Diane de Groat

Gilbert's excitement over starting first grade turns to worry that the teacher will be mean, the work too hard, and his classmates too unfriendly, but throughout the day there are pleasant surprises.

On Valentine's Day, Gilbert brings a tin of homemade cookies and his original nice or nasty poems to school.

Gilbert the opossum gets stuck with a tattletale "buddy" on a class trip to Pilgrim Town.

When Gilbert and Lola's cousin Wally comes to visit for Easter, he learns a lesson about being greedy during the annual Easter egg hunt.

While Alex sleeps, his dog Homer dreams about the game that will determine whether his team, the Doggers, or their opponents, the Hounds, will be champions of the world of dog baseball.

Gilbert is excited about the costume he is planning to wear in the Halloween parade at school, until he discovers that lots of others have the same costume.

"A boy's favorite superhero climbs out of a comic book and into the real world"-- Provided by publisher.

Bored and in need of money, Anastasia, inspired by the novels of Mary Roberts Rinehart, seeks a job as a companion to a wealthy, elderly woman, but the job is nothing like she expected.

Charlie the ranch dog gets stuck in the mud while herding Abigail the calf.

Charlie the irrepressible basset hound embarks on the life of famous rock-and-roll star before discovering that he misses the ranch.