Claudia Zoe Bedrick

Pomelo the ele-fantastic hero explores opposites-- of the classic variety, the philosophical, and those that are just plain silly and fun to read.

What would you do if a crown landed at your feet. There's a good chance you would pick it up and ut it on, just to see how it looked and felt. With a crown on his head, Louis the Sheep knows just what kind of king he would be: Regal, erudite and all powerful.. He feels perfectly suited to the royal life, but perhaps he shouldn't get too comfortable, since winds have a way of blowing..."What's good for me is good for my people."....Louis I

On their trip to the zoo, a young son tries to reign in his rambunctious father who manages to lose his hat, spill his ice cream, and spend too much time in the souvenir shop.

Edmond the squirrel shares a tree with George, an owl who loves costumes, and Harry the bear, who throws wonderful parties that turn out even better when Edmond overcomes his shyness and joins in.

Big Wolf has always lived alone at the top of a hill under a tree, so when a little wolf suddenly arrives one day, he does not know what to think.

"Jeremy is afraid of the dark, so when he hears strange, scary sounds, it's impossible for him to fall asleep. Only after he's climbed into the warmth of his parents' bed and his mommy's arms is he able to do so. But now it's Dad who's being kept awake by his wriggly little frog, so he goes down the hall to Jeremy's room. There, he quickly falls asleep but is startled awake by eerie sounds. Dad realizes there is only one way to solve the mystery of...

When Big Wolf decides to surprise Little Wolf in the dead of winter by fetching a little leaf from an otherwise bare tree, both of them are rewarded in different ways by Big Wolf's effort.

Edmund the Squirrel and George Owl spot a frightening Thing across the river and must summon the courage to learn more about it.

When Little Wolf does not return after chasing an orange that Big Wolf has tossed to him, Big Wolf begins to worry about all the things that might have happened to his friend.

"A book about the concepts of horizontal and vertical told through the story of a man who likes things that are on the horizontal and a woman who likes things that are vertical"--