Synopsis: Ralph, the opera-loving short order cook at the diner on Pier 46, helps to save his favorite singer from the clutches of tough rat kidnappers. 'Brisk, entertaining melodrama.

Synopsis: Dolly Parton lends the lyrics of her classic song "Coat of Many Colors" to this heartfelt picture book for young readers.Country music legend Dolly Parton's rural upbringing in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee provides the backdrop for this special picture book. Using lyrics from her classic song "Coat of Many Colors," the book tells the story of a young girl in need of a warm winter coat. When her mother sews her a coat made of rags, the girl…

Synopsis: Dink and his friends use their detective skills to locate a giant emerald missing from a statue delivered to Uncle Warren's museum in New York City.

Synopsis: When Papa learns the cubs are going out for soccer, he's confounded.Whoever heard of a game where you can't even pick up the ball? Yes, Papa's anold-fashioned bat-and-ball-and-mitt sort of bear...until the cubs drag himkicking and screaming into the new generation and teach him the singularpleasures of that black-and-white ball. With their usual perceptive insights, the Berenstains also deal with issues like team - work, practice, and boys…

Synopsis: Nic Bishop's photographs show all different kinds of frogs, big ones, very tiny ones, frogs with beautiful colors of skin, and one frog you can see inside of.

Synopsis: Piling onto the camp bus destined for Echo Lake, Ronald Morgan anticipates a fun-filled time of games, ghost stories, and special achievement awards, but fears that his lack of athletic skills will keep him from winning anything.

Synopsis: This series of affordable paperbacks offers an appealing variety of fiction and nonfiction by such popular authors as Jean Marzollo, Joyce Milton, Richard Scarry, and Joanna Cole

Synopsis: The popular Hank the Cowdog series is based on the humorous antics of the canine Head of Ranch Security. In this first book, Hank and his little buddy, Drover, set out to solve a series of baffling murders on the ranch. Is Hank a suspect? An Outlaw? Can he clear his good name?

Synopsis: The second book in a new arc in the bestselling Amelia Bedelia chapter book series featuring young Amelia Bedelia and her friends! It's a piece of cake!Amelia Bedelia + Good Friends = Super Fun Stories to Read and ShareAre Amelia Bedelia and her friends barking up the wrong tree? Recess just got super exciting. Amelia Bedelia and her friends are on the playground when they hear a strange noise coming from a nearby tree. It's a tiny kitten stuck…

Synopsis: Hands-on activities and meaningful text relate rain forest facts to a child's world. Large, colorful photos of people, animals, and plants convey the wonder of these unique environments. Exploration of conservation and environmental protection issues help readers contemplate the future of rain forests and their own role in preservation efforts.

Synopsis: Supremely confident middle school student Nate Wright manages to make getting detention from every one of his teachers in the same day seem like an achievement.

Synopsis: Ideal for today's young investigative reader, each A True Book includes lively sidebars, a glossary and index, plus a comprehensive "To Find Out More" section listing books, organizations, and Internet sites. A staple of library collections since the 1950s, the new A True Book series is the definitive nonfiction series for elementary school readers.

Synopsis: Someone has been raiding Sally May's garbage barrels! Hank knows the crime is the work of a notorious gang of raccoons, but in a tragic case of mistaken identity, the Head of Ranch Security is himself forced to take the heat. Even more trouble lies ahead. Rip and Snort, the good-for-nothing coyote brothers, are planning to pull an even bigger job. Not only is Hank powerless to stop them, he's forced to fight on the side of evil and must contend…

Synopsis: Celebrate the 75th birthday of this classic treatise on bullying by Dr. Seuss with our new foil-covered, color-enhanced Anniversary Edition! As topical today as when it was first published in 1938, "The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins" is the story of a young peasant (the same as in "Bartholomew and the Oobleck"--a Caldecott Honor Award-winner), and his unjust treatment at the hands of King Derwin. While "The 500 Hats" is one of Dr. Seuss's…

Synopsis: The 5th book in the hilarious series about adorable pets that just won't behave -- fans of Marley…

Synopsis: Something rotten has taken root! When Jo Jo Wigman and her classmates plant their new class garden, they're expecting rows and rows of plump, juicy fruits and vegetables.But what they unearth is a pretty rotten bunch!That gnarly old lettuce head, The Romaine Gladiator, rises from the garden patch with dastardly plans to reunite the Brotherhood of Evil Produce! Can the Magic Pickle make a knuckle sandwich out of those notorious no-good veggies…

Synopsis: ""UNLESS someone like you...cares a whole awful lot...nothing is going toget better...It's not."" Long before saving the earth became a globalconcern, Dr. Seuss, speaking through his character the Lorax, warned againstmindless progress and the danger it posed to the earth's natural beauty. Hisclassic cautionary tale is now available in an irresistible mini-edition, perfect for backpack or briefcase, for Arbor Day, Earth Day, and every day.

Synopsis: A boisterous baker's dozen of silly rhymes present rollicking and whimsical scenarios about what a young person would do rather than frighten a goose, including feeding pajamas to piranhas and walking on knees past a hive full of bees. Reprint.

Synopsis: Each summer, Grandma's garden is filled with leaves and vines. In fall it's bursting with pumpkins. In winter it's covered with a blanket of snow. But in spring it isn't a garden at all--only a bare patch of dirt, just waiting for Grandma and Kim to start the miracle all over again. "Particularly fine."--School Library Journal.