It’s easy to be a tree. Just pretend your arms are branches, your body is a trunk, and your legs are roots. Don’t move, even if a bird makes a nest on your head, a squirrel hides an acorn in your pocket, and a spider builds a web under your arm. It’s OK: Trees don’t mind those things. Or so says the little girl who persuades her father to be a tree all day long, no matter what, even in the rain!

A child’s favorite stuffed animal is a member of the family. This little girl and her bear are no different. The two are inseparable. Bear joins the girl for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and every moment in between. So when the first day of school arrives and Bear can’t come along, the little girl is worried. At first, being in school feels hard, but as the day goes on, the girl finds ways to make herself feel better. This reassuring story, which...

Oh, no! When mushroom boy Little Cap's pet slug, Gustav, goes missing, Little Cap is beside himself. How can he summon the courage to leave his cozy home to find him? But summon he does. There are many suspicious characters just outside his door and--gasp!--he has to talk to his neighbors, but Little Cap can't be stopped. After much perilous searching--up sheer cliffs and into deep canyons and even stepping in something really, really gross--Little...

Cut! Yasmin's job as director of the play is turning out to be harder than she thought. She is quickly losing control! Then Yasmin realizes the director is in charge--so she directs some big changes to save the play!

Getting your octopus to school won't be easy. He would much rather stay home with you and play hide-and-seek or dress-up. But you know your octopus will love school if he gives it a chance. And you'll tell him that . . . as soon as you can find him . . .

Dani lives on a city block carpeted with concrete—until a street tree moves in. The tree brings the wonders of nature to Dani’s doorstep and is good company through the days and seasons. But it will need help to thrive . . .

Tweet! goes Coach Dodo's whistle. Gym class is in session. Time to play dodgeball. Ducklings are ducking and dodos are dodging. And why is that chick sitting there reading?

By now, you have probably heard the old folktale about a girl in a red cape gobbled up by a wolf. Here is the real story. In this fresh retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, Little Red lives with her mother in a village near the Great Wall of China, wears a red silk hood, and practices kung fu. When she ventures through the woods to visit her sick grandmother, she encounters something much scarier than a wolf--a mighty dragon! But with her wits and...

One day, a young boy visits the library for the very first time. While he’s there he listens to stories, reads books and magazines, and learns that there are also movies, crafts, chess, and puppet shows—something for everyone! With simple, lyrical text and bright illustrations that jump off the page, Library Day brings the joys of reading vividly to life.