fiction / humorous stories

Having glammed up her school friends, Mary has set her sights on sprucing up a vacant lot in the neighborhood. Soon she's enlisting help from neighborhood business owners and her friends--all of whom are modern versions of popular nursery rhyme characters.

Little animals demonstrate rules on how to keep their playground safe and fun for everyone.

Determined to be an astrophysicist one day, Oliver explains everything he learns-like how the sun burps, how ghost particles fly through you, and the uncanny similarities between Mercury and cafeteria meatballs. Oliver finally feels like he's starting to figure things out . . . but can he stay out of the principal's office, or catch a break from his annoying sister?.

Two pen pals receive the shock of a lifetime when they finally meet face to face in this ode to friendship, art, and keeping an open mind!.

It's Field Day at Amblerville Elementary. Geeger the Robot is determined to win the foot race and bring home the gold medal. But will racing toward the finish line be the beginning of trouble between Geeger and his best friend, Tillie?.

Follows Little Lobo and friends as they explore their library's Libro Love Book Festival.

A girl takes a walk with her mom and reviews objects she has kept in her pockets and what they bring to mind.

A young girl wants to build an enormous leaf-jumping pile, but when she realizes she does not have enough leaves, she joins forces with neighborhood kids to achieve their mountainous goal. Includes information about leaves.

Big Volcano and Little Volcano live side by side in paradise, but when a silly bird drops a coconut (or two) on Little Volcano's crater he blows his top.

The author/illustrator tries to explain to the reader how to write a story, but Bad Kitty is not at all happy about the plot, which has her going on a turnip diet to lose weight. Includes a recipe for roasted turnips. Now in full color.