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Katie is surprised when Ruby, the new puppy next door, comes for a visit. Ruby runs right into Katie’s house and starts playing—with Katie’s favorite things! She even eats Katie’s food! Katie thinks t

The acclaimed author and illustrator of Chickens to the Rescue has created a sweet, funny, and entirely irresistible new character—a little dog just bursting with good intentions. Katie is so excited

Offers a comprehensive look at a typical North American garden where mice, insects, and snakes roam around the different plants and weeds, complete with a user-friendly field guide for identifying the

This is the charming story of a box turtle whose life begins in a New England forest in 1890, and who lives over 100 years and witnesses changes to the landscape that threaten her habitat until the sp

A middle-grade adventure about a boy and a giant―and a friendship that defies all odds.Jat is a boy who wants more from life than collecting coal from the Fire Sea. Newton is a misfit giant, cast out

Are bananas yellow . . . or is yellow a banana? Learn all about yellow--and other colorful things--in this rollicking picture book from John Himmelman, author of the Bunjitsu Bunny series That yellow is a banana. No, a banana is yellow. These purples are grapes. No, these grapes are purple! This orange is a pumpkin. No, that pumpkin is orange! And this orange is . . . orange? With two charming siblings and a fresh, limited palette that allows each featured color to really shine, young readers will learn as they laugh in this side-splittingly funny, unique picture book. Approaching the concept of color, and the creative ways in which young children assign names to things in the world around them, with a fun, playful tone, this picture book is perfect for group or individual read-aloud story times.

Farmer Greenstalk and his family have the darnedest luck.?Broken-down tractors, kites stuck in trees—they’re always having problems! It’s a good thing they have such helpful farm animals on hand.This

While helping them, Tudley the turtle adopts his fellow animals' behaviors--flying like a hummingbird, calling like a katydid, and flashing like a firefly--but learns about his own special talent when

Blah! Mr. Raisin is a bit of a grump. He lives all alone in a little house, and he likes it that way just fine. One day, a mysterious basket appears on Mr. Raisin’s doorstep. When he opens it up, it s

Features animals, insects, and plants in a bog.

The Greenstalks have the cleverest animals around.When something goes wrong on the farm, someone is always ready to jump in, and this time Ernie the duck is determined to help out. But no matter how hard he tries, nothing goes quite right. It takes the clever trick of a kind little lamb for Ernie to finally get his chance to come to the rescue!