With every turn of a page, adventure unfolds to create memories that will last a lifetime.

    Mog always seems to be in trouble because she is such a very forgetful cat. She forgets that she has a cat flap and she forgets when she has already eaten her supper. But one night, when an uninvited visitor turns up at the house, Mog's forgetfulness comes in very handy!

    Thelma always seems to get Frances into trouble. When she tricks Frances into buying her tea set, it's the last straw. Can Frances show her that it's better to lose a bargain than lose a friend?

    Join Little Bear as he prepares for the holidays, all the while giving readers a chance to smell six wonderful scents including apple pie, christmas tree, hot chocolate, and more! This delectable treat is a perfect way for families to spend the yuletide season.

    Easy and fun, the book provides hours of art-full entertainment.

    Celebrate the power of friendship in these five adventurous stories starring Frog and Toad—a Caldecott Honor Book!From writing letters to going swimming, telling stories to finding lost buttons, Frog and Toad are always there for each other—just as best friends should be. Frog and Toad Are Friends is a Level Two I Can Read book, geared for kids who read on their own but still need a little help.The classic Frog and Toad stories by Arnold Lobel have won numerous awards and honors, including a Newbery Honor (Frog and Toad Together), a Caldecott Honor (Frog and Toad are Friends), ALA Notable Children’s Book, Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book), School Library Journal Best Children’s Book, and Library of Congress Children’s Book.

    in full color. "Out shopping, the Bears look at frilly and silly hats, bumpy and lumpy ones. Offers slapstick humor and simple concepts of sizes and shape."--School Library Journal.

    After a day of ABCs and 123s, Morris is thrilled with all that he has learned.This classic silly Level One I Can Read is perfect for shared reading with a child.For fans of Danny and the Dinosaur, Sammy the Seal, or anyone who loves to read silly stories about animals.

    The Pollutians invade the Wump World and turn the green meadows into a concrete jungle.

    Scamp learns to be content with his dog's life when Zildy the kooky witch turns him into a whing-dingdilly.

    Annabel never thought it was strange that she had Gloria instead of real parents. Until one day a wicked, wicked cat named Belinda comes to tell her the truth -- she's not just a little girl, she's a half-fairy! And she can do lots of things that other kids can't do, such as kiss her own elbow and fly around the house. But being a fairy isn't all fun and games, and soon Annabel must make a choice. If she chooses to be a fairy, she'll have to say good-bye to Gloria forever. How can she decide between her newly found magic and her dearest friend?

    One by one, many of the seeds are lost -- burned by the sun, fallen into the ocean, eaten by a bird. But some survive the long winter and, come spring, sprout into plants, facing new dangers -- trampled by playing children, picked as a gift for a friend. Soon only the tiniest seed remains, growing into a giant flower and, when autumn returns, sending its own seeds into the wind to start the process over again. Eric Carle's eloquent text and brilliant collages turn the simple life cycle of a plant into an exciting story, a nature lesson, and an inspiring message of the importance of perseverance.

    Full color.

    

    But Ivy was not a typical Carson. There was something wonderful about her. Ivy explained it by saying that she was a changeling, a child of supernatural parents who had been exchanged for the real Ivy Carson at birth. This classic book was first published in 1970. It was awarded a Christopher Medal and named an outstanding book for young people by the Junior Library Guild.

    Princess Irene and the intrepid Curdie overthrow the kingdom of the goblins with help from the princess's mysterious and powerful grandmother. More than just children's stories, these novels hold deeper meanings for adult readers who are interested in the spiritual life and the battle between good and evil. Newly designed and typeset by Waking Lion Press.

    Have a new monster as a pet? Worried about how to groom him, what (or whom) to feed him, how to keep him healthy, happy, and howling? Here's all you need to know -- including how to catch your very own Frankenstein, Vampire, Mummy, Werewolf.

    He was hairy and scary on the outside, like other monsters. On the inside, he was good and kind. More than anything else in the world, Lamont wanted a friend.

