Bothered by his noisy house, a man goes to a wise man for advice.

When Buzzy misbehaves, his mother gives him a time out in his room, where he, in turn, gives a time out to his toys, books, and clothes.

When Mike and Millie get bored and decide to travel from Kalamazoo, Michigan, to Timbuktoo, they must continuously change modes of transportation as their bicycle breaks down, a canoe tips over, and the whale gets tired out.

Although Isabel is determined to be very good, her best intentions go awry when she spies a pair of scissors on her mother's dresser and gives herself a haircut.

Really Bird, a small bird who lives in a big city park, wants to be first! But on today's adventure, Really Bird discovers that being a leader is about more than being first in line. Meet Really Bird, a small bird who lives in a large city park with his friends Cat, Pup, Mouse, and Rabbit. In each story, Really Bird finds himself really wanting something - to be bigger, to have his fair share, or to be the leader - to be really silly, funny, strong,...

Combines simple rhymes with anime-style illustrations in a series of skill-building stories that invites young readers to become familiar with word families that share similar long- and short-vowel sounds.

"What language lesson doesn't seem like a lesson? The fun guessing game inside this book! Clever word groupings list three things that are alike and one that it is different. For example, there are living rooms, bedrooms, and bathrooms, but a mushroom is not a room!Picture clues will help kids figure out which thing is different and begin to grasp fine-tuned nuances of word parts, roots, and meanings. In addition, the text's guessing-game approach...

"Using lilting, rhyming couplets, this book explores the many items that are made from trees. But it doesn't stop there! Kids will also learn about the many uses of live trees--and the environmental danger to trees posed by forest fires, floods, and deforestation. Kids are encouraged to be kind, not only to one another, but to the environment as well"--

Rebuffed by Sam, who is busy, Stella plays instead with Buffy the dog, who displays both old and new tricks.