Joan Holub

Once upon a time, in pencil school, a brave little red pencil sets out to write an exciting story with nouns and adverbs and everything--but first she has to face the ravenous pencil sharpener, the Wolf 3000.

Field trip today -- to the apple farm! Count 20 name tags, 19 kids on the bus, 18 miles to the farm. There are 14 cows and 13 ducks (10 white and 3 black), and 12 rows of apple trees. Count the apples in your sack, count 3 pies to eat (divided into 20 pieces), and all too soon it's 2 o'clock, time to go! But wait -- Lee has a number 1 surprise.

"Humorously illustrated sharks introduce themselves and the characteristics that make them special, in a child-friendly, fish-out-of-water tale that includes profiles of species ranging from the Great White and Greenland to the Mako and Hammerhead."--

When Groundhog realizes he needs helpers all over the country to accurately forecast the weather, he establishes a school to teach young groundhogs how to properly determine when spring will arrive.

Two friends get ready and then dance with their ballet class at a performance where they are the stars of the show.

Children plant pumpkin seeds, water and weed the garden patch, watch the pumpkins grow, pick them, and enjoy them in various ways.

Told in simple rhyming text, hard-working construction vehicle fathers guide and encourage their children.

Ava and Itty Bitty Kitty take a trip to the firehouse, where Itty Bitty Kitty's penchant for trouble could make for an interesting visit.

"A clash between the Titans and The Olympians at sea leaves Zeus and his friends shipwrecked--and in a tidal wave of trouble--in this Heroes in Training adventure" -- "After an encounter with Uranus, God of the Sky (and father of the Titans), the Olympians find themselves in the middle of a battle between two big-time Titans. On Cronus's orders, Titan Oceanus dives into the sea and causes it to turn even stormier. He's heading straight for the Olympians'...

Zero believes that he is a hero, but the counting numbers think he is worthless until they get into trouble with some Roman numerals, and only Zero can help.