This poncho has not one, but three, head holes in it! Lila is sure Grandma made a mistake. Grandma sends her out to play, saying, “We all pull together!” Does “all” include Nate, the neighborhood bully?
Albert, a turkey at a turkey farm, sees the President on TV pardon his turkey and wish him a long life. Meanwhile, a family of humans is looking at him. He knows they don’t want him for a pet. He understands that everybody has to eat. But, they don’t have to eat him! Can he convince the humans to pardon him, like the President did, and take him to Turkey Pardon Park, instead?
Stega is half-unicorn and half-stegosaur. She has a horn like a unicorn. She poops rainbows like a unicorn. But, she eats like a Stegosaur. Stega picks a bowl of berries as a gift for Benny. But she eats them and gets the tummy rumbles, right in front of his door.
I’m writing a story about the Queen of the Fairies. She’s a good fairy. But I’ll also have to write about the bad fairies. They don’t like being left out. If I leave them out, they’ll play mean tricks on me. What if the bad fairies find out I’m writing this book, and they don’t like what I write? They might steal this book. Then what will I do?
Drake thinks he might be invisible. He looks in the mirror. All he can see is his clothes. He undresses and tries to go home, but he’s wearing his backpack and the other kids spot him. Now he’s got their attention.
Mr. Bonbon was up bright and early, determined to catch Annabelle, the candy thief. He was up all night plotting to trick her and teach her a lesson. He thought: I know! I’ll make the candy look easy to steal. He made a giant marshmallow rabbit.
A modern version of Tar Baby.
Oliver is stuck in his room. His father sent him there for playing in a tree that was too young to be climbed. Oh, if only he still lived with his birthparents! What could he do if he were with them? Be a scientist? Or a trapeze artist? Do other people wish for other parents when they are angry with their own? Updated to adoption language of the 21st century.
Soara flies at recess.
When she flies, no one can see her—but Lulu and Zanie know right where she is. Except when she flies with the butterflies, and gets lost.
Will Soara fly back to school before the recess bell rings?
Chester doesn’t want to clean his room. He says he wants to clean the sandbox first. Four cat-faced aliens arrive in a merry-go-round-shaped spaceship and make an even bigger mess than he did. When he finally goes inside, the aliens put all his toys under his bed. His mom is not pleased. And she can’t see the aliens. But, she tells Chester to teach the aliens where his things go. The aliens copy him again. Will his mom believe him?
Mira and Carl are enemies. They are also sister and brother. They never want to do the same thing. Except, they both want to sit behind Daddy when they ride in the car. One day, Dad takes them to the beach. Carl is going to be the super hero and build a castle. Mira will be the super villain and destroy it. So, Carl builds better and stronger castles. And Mira comes up with more ingenious ways to destroy them. Can being enemies be so much fun that it bonds them together?