Wells, Rosemary

Two boys stumble upon the remains of an ancient underground civilization.

On Christmas Eve, McDuff's persistent "woofing" begins to annoy Fred and Lucy, but it leads to the rescue of Santa, whose sleigh has gotten stuck in the snow.

When Yoko moves from Japan to California, she decides to make and send origami cranes to her grandmother for her birthday.

Max and his sister, Ruby, compete to find the most eggs to win a chocolate chicken, but when Max does not find any eggs he steals the chicken instead.

Introduces the numbers one through ten as Max finally trades all his toys for his sister's doll.

When Yoko brings sushi to school for lunch, her classmates make fun of what she eats--until one of them tries it for himself.

Presents six stories in which students adjust to their first year of school, where they acquire skills, build self-confidence, and learn how to get along with one another.

Starting with number one for the first day of school, Emily learns the numbers to one hundred in many different ways.

Everyone in Morris's family is pleased with his Christmas present but Morris.

Feeling, neglected, Nora makes more an more noise to attract her parents' attention.