Mark Teague

Illustrations and rhyming text present some of the different ways a well-behaved dinosaur can celebrate the eight days and nights of Chanukah.

Devoted dinosaurs care for their pet cats by petting and feeding them and changing the litter box.

Poppleton the pig enjoys the summer by trying to tan, renting a jeep and taking a drive with his friend Hudson, and drinking summer rain.

Devoted dinosaurs groom, walk, and feed their dogs.

"With ladders, swings, turrets, and elaborate pulley systems everywhere--animals chase one another over, under, around, and through the tree house that Jack has built. Then the bell rings, and all the animals gather for story time with Jack"--

Poppleton the pig goes stargazing, tries out a new bed before he buys it, and goes sailing for the first time.

Lift-the-flap pages and colorful illustrations of dinosaurs help demonstrate the concept of opposites.

Pa Brindle helps Ma bake her irresistible sweet dream pie, and the whole neighborhood is affected.

Pelly feels miserable because she looks different from her Martian classmates, but a glamorous opera singer who visits her class shows Pelly that her differences make her special.

As the school year begins on Mars, Horus the Martian gets off to a rocky start, but soon discovers that first grade is not really as bad as he thought.