Nutmeg Media (Firm)

Mark Teague's appealing young friends share their adventures with other children as they try to make it to school on time, and later explore the mysterious world of lost things.

"Everyone's favorite little duck is featured in three companion stories that deal with common childhood experiences. In Little Quack, mama's youngest duckling overcomes his fears and learns to paddle in the pond on his own; In Little Quack's hide and seek, Little Quack finds an ingenious hiding place; In Little Quack's new friend, Little Quack welcomes a newcomer to the pond and finds a new friend."--Container.

Little Beauty - Browne blends fact and fantasy to create a story of friendship and cooperation between the unlikeliest of animals. Based on the real-life gorilla Koko who learned to communicate in sign language. Silly Billy - a young boy worries about everything, including hats, clouds and rain! When his grandma gives him a set of worry dolls to do the worrying for him, Billy finally gets a good night2s sleep! Bonus feature included.

The runaway pumpkin: The Baxter brothers find a wonderful pumpkin for Halloween, but first they must catch up with it when it rolls down the hill. Pumpkin heads! Pumpkin heads and jack-o-lanterns of all varieties abound when Halloween comes around.

Retells the traditional tale of the tortoise and the hare as a match between the very vain Lever Lapin and Nate Turtle, who is tired of all the publicity Lever's speed generates.

A boy finally understands why his Italian-American family celebrates the Statue of Liberty's birthday every year in October.

A stouthearted chicken named Louise sets out into the world to find adventure. A sea voyage ends with a pirate attack and shipwreck. A life in the circus ends with a narrow escape from a hungry lion. A trip to a bazaar in a faraway land ends with a daring escape from prison. When she tells her friends in the henhouse about her adventures, Louise finally realizes that there really is no place like home. Includes a conversation with the author, and...

'Don't slam that old screen door!' implores a young girl when her dog runs outside. Set on a farm, this rhyming adventure examines the hilarious consequences that occur when that old screen door slams shut. Peace is eventually restored but not before Pa's socks turn lumpy, the bees start swarming, a bear runs amok, and the cows stampede! This zany tale demonstrating the concept of cause and effect ends just as the dog heads back out the door!

Little Pea: Little Pea doesn't like the candy his parents want him to eat for dinner and craves vegetables instead!; Little Hoot: Little Hoot doesn't want to stay up late as his parents insist and yearns to go to bed at a reasonable hour like his friends!; Little Oin: Little Oink doesn't like to be messy and wants to keep his room clean and tidy, must to his parents' chagrin!

A mouse lives with his family beneath the subway. He is happy collecting treasures left by riders and listening to bedtime stories about a place called Tunnel's End. His cousin destroys his home, and he decides to journey to the place in his stories.