Dear Mr. Blueberry & I wanna iguana: A young girl and her teacher correspond about the whale she has discovered in her pond. Alex and his mother write notes back and forth in which Alex tries to persuade her to let him have a baby iguana for a pet. Trosclair and the alligator & The coyote and the alligator: Trosclair ignores his father's warning about Gargantua, the rogue alligator living in nearby Bayou Fontaine, and heads off into Bee Island Swamp...

A collection of stories and poems about various kinds of pets.

Curious George is back with all-new places to explore, things to investigate and mischief to get into. So he can always use a little help from his friends, including Hundley, Gnocchi, Bill and The Man with the Yellow Hat.

Children Make Terrible Pets: Lucy, a young bear, meets a charming little boy in the forest. When she brings him home, her mother cautions her that children make terrible pets. All the World: A circle of family and friends shows the importance of all things great and small. Crow Call: Liz and her father, who has been away at war for longer than she can remember, begin their journey to reconnect. Elizabeti's Doll: When her new baby brother arrives,...

Nursery Rhyme Land needs the gang to help the Cow jump over the moon. Then they fly into a painting to help a spider climb up the water spout. Hop on Horseyboat for a medieval mission to save a Griffin. Then help a Baby Rooster wake up the farm. Return to Puppetland to save Little Red Riding Hood from the Big Bad Wolf. Then Linny and Ming-Ming travel to the Caribbean to rescue Turtle Tuck. Then, save a Baby Panda with a bellyache and help a mouse...

Click, clack, moo: A bunch of literate cows go on strike after Farmer Brown refuses to give in to their typed demands of electric blankets when the barn gets too cold. The day Jimmy's boa ate the wash: Jimmy's boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm. The Pigs' wedding: all the pigs must get cleaned up for the big wedding. Hendrika, a Dutch cow, wants to visit the city. Charlie needs a cloak: When Charlie's old cloak becomes torn and...

Based on the book The keeping quilt by Patricia Polacco: When Patricia's Great-Gramma Anna came to America from Russia, the only things she brought along with her were her dress and a babushka. Anna outgrew the dress and her mother decided to incorporate it and the babushka into a quilt. This quilt ties together the lives of four generations of an immigrant Jewish family and remains a symbol of their enduring faith and love. Based on the book A birthday...

A duck on a bike? From Sheep to Horse to Chicken to Goat ... everyone in the barnyard has something to say about Duck's zany idea. But what are they really thinking? And what will happen next? Is something bugging you? Here is the funny side of waging war against - oh no! - head lice. This book is guaranteed to make you laugh - and itch! From the opening scene of happy, oversized lice, you know these bugs are determined to stay, and Mom is about...