Corinne Demas

Even after attending obedience school, Emma's dog Toby misbehaves until she takes him back to become a "specially trained dog."

On a quest for the perfect Christmas tree, and following her friends' advice, Bunny looks for one just her size, bushy as Squirrel's tail, perfectly pointy on top for a star, the greenest green, and smells like Christmas, but sometimes the perfect tree is the one surrounded by friends.

Laugh-out-loud fun facts about marine life by providing engaging answers to such silly questions as "Do starfish sign autographs?" and "Do seahorses wear saddles?".

Do bed bugs wear pajamas? Do dragonflies breathe fire? Do stink bugs take baths? Silly questions, the kind kids often ask, are followed by informative answers sure to make every reader eager to learn more about insects. Find out in Do Doodlebugs Doodle?, which will have kids laughing out loud as they explore the fun and fascinating world of insects!.

Grumpy Gus is one pirate that complains about everything, even about seeking treasure, an attitude that annoys his fellow pirates--so the Pirate Queen gives Gus an equally grumpy parrot in hopes that it will teach Gus a lesson and make him change his grumpy ways.

Beginning with well-known stories by Hawthorne, Melville, and Poe, this diverse and colorful collection includes tales by Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, Sherwood Anderson, Henry James, Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, Stephen Crane, and Mary Wilkins Freeman. From Sarah Orne Jewett's portraits of rural Maine to F. Scott Fitzgerald's brilliant tales from the Jazz Age, these stories span the breadth of the American experience. In addition to acknowledged masters...