A little boy named Sam discovers the many unexpected ways in which a love of reading can come in handy, and sometimes even save the day.

Illustrates basic polite behavior that one might need to use while grocery shopping at the same time as a dinosaur.

A collection of poems celebrating the habits and habitat of Emperor penguins.

Mr. Crocodile's plans to catch and eat some pesky monkeys do not work out and he becomes friends with them instead.

A collection of spooky stories and games based on folklore.

After choosing a husband for his sweet singing voice, a beautiful butterfly mourns the fact that he is swallowed by a fish, until a king in his underwear reunites the two.

Two friends, a poodle and a border collie, must compete with two robot dogs to become fire dogs.

A compilation of folktales from twenty different cultures, each of which contains elements suited to storytelling for young children.

Rhyming text with rebuses follows a group of animals through their first day of school.

When Takoda the tiger cub happens upon a tumbledown mall, the lone cub imagines a zoo. All Takoda needs is a capable crew to lend a paw or two--or three, four, or more. Two rhinos, three lemurs, four oryx, and eventually ten crocodiles turn up to help. Soon the animals are finding places to pitch in: bears are carving out burrows, elephants are stomping the way for a playground, and crocodiles are crafting a waterslide. It seems everyone's got something...