Lester, Helen

It looks like trouble when Fragility, a hippopotamus whose feelings are easily hurt, meets Rudy, a rude elephant, on the soccer field.

Pinkerton the pig always manages to be first until he rushes for a sandwich and it turns out to be not the edible kind.

Spoiled Princess Penelope cannot get her new parrot to talk, even after threatening it. But when Prince Percival comes courting, the parrot gets revenge on the greedy princess.

Presents a children's story for early readers about Lin's backpack and what is making it jump up and down.

Morris Mumble, Sherman Shuffle, Belinda Blush, and Sharon Shrug, four very shy people who live by the woods, are brought together by the pages of a windblown book of recipes.

Tacky the penguin does not fit in with his sleek and graceful companions, but his odd behavior comes in handy when hunters come with maps and traps.

Tacky the penguin does not fit in with his sleek and graceful companions, but his odd behavior comes in handy when hunters come with maps and traps.