When Izzie brings her pet Kraken to the county fair everyone thinks he's frightening, but he's like Izzie--sweet and shy--and Kraken and Izzie use creativity and humor to win over the crowd.

Although she can predict the weather much better than the boys in her family, no one thinks that Phyllis the groundhog has a chance of replacing the aging Punxsutawney Phil when Groundhog Day's official groundhog retires.

A boy tries to catch a mouse, but the smart mouse seems to be having fun evading the boy's traps. Features both simple and sophisticated text on side-by-side pages to facilitate shared reading and encourage early reading skills in children.

Imaginative middle schooler Jimmy follows his dream to start a unique book company while he is still a child.

Excited to give his report on explorer Ernest Shackleton in school, and frustrated by a monstrous snowstorm that has left his family and city snowbound, a boy imagines himself on a voyage where he and his crew (his family) are trapped by the ice, just like his favorite explorer and the ship, Endurance.

Mouse enjoys the sights and smells of Cinco de Mayo despite being trailed by a determined cat.

Left in the care of his older sister, a boy begs her to read his favorite book but she is too absorbed in her own reading even to notice when a tiger comes to life in the steam from his soup.

"Join a wild chef and two mice as they show how simple it is to make a big stack of delicious pancakes"--P. [4] of cover.

Although she can predict the weather much better than the boys in her family, no one thinks that Phyllis the groundhog has a chance of replacing the aging Punxsutawney Phil when Groundhog Day's official groundhog retires.