"Stick Cat is going somewhere he's never been before--his best friend Edith's apartment. It's got everything: donut crumbs in the sink, a fire escape, and a window with a great view of the big city. While admiring the view, Stick Cat sees trouble. Hazel, the bagel maker, is in serious danger in the building across the alley. Stick Cat will use his smarts--and Edith's appetite--to devise a rescue plan. But can Hazel hang on long enough for this dynamic...

"Mr. Elephant wants nothing more than some peace and quiet--that is, until he gets it"--Verso page.

"I hope, for your sake, that you have not chosen to read this book because you are in the mood for a pleasant experience. If this is the case, I advise you to put this book down instantaneously, because of all the books describing the unhappy lives of the Baudelaire orphans, The Miserable Mill might be the unhappiest yet. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are sent to Paltryville to work in a lumber mill, and they find disaster and misfortune lurking...

A little girl and her dog find unexpected ways to spread the light in their dreary town where it always rains, showing that happiness is contagious.

When Daisy the dog and her brother Digger go to the big city, Daisy shops and insists Digger stay beside her or he will get lost, but she will not go into the store that interests him the most.

Henry Hugglemonster introduces his family and friends and offers a tour of his hometown, Roarsville, in a story that includes captioned vocabulary words.

When Swanda and her dog, Waldo, move to Brooklyn from the country, they miss the wildlife they left behind. Until they discover the pigeons. "Oh, look! What dear little birds! Come, Waldo, we'll get them a bird feeder all their own." But a bird feeder in the city attracts lots and lots and lots of birds - and the neighbors don't like them, or their mess, one bit. So when Swanda is unable to fix things, her neighbors step in with their own Brooklynese...

Ten-year-old twins Jimmy and Stella start a campaign to save their dying small town (population 49) by restoring the amazing hippomobile, an old-fashioned vehicle made out of a horse wagon.

"The Addams family isn't your typical American family. Together, Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Mad Uncle Fester, and Grandma are an eccentric clan who delight in the macabre and are unaware that people find them a bit different than the rest of the neighborhood"--

"Element City is a vibrant place full of Fire, Water, Earth, and Air Elements living and working together. Ember Lumen, a Fire Element, hopes to take over her family's shop one day. She is perfectly content to stay in her neighborhood of Firetown--everything she needs is right there. She has no need to venture into the chaotic city that is often challenging for Fire people like her. But one day, an accident at the shop brings Wade Ripple, a go-with-the-flow...