Usher

Forced to stay indoors during a rainstorm, young Sam drinks hot chocolate, reads and dreams of adventures while his Granddad does paperwork until the need to mail an important letter triggers an adventure into the wet outdoors.

"A boy and his granddad set off with their homemade sled to find a lost dog on a snowy afternoon. And so begins and exhilarating adventure ..."--Back cover.

When a boy and his granddad take care of a little bird, the boy wants to keep it - but Granddad knows it must return to its natural habitat in the wild, where it can spread its wings and be free. And so begins an exhilarating journey into the mountains to return the bird to where it belongs.

"Told in gentle rhyming verse, this beautiful picture book follows the story of a herd of African elephants as they journey across the parched savannah in search for a water hole. The matriarch tells of all the sounds of the savannah, and how the landscape has changed over the years. Still, she remembers where to find water, just as her mother did before her. Accompanying non-fiction pages at the end of the book include information on African elephants,...

"Despite the stormy weather, a boy and his granddad decide it's the perfect day for kite flying. First they have to find the kite... then their adventure really takes off!"--Back cover.

"A thirteen-year-old French boy tries to save his father's job by inventing a special kind of car, but it isn't easy--especially when the Nazis are planning to steal his design"-- Provided by publisher.

"Danny has a busy day ahead of him. What will he eat? Who will he meet? In this book you decide what happens! Can you help Danny choose whether to have juice or jelly for breakfast, travel to school on the bus or in a spaceship, and create a robot or skyscraper in art? From the best-selling author of You Choose comes a unique new picture book in which well-placed questions combine with charmingly detailed and surprising illustrations to help children...