Geraldine loves her baby blanket. Trouble is, she's no baby, and her blanket is old and tattered. "It looks silly," says her mother. "There's hardly any blanket left,"says her father. But geraldine refuses to part with her old friend. Will a new d...
The Vietnam war is over, and Grandfather and young Nam dream that the new dikes will restore the wetlands, bringing home the beautiful cranes that once filled the winter sky. But other villagers think that growing rice is a more practical use for the...
Its Christmas, and Geraldine (Geraldines Baby Brother and Geraldine First) wants to get a big tree. All the way up to the ceiling, she declares. Mama does not agree. Nor does little brother Willie, who must help carry it home. But Geraldine will not ...
Horace has been invited to a monster-movie party. And he can't tell anyone how much the thought scares him. He pretends to be brave, but it doesn't work-until the day of the party when his friend Fred is even more frightened than he. And then Horace ...
In this funny, welcome sequel to I Am Angela, someone has infiltrated the school's computer system and scrambled all the report cards! The principal is at her wit's end, but Angela and her computer-club cohorts are on the trail of some cryptic E-mail...
Jacob is the smallest bear in his family and although everyone tells him he will grow, he finds it hard to wait, so he takes vitamins and does stretches to speed up the growth process, but with little success....
Geraldine and Willy do not want Mrs. Duffy to baby-sit for them. So when she arrives, they arrange a surprise or her. Almost anyone would find the sight of a large iguana in the bathtub unnerving.
But Mrs. Duffy surprises them. And at the en...
Jake carried the hoe. Posey brought the watering can. And Cecil held the seeds. It was time to plant the garden. But then the trouble started. No one could agree on what to plant, and soon it was too hot to work. Sadly, Cecil went off to visit the...
Flora is Leeâ,¬â"¢s cat. She is as soft as silk. Flora sleeps on Leeâ,¬â"¢s bed. Lee likes it that way. But Flora vanishes. She isnâ,¬â"¢t under the bed or in the garden or up in the peach trees. Then one night, Flora returns--with company!This tale ...
A pretty red rose and a bunny’s pink nose. A spinning top and a dripping mop. An inquisitive young boy discovers that there are many wonderful things--some familiar, some surprising--to see at his house. He discovers, too, that seeing means opening...
Henry and Wizzie's cousin Newton is coming to visit, and they can't wait. But when Newton arrives, he won't take off his hat.
Pearl has new skates.They are real skates(not double runners), and she can't wait to try them.
Pearl inches out onto the frozen pond.But instead of twirling,she topples.Instead of spinning,she falls -- splaaat!
Pearl has new skates.The...
Once there was a caterpillar named Farfallina, whose best friend was a gosling named Marcel. They did everything together -- until one day, everything started to change.
This beautiful and touching story shows that even as life takes differe...
Caruso is afraid to fly.And that's a big problem.Because he is a bird.
One nighta wild gust of windblows Carusooff his perchand acrossthe stormy sky toSophie's window.Who is Sophie?
Sometimes, just like Caruso,you will find a friendwhe...
Rose is the best at finding lost things. Lose a baseball? Just call Rose. Lost your cookie? Rose will find it.
But one day Meadow calls Rose a not-so-nice nickname. It's a name that sticks. It's a name that Rose would like to lose forever. ...
What makes a perfect beach day?
Seagulls squawking through the sky. A crab carrying his house. And Miranda and her friends, building a castle out of sand.
But at the end of a day at the beach, the seagulls go back to their nests, the ...