    These are the stories that all children should experience, that will nourish their young minds and imaginations: Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, The Hare and the Tortoise, The Little Red Hen, The Three Little Pigs, and many more. Some are well known and beloved; others are unfamiliar, but they’re all beautifully written and illustrated. As always, Fujikawa’s characters (human and animal) are endearing and rich in personality. Her stunning images include the ugly duckling looking up plaintively at swans flying in a sunset sky; a lovely princess atop dozens of colorful mattresses (but she can still feel the pea); and tiny Jack chased by a giant large enough to take up nearly an entire spread!

     ...because a snake would lose it, a billy goat would eat it for lunch, and it would always be wet on a walrus! This well-loved book by Judi and Ron Barrett shows the very youngest why animals' clothing is perfect...just as it is.

    B. White's classic novels. One of his best-loved books, The Trumpet of the Swan, about a cygnet who finds his voice, is now a full-length animated film from Sony. Now younger readers can experience the joy of reading about Louie the trumpeter swan and his friends in these adorable readers with original full-color illustrations. Louie is very popular. Who wouldn't love a swan who can read, write, and play the trumpet? When Louie goes to camp, he meets a boy named A.G. who doesn't like birds, and since Louie is a bird, that means he doesn't like Louie. When A.G. pulls a dangerous stunt out on the lake, he realizes that Louie is a hero, after all.

    Fox is on the run! The three meanest farmers around are out to get him. Fat Boggis, squat Bunce, and skinny Bean have joined forces, and they have Mr. Fox and his family surrounded. What they don’t know is that they’re not dealing with just any fox–Mr. Fox would never surrender. But only the most fantastic plan ever can save him now.

    When Emily's parents move to an eighteen-room house so that her four unpredictable cousins can live with them, life for Emily, an only child, is never again the same.

    When the tadpole, now a frog, returns to tell his friend of the extraordinary things he’s seen, the minnow, now a fish, tries to follow in his footsteps, but quickly finds that land is not what he expected. Friendship truly saves the day in this imaginative tale of a fish out of water.

    Because Billy feels like a Blah, he creates an army of Blahs with which to play.

    Sheep, Lambert finds growing up difficult.

    I live in a big field near the woods.A friendly wood mouse visits his many friends and neighbors. He talks to trout, ducks, a woodpecker, and even coaxes a shy newt out from his hiding place to say hello. The only animal he is not so friendly with is the owl, from whom he runs and hides. This beautifully illustrated, gentle story is now back in print for a new generation.

    The old shoemaker who loved shoes and ships never dreamed he would one day be able to combine both loves by moving his Shipshape Shoeshop to a ship.

    With every turn of a page, adventure unfolds to create memories that will last a lifetime.

    One day they decide to explore some of the country they have never seen. They agree to take every right turn they come to and see what they will find. After a day of discoveries, they are lost—but Blaze knows the way home!Blaze Finds Forgotten Roads is part of the classic Billy and Blaze series. Sensitive drawings and easy-to-read words capture the warmth and understanding between a boy and his horse.

    

    It begins with the marriage, in about 1300, of 15 year old Melisande, a girl of Southern France, to Sir Hugh de Hervey, six years older than herself and an English knight and landowner. Melisande takes with her to England a very special lamp, a lamp of gold and jewels, made for her by a Saracen servant in her father's household. The lamp becomes the spirit and treasure of the de Hervey household.The lamp remains at Littleperry Manor, the de Hervey estate, long after Melisande is gone and her children and her children's children are gone. It is more than two hundred years later when Alys appears, clever and vengeful Alys, who is wilfully responsible for the lamp's disappearance and with it the joy of the house.It remains for Perdita, a girl of the present, ill, temporarily crippled, and haunted by the spirit of Alys, to wonder about the past of the house, to find a solution to its problems, and even to uncover the identity of its ghost.

    After finding less and less food in the alley where he lives, Charlie, a cat, decides to move to the country, where he can drink milk, climb trees, and play Tiger in the Grass.

    A super-simple look at noses of all kind, color, and shape, including their multiple uses and maddening maladies! Illustrations.

    

    Apple and her dog, two cats, and horse.

