Hapka, Cathy

Meg, spending the weekend with Annie at their friend Jill's house, learns a lesson about being careful after one of the girls forgets to latch a pony's stall and it escapes.

Madison "Maddie" Martinez must find a way to save her pony Cloudy from being sold.

Jill is hoping to take first place at the horse show with her pony, Apples, but she starts to get nervous when she sees her competition includes a perfect bay pony and its smartly-dressed rider.

When Sofia invites her friends from the village to her very first royal slumber party, she's excited but nervous, too. What if her old friends don't get along with her new ones? Advice from Sofia's mom comes at just the right moment.

When the evil warlock Warwick and the Howlloween Hound return to Fernfield on Halloween night, five puppies team up with a ghost puppy named Pip to stop Warwick before he can take over the town.

"When eight-year-old Chris discovers a fluffy, white puppy wedged inside his family's chimney on Christmas morning, he knows exactly how it got there because the dog tells him. It turns out Peppermint Bark stowed away in Santa's sleigh, got left behind accidentally, and he can talk! Now Chris must convince his too-cool big sister, Holly, and her best friend, Ivy, that this is Santa's puppy. Chris seems to be the only one who understands what the dog is saying, but Peppermint Bark needs all of their help. If they don't find a portal back to the North Pole before Christmas Day ends, the little dog will be stuck in Poinsettia until next year! Do the kids have enough Christmas spirit to work together and help the jolly little dog jingle all the way home?"--Back cover.

Friends Andrea, Emma, Mia, Stephanie, and Olivia compete to appear on the popular television show "Girl Power" by showcasing their appreciation of Heartlake City.

Curious George and the man in the yellow hat help some scientists dig for dinosaur bones.

Maggie is hoping to secure the lead in her school's production of "Romeo and Juliet" along with the heart of her prospective co-star Derek, but when she learns the play is going to be a musical, she decides to take a few voice lessons from drama club member Nico Vasquez who has definite leading man possibilities himself.

Around the year 1000, the Icelandic horse named Elska is born and learns about life and her role in the herd, as well as love and friendship, when she rescues the girl to whom she originally belonged. Includes facts about Icelandic horses and Iceland.