Synopsis: Sixth-graders Russell and Shawn, poor and picked on, work together scooping dog droppings to earn money for a Rottweiler puppy to protect them from bullies, but when they learn the puppies' owner is running an illegal dog-fighting ring, they are torn about how to respond.

Synopsis: Grab the best seat in the house with this funny, touching picture book about a giraffe who keeps being mistaken for a chair!From the acclaimed author-illustrator of There’s a Giraffe in My Soup, Ross Burach, comes a curious tale about finding one’s courage and standing up for oneself. Full of vibrant and playful illustrations and hilariously absurd logic, kids will want to read it again and again.Could there be anything worse for Giraffe? Maybe…

Synopsis: Describes the parental behavior of Emperor penguins, focusing on how the male keeps the egg warm until it hatches and how the parents care for the chick after it is born.

Synopsis: It's another scary day at the Black Lagoon. . . .Two popular books from the bestselling Black Lagoon series--TEACHER and LIBRARIAN--are now reissued with fun new covers! Join Hubie once again as he faces his comically horrific fears during his first day of school and his first trip to the school library. Featuring a fire-breathing teacher and a library where all the books are bolted to the shelves, these stories are sure to amuse and quell fears…

Synopsis: Easy to read ABC book.

Synopsis: A big happy frog, a plump purple cat, a handsome blue horse, and a soft yellow duck-- all parade across the pages of this delightful bilingual edition of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See? (Oso pardo, oso parado, que ves ¿qué ves ahí?). Children will immediately respond to Eric Carle's flat, boldly colored collages. Combined with Bill Martin Jr.'s singsong text, they create unforgettable images of these endearing animals.

Synopsis: With more than two million copies sold, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? has opened up a world of learning to a generation of children. For this edition, created for the twenty-fifth anniversay in 1992, Bill Martin, Jr., restored his text to its original wording. And Eric Carle created all new pictures—based on the originals, but clearer, brighter, and truer to the colors they represent.Bill Martin has been devoted to writing children's…

Synopsis: On a once-in-a-lifetime race through the animal kingdom, it takes smarts, strength, and skill to win!When Russell entered the race, he knew it was going to be a wild ride. Especially the first race course! He'd been studying up on the Amazon's animals and culture forever. But nothing could prepare him or his teammates for what they'd find in the rain forest: raging rapids, poisonous venom, and sneaky competitors who'd do anything to win. Can the…

Synopsis: Upset that he has to give up the room he loves to his grandfather, Pete decides to declare war in an attempt to get it back.

Synopsis: By popular demand, a board book edition of the third title in this bestselling series The Buehners' New York Times bestselling snowmen are here to stay! Children wonder what would happen if their favorite frosty friends didn't melt with springtime. What would it be like to take a snowman to the beach? What costume would a snowman wear if you took him trick-or-treating? In this dazzling, silly book, the weather brings a year's worth of surprise…

Synopsis: a child learn how to write their ABC"s by tracing in the book and then erase the book and start again. Penmanship improves with this book.

Synopsis: When Dr. Marmalade prepares to destroy the world, the Bad Guys have a chance to be superheroes.

Synopsis: This lively picture book invites young readers to go on a dog walk.The playful, expressive photographs show all kinds of dogs-shaggy, waggy, tailless, hairless; hunting dogs, digging dogs, playing dogs.The pictures and the spirited verse reveal the personalities of thirty different breeds, both the familiar and the unusual-from the gigantic Great Dane to the tiny Yorkshire Terrier, the furry Old English Sheepdog and wrinkly Shar-Pei.Dog lovers…

Synopsis: For the first time in the history of the Little House books, this new edition features Garth Williams’ interior art in vibrant, full color, as well as a beautifully redesigned cover. The little settlement that weathered the long, hard winter of 1880-81 is now a growing town. Laura is growing up, and she goes to her first evening social. Mary is at last able to go to a college for the blind. Best of all, Almanzo Wilder asks permission to walk…

Synopsis: "When Sparky's magic bone blasts him to Tokyo, Japan, he discovers a whole new world--one with karaoke, 'squishy fishy' and sumo wrestlers! His new friend, an Akita named Nanami, guides him around the city, until Sparky loses her in a crowd. But it turns out Nanami isn't just any Akita. She's the queen of the Ninja Dogs--a fierce group who are convinced that Sparky has kidnapped her"--