A city janitor and his treasured canine companion are transported by a large colorful bird to an island in the sky, where their comfortable paradise existence threatens to turn them into birds as well.

Presents the names of animal babies, parents, and groups, for example, a baby kangaroo is a joey, its mother is a flyer, its father is a boomer, and a group of kangaroos is a troop, mob, or herd.

"What happens when musical instruments can't make the sounds we expect them to make? Is music still possible? The schools of Philadelphia were filling up with broken violins, drums, pianos, and more, making it difficult for students to learn to play. This sparked an idea for a symphony, played entirely with the broken instruments, that would raise funds to repair the instruments themselves. Musicians young and old volunteered, and their captivating...

The story of a Bulgarian peasant boy who wanted to be a sculpter. A Bulgarian peasant boy must convince his mother that he is destined to be a sculptor, not a farmer.

Lost in an Egyptian pyramid, twelve-year-old Gabe and his cousin Sari find they are not alone.

"Eva's class is putting on a play, Snowy White and the seven owlets, but Eva is a little disappointed when she is cast as the Magic Mirror (and Snowy White's understudy); the owl students are making all the sets, props, and costumes, and rehearsal is a little chaotic--but the play is going well until Snowy White hurts her leg and Eva has to fill in for real."--c

Bastian, an awkward, unhappy boy whose mother has died and whose father neglects him, steals a book and is drawn into its "Neverending story" in which he embarks on many adventures in an effort to save the land of Fantasiana.

Little Willie hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with the purse from a dog sled race he enters.

The outbreak of the Revolutionary War in 1775 brings drastic changes to Felicity's life in Williamsburg, affecting both her family and her friendship with Elizabeth.

Aunt Annie's alligator begins with the letter A and a very strange looking animal called a Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz begins with the last letter of the alphabet.