Bear's animal friends come to his rescue when he becomes lost and frightened in the woods.

"A.J. and the gang have been invited to attend a live taping of Uncle Fred's Funderama, a hilarious Saturday morning kids TV show full of music, games, puppets and more. Uncle Fred sings, dances, and jokes his way into his audience's hearts. But what will the kids do when they learn that Uncle Fred's childlike behavior isn't just an act? Can Uncle Fred grow up?"--Provided by publisher.

A mother and child discuss how the mother's love would remain constant even if her child were a stinky skunk, scary ape, or bug- eating green alien.

"A distinctive new voice: Rex Ogle's story of starting middle school on the free lunch program is timely, heartbreaking, and true. Free Lunch is the story of Rex Ogle's first semester in sixth grade. Rex and his baby brother often went hungry, wore secondhand clothes, and were short of school supplies, and Rex was on his school's free lunch program. Grounded in the immediacy of physical hunger and the humiliation of having to announce it every day...

After helping her mother weed, water, and chase the rabbits from their garden, a young girl imagines her dream garden complete with jellybean bushes, chocolate rabbits, and tomatoes the size of beach balls.

A retelling of a folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. Includes a note that traces the Italian, French, and German origins of the story, and discusses the author's decision to mimic the style of Italian Renaissance art in his illustrations.

As Valentine's Day approaches, Froggy thinks that he is falling in love with the new girl in class, but his feelings change when she gives him their first kiss.

Presents humorous poems about such strange creatures and people as Baloney Belly Billy and the Gloopy Gloopers.

A friendly writer with a metal detector, the mysterious inhabitants of a tower house, and the discovery of a locket in the sand are ingredients for the Aldens' latest mystery.

A collection of twelve poems describing the activities in a child's life and the changes in the weather as the year moves from January to December.