fiction

After a variety of animals get stuck one by one in bubble gum melting in the road, they must survive encounters with a big blue truck and a burly black bear.

A child paints with an artist friend who sees and paints only whales.

A popularity contest in a magazine has strange effects on Fern and Sue Ellen.

At lunchtime Daddy and Jesse play their favorite game: a question and answer game about people who live in Africa and the ways in which they are connected to Jesse.

Angelina and her friends are busy preparing for the New Year's Eve Ice Dance until there is a major disruption to the rehearsal, but Angelina finds a way to ensure the success of the show.

Mama Bear's reminders about the true meaning of Thanksgiving are left in the dust as the spirit of competition takes over and Papa Bear and the cubs begin a campaign to win first prize in the Thanksgiving Pumpkin contest.

Lonely in his house beside a road in the desert, Alejandro builds an oasis to attract the many animals around him.

Ariel almost causes her famous mother to lose a balloon race and then helps her win it.

The dragon in Matthew's picture book comes to life and takes him for an amazing nocturnal ride.

Mrs. Connor's first grade class decides to send colorful fall leaves to students in another state where the leaves do not change color.