Product Description: The critically acclaimed husband-wife duo, John and Ann Hassett, present a modern twist on the classic game of "telephone" in this charming tale featuring a shy hero and runaway dino-rumors.Who could have imagined that timid Simon's whispered description to the school librarian, Ms...read more

A house has a face, hills change their shapes, a rainbow reverses its colors, and a balloon takes a boy to the moon. The day is full of surprises!"Bye, Ben," says his sister as Ben's red balloon takes him up, up, up . . . past bees in a tree, a kite on the big hill, and a rainbow in the clouds. When Ben finally reaches the moon, he puts moon rocks in his pockets and comes down again. Now the rainbow, the hill, the kite, the tree, and the bees all wear happy faces. And it's his sister's turn!Colorful cut-paper-and-ink artwork holds humorous surprises for the observant reader. All objects have life and are subject to change, underscoring Ben's sense of joy and wonder.

After Farmer Tuttle is unable to give his wife a Christmas hat because he can not sell his Christmas trees, he receives a mysterious letter requesting his very finest tree.

Product Description: Sister wished for a cat for her birthday, but she got Dudley instead. Dudley is all dog, and he likes to chase cats. Dudley chases one, two, three cats and more across a busy street, down the railroad tracks, past a skunk, through a construction site, past a bumblebee nest, into a burning building, around a swimming pool, through a thunderstorm, and all the way to the circus, where the cats are called tigers...read more

In a version of 'The Gingerbread Man,' a mother makes her thirsty boy an ice cube for his lemonade which promptly escapes from the freezer and runs away to sea, hoping to grow as big as an iceberg and bump into boats.

In this revision of the familiar tale 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff,' three sisters manage to outwit Ugly-Boy Bobby who spends his time under the bridge they must cross on their way to school.

When Nana Quimby is upset by the mouse in the house, Father gets an owl, which also upsets Nana, so Mother gets a dog...until the family ends up with an elephant in the house. Reprint.

In a village where everything is painted white, a stranger agrees to paint the school in order to avoid bad luck, but instead teaches the villagers a valuable lesson. By the creators of Cat Up a Tree.

A pampered city dog longs for the freedom of the wild

With rapidly increasing numbers of cats stuck in her tree, Nana Quimby asks for help from the firehouse, the police, the pet shop, the zoo, the library, and even city hall, but no one will help rescue the cats

Junior, a loon chick, leaves the nest to find a quieter, less-crowded place to live, and along the way meets a chickadee in a backyard, a seagull at a dump, and a pigeon in a parking lot

Mary Margaret Morrison is jealous of her baby brother and cannot understand where on earth he came from, at least until her loyalty is tested.

Product Description: Max is a curious moose -- so curious that he travels to a nearby city to see how humans live. His adventures convince him that curiosity is almost as bad for moose as it is for cats.