    

    When she stops to rest in the forest, she accidentally sits on the front lawn of a tiny, furry grompet! The grompet tells Lisa how sad he is that no one loves him enough to tell him what to do. Lisa is delighted to take the little creature home and order him around, and the grompet is happy to have a new home with someone who really cares. Lisa discovers that obeying her parents is a lot easier now that she has a special someone to boss around too!

    Kate is not very happy with the doll she gets for Christmas until she finds out it does everything a doll is supposed to do.

    Allen.

    Children's book about a young rabbit who never makes it in time for dinner.

    A small boat helps the evacuation from Dunkirk.

    The children and their relatives clash endlessly, and at last Uncle Rudolph allows them to live in a tumbledown old inn he owns: World’s End.

    With her unique power to enter the television set and change the course of the programs, Alala creates havoc in the world.

    A retelling of the consequences following the meeting of Androcles, the slave, with a wounded lion in the forest.

    A little boy is afraid to ask an important question after his mother describes the havoc created by the appearance of all his pets at the Ladies Literary League luncheon.

    # The Kitten That Disappeared# The New Cricket Ball [The Beautiful Cricket Ball]# The Ladder That Was Lent# The Helpful Snowman [The Great Big Snowman]# George's Sore Throat [He Was a Bit Too Quick]# Poppy Seeds [What a Funny Thing To Do]# The Banana Robber# Blackberry Tart# Sandy to the Rescue [The Kind Little Dog]# The New Milkman# Belinda's Bicycle# The Twins Go Nutting [How Lucky They Were!]# A Basket of Surprises# The Lost Slippers# Brownie, the Family Pony [He Belonged to the Family]

    After the tornado, everything was hurt, and what's least hurt had to help what's really hurt. In the days that followed, Mark had to face up to the real meaning of love and responsibility - and death.

    

    Tells what sounds and activities are typical of rabbits, ducks, horses, birds, pigs, cows, chicks, sheep, cats, pups, and boys and girls.

    He's the craziest genius you'll ever meet and he's about to cause havoc in Pagwell with his wild inventions . . . The lovable Professor Branestawm, with his five pairs of spectacles and his pockets full of all manner of things, is back!Norman Hunter's irrepressible humour packs every page and the illustrations (by the well-known cartoonist, George Adamson) entirely capture the eccentricity of the Professor and the hilarity of his incredible adventures.

    A lazy goblin and an industrious farmer match wits in this rollicking adaptation of a Northamptonshire folk tale.

    Spider thought his Christmas presents to Fly and Ladybug were unappreciated until the gifts were used to prevent a disaster.

    People who obeyed God and got blessed; people who disobeyed God and got rapped soundly on the knuckles. Some of them learned, some of them refused to learn. But they all had one thing in common and it was this: Somewhere, somehow, God stepped into each of their lives. At just the right time. And in just the right way. And when He stepped in, the strangest things began to happen...

    Moon, " "A Cradle for a Fairy."

    

    But as the play opens, she can'tresist the chance to join in the fun--and make a grand entrance as the play'snew star. Illustrated.

    This easy reader contains only 53 different words, repeated often to help the young reader learn word recognition and interest in reading.

    Walt Disney's The Haunted Mansion (Part 1) 5:092. Walt Disney's The Haunted Mansion (Part 2) 1:363. Sound Effects: The Haunted House 2:584. Sound Effects: The Dogs 1:09

    A cumulative nursery rhyme about the chain of events that started when Jack built a house.

    Thayne walks a small boy through the Christmas story, explaining the significance of traditions such as the Christmas tree and star, and then links Christmas to when Christ comes again.

    What was it like, growing up in the Thirties? This informal history of social customs is planned to tell about life at home and school, play, trips, and transportation--a child's view of the Thirties.

    Retold for children are a selection of folk tales and legends from England, Ireland, France, Spain, Germany, the Balkans, Russia and Finland.Beautifully illustrated in colour.

    Thirteen-year-old Louisa recounts how the visit of her suffragette aunt changed the lives of her family and the whole town.

    

    

    Read Along Record

    He was a kitten of great personality and his story is full of humor. This new edition of a family classic will appeal to children and catlovers everywhere.

    Text and illustrations introduce aquatic reptiles that swam in the oceans more than 70 million years ago.