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"Sophie's parents tell her to say 'Hello,' 'Thank-you,' and 'Goodbye,' but the words stick like glue in Sophie's mouth and won't come out"--

The noisy fifth grade boys of Laketon Elementary School challenge the equally loud fifth grade girls to a "no talking" contest.

Nine-year-old Dennis, whose uncle and father died within a year of one another, is visited by the ghost of his uncle, and together they settle some unfinished business.

When Papa goes away for a little while, his family tries to cope with the separation by adopting four dogs and a cat.

Continuing their adventures through space and time, Ben and his faithful dog, Ned, find themselves in the Mediterranean region in 1703, befriended by a troupe of traveling entertainers and relentlessly pursued by ruthless Barbary slave traders.

King & Kayla hunt for Asia's missing gold ring.

When Charlotte returns from an academy , she discovers that Leila has been sold to a disreputable showman. She has to get Leila back, and it will take all her courage and brains as well as help from new recruit Hannah to rescue her best friend.

A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in "Doctor Dolittle" during which the physician-turned-veterinarian is caught in a storm and shipwrecked while trying to bring the circus crocodile home to Africa.

There are places where you want to go and places where you want to leave. There are also places where you want to stay. Ten-year-old Daniel must move across the country with his mom after his parents divorce. Hes leaving behind his whole lifeand hes taking a suitcase of anger with him. But Daniel is in for a surprise when he settles into While-a-Way Lane and meets his new neighbor, Tilda Butter, and many other inhabitants. There are some people who...

One day when Daisy is late for school, an encounter with a butterfly leaves her suddenly able to communicate with animals, and when Boom, a stray dog, is caught by the pound, she enlists the help of a host of other animals to rescue him.