Synopsis: For use in schools and libraries only. Henry, his father, and his big dog Mudge spend a day at the beach while on summer vacation.

Synopsis: Mudge looks forward to the Mother's Day surprise that Henry and his father cook up for Henry's mother.

Synopsis: Henry takes care of his dog, Mudge, when Mudge gets sick.

Synopsis: In this seventh book in the Henry and Mudge series, first Henry has a cold, and then Mudge gets sick, too. What can Henry do to help Mudge feel better?

Synopsis: Delivering newspapers seems like a great job to Henry. Unfortunately, he finds that the job isn't so easy -- particularly with four lively kittens to spoil an interview and an unexpected rival to join in the mess!

Synopsis: Henry Huggins can't wait until he turns eleven years old, so he can have a paper route like his friend Scooter McCarthy. Henry wants to prove to the route manager that he is responsible enough to handle the job right now. First he thinks of giving away free kittens with newspaper subscriptions, and then his advertising scheme helps his class win the newspaper drive. But he still doesn't have a paper route. Will Ramona Quimby, making a real pest…

Synopsis: A spectacular read-aloud picture book with stunning cut-paper illustrations, flaps, and funto- read text. Readers search for chicks under the flaps only to find a cat with a meow, geese with a honk, a cow with a moo, mice with a squeak, and pigs with an oink. On the last spread, readers lift the scarecrow's apron to see "everywhere a chick chick" - with cheeps galore! "The artist paints a lively barnyard menagerie. The illustrations are animated…

Synopsis: Two children learn the ins and outs of growing a garden from seeds. Through rhythmic storytelling, award-winning author and poet JaNay Brown-Wood follows two children as they grow a garden from seeds. Told as a cumulative tale, similar to “The House That Jack Built,” the story starts promisingly: “Here are the seeds that we will sow to help our garden grow.” But as time passes, the children learn that things rarely go as planned in the garden.…

Synopsis: In this first collaboration between an American author and a Soviet illustrator, a skeptical mouse warns his friends to run from a huge cat. Only then does he realize this is a friendly cat pulling a wagon full of cheese. "Refreshing . . . A book whose execution is as good as its concept".--School Library Journal. A Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies.

Synopsis: Jack and Annie learn amazing facts about six history-changing individuals, including Susan B. Anthony, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., John Muir, Florence Nightingale, and Harriet Tubman.

Synopsis: 1998 Hey, Little Ant (P) by Phillip & Hannah Hoose / Illustrations by Debbie Tilley ***ISBN-13: 9780439085656

Synopsis: The day gets off to a rough start, but soon the smell of pancakes fills the air and a family gathers for a breakfast feast.

Synopsis: Mr. Hippopotamus' violent efforts to cure his lady friend's hiccups become increasingly irritating to her--then he gets an attack.

Synopsis: Explains how the ability of certain animals to blend with or take on the characteristics of their environment protects them from their natural enemies.

Synopsis: The third book in a humorous, easy-to-read series about a boy and his fly! Each book in the series has a different fun foil cover! Fly Guy returns home to discover that Buzz has gone on a picnic without him! Sad and hungry, Fly Guy takes off in search of his favorite food. He gets shooed away from a hamburger, a pizza, a dog's bones, and even roadkill--leaving readers to guess what Fly Guy's favorite oozy, lumpy, smelly, and brown food could…