"There's a new dog on the ranch, and Hank the Cowdog is none too thrilled about it."--Back cover.

Literal-minded Amelia Bedelia does household chores and gets dinner ready.

Four fearful chickens venture out to see the farmhouse, with humorous results.

Saddle up for this first volume in a spin-off series starring favorite characters from DiCamillo's Mercy Watson books. Leroy Ninker has a hat, a lasso, and boots. What he doesn't have is a horse--until he meets Maybelline, and then it's love at first sight.

Contemporary fables with tongue-in-cheek morals address such topics as homework, curfews, and television commercials.

Millie, who likes finding new hobbies, eagerly signs up for ninja school, only to learn that ninja skills, such as hiding and kicking, are a real challenge for a triceratops. Includes discussion question and dinosaur facts.

The only rule in Larry's book is that the reader not push the button, but when no one is looking, it may be irresistible.

After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky. Imagine tales so terrible...

After narrowly escaping the menacing clutches of the dastardly Count Olaf, the three Baudelaire orphans are taken in by a kindly herpetologist with whom they live happily for an all-too-brief time.

"A pampered house cat complains about the daily struggles he faces"--