with an emphasis on her survival of the sinking of the titanic.

Jerry Pallotta.  The Hershey's Milk Chocolate Multiplication

Book   With the use of Hershey's bars you can learn multiplication.

Alice Schertle.  How Now, Brown Cow?

A humorous collection of poems about cows.

Margot Theis Raven.  Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot:  a True

Story of the Berlin Airlift and the Chocolate that Dropped from the Sky   The true story of a young German girl, Mercedes Simon, and of the American pilot, Gail Halvorsen, who shared hope and joy with the children of West Berlin by dropping candy-filled parachutes during the Airlift.

Susan Katz.  Mrs. Brown on Exhibit:  and Other Museum Poems

Poems about what the students in Mrs . Brown 's class see and do during their school field trips to a variety of museums. Includes a list of some museums in different states.

Charles M. Schulz.  Now, That's Profound, Charlie Brown

"Peanuts," the world's most widely syndicated comic strip, is now collected in a treasury for all Charlie Brown fans.

Rose Wyler.  Science Fun With Mud and Dirt

Instructions for performing a variety of experiments, indoors and out, with soil.

Alice K. Flanagan.  Soil

Briefly describes the composition of different types of soil, the variety of plants and animals that live in it, and the necessity of soil to human life.