Driscoll, Laura

Annoyed at his brother Colin's obsession with knights, Jared challenges his younger brother to live one full week as if it were the Middle Ages.

Discusses great home run hitters in the history of baseball and focuses on the significant accomplishments of Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa in the 1998 season.

Splat and his class go on a field trip to an ice cream factory. Splat can barely sit still during the bus ride. He's imagining the mountain of ice cream he thinks he'll get to eat! But when Splat gets there, that mountain becomes more of an avalanche. It's up to Splat and his classmates to save the day! Beginning readers will practice the -eam sound in this easy-to-read addition to the Splat series.

"Splat is so excited to be the new newspaper cat! But getting up super early, keeping track of all those papers, and delivering to all those houses sure isn't as easy as it looks. With help from Kitten and some cool inventions, can Splat figure out how to toss papers like a prop?"--Jacket flap.

A young boy learns what a veterinarian is and what their responsibilities are, including helping animals who are sick or hurt.

A young girl meets police officers and learns about everything they do at the Town Safety Day.

A young girl learns about different kinds of doctors when her brother breaks his foot and needs to go to the emergency room.

"Louise loves all kinds of art. But when she has to make cupcakes for a bake sale--and everything goes wrong--can she and her brother make messy cupcakes into art?"--Back cover.

"Louise loves all kinds of art. But when she has to make cupcakes for a bake sale--and everything goes wrong--can she and her brother make messy cupcakes into art?"--Back cover.

Dora, Diego, and Boots ask the reader to help them find a missing baby jaguar.