Robert McCloskey Educational Books, Toys

Lentil

by Robert McCloskey

For ages 3-6 years

Reputedly based on Robert McCloskey's own midwestern childhood, his first book (published in 1940) is as close as children's literature gets to a Frank Capra movie, complete with picturesque (read more)

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Make Way for Ducklings

by Robert McCloskey

For ages 2-6 years

This award-winning and ever popular classic really needs no introduction from us: it's the official children's book of Massachusetts -- need we say more? But truly, there is good reason why Mr. and (read more)

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One Morning in Maine

by Robert McCloskey

For ages 3-6 years

Little Sal of Robert McCloskey's Blueberries for Sal returns to us in this story, but oh, what happened? She's not so little anymore. We meet her again on the day she loses her first tooth. In case (read more)

Time of Wonder

by Robert McCloskey

For ages 3-6 years

Robert McCloskey's first book in color is the third and last of the series chronicling his family's Maine summers. His daughters Sal and Jane are "big kids" now, exploring the woods together, (read more)

Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man: A Tale of the Sea in the Classic Tradition

by Robert McCloskey

For ages 3-6 years

This may be one of Robert McCloskey's lesser-known titles, but it's an absolute gem of which we (and our Savvy kids) are enormously fond. The hero is a retired fisherman turned housepainter whose (read more)