Synopsis: Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends. Piggie can't wait to show Gerald her brand-new toy. But will an accidentally broken toy accidentally break a friendship?

Synopsis: What was it like to be a pilgrim child in 17th-century Massachusetts? This charming picture book takes young readers back in time to see. For one thing, pilgrim children didn't go to school. Instead, they helped their parents with chores and played games such as marbles. There were no convenient grocery stores. Pilgrims had to hunt and gather food, then cook their meals on an open fire or in an outdoor oven. Dramatic photos of historical…

Synopsis: All of the animals in the class face their fear of danger and practice wholeheartedly what their teacher Miss Mingo and the fire fighter Chief Grizzly teach them to do in a fire drill with excellent results. Includes a brief description of the defense mechanisms that animals use to protect themselves from danger.

Synopsis: Friends Rachel and Kirsty, vacationing with their parents on Rainspell Island, go looking for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and instead find Ruby, one of the rainbow fairies who have been banished from Fairyland by Jack Frost, and promise to help unite all seven sisters and restore color to their world.

Synopsis: "Princess Truly's rhyming adventures are a celebration of individuality, girl power, diversity, and dreaming big!"--

Synopsis: Comedy

Synopsis: Everyone in Ms. Fickle's class is excited about stepping up to second grade except Andrew, who will need help from his friends to get ready.

Synopsis: A little girl and her family are getting ready to go on vacation . . . or at least they are trying to. In the effort to pack everything that will be needed, there's bound to be something overlooked, and what that is provides a funny ending to this meter-perfect "twist" on Clement Moore's classic.

Synopsis: Max is sent to bed without supper and imagines sailing away to the land of Wild Things,where he is made king.

Synopsis: Uses photographs and simple text to explain the definition of an insect.

Synopsis: Russian, Japanese, Swahili, Spanish--how does each language sound? What are people of each culture like? Children can find out with this brightly illustrated introduction to foreign lands. "Along with the pleasure of adventure is the recognition of community with kids everywhere".--"Booklist". Full-color illustrations.

Synopsis: Text and photographs describe the activities in a pumpkin patch, as pink-colored seeds become fat pumpkins, ready to be carved into jack-o'-lanterns.