fiction

When Bad Kitty won't play with him, Poor Puppy has to amuse himself with an alphabetical list of toys and dreams of playing in an alphabetical list of countries.

A yellow leaf is not ready to fall from the tree when autumn comes, but finally, after finding another leaf still on the tree, the two let go together.

Illustrations and simple rhyming text describe how a child grows from ages one through six.

A mysterious man enters a restaurant and pays for his dinner with a paper crane that magically comes alive and dances.

Describes the mountain of mischief a mouse could get into--in science class, reading class, and playtime, for example--if he came along to school.

Despite the laughter of his fellow villagers, Yoshi uses his building skills to make a boat to catch the moon, a kite to reach the clouds, and a bridge that mimics the rainbow.

Five tales recounting the adventures of two best friends--Frog and Toad.

Arthur really wants to enter a song in the Crunch Cereal Jingle Contest, but when he cannot come up with a good idea, he enters a song his sister wrote instead.

Arthur is snubbed by Francine after she hears he said she looked like a marshmallow in her fluffy sweater, but when the two are accidentally locked in the library, they remember why they are such good friends.

Luigi the rooster wins fame and fortune when the star of the Cosmopolitan Opera Company and his understudy both come down with chicken pox on the same night.