When Izzie brings her pet Kraken to the county fair everyone thinks he is frightening, but he is like Izzie, sweet and shy, and Kraken and Izzie use creativity and humor to win over the crowd.

Mouse enjoys the sights and smells of Cinco de Mayo despite being trailed by a determined cat.

"Join a wild chef and two mice as they show how simple it is to make a big stack of delicious pancakes" -- p. [4] of cover.

Although she can predict the weather much better than the boys in her family, no one thinks that Phyllis the groundhog has a chance of replacing the aging Punxsutawney Phil when Groundhog Day's official groundhog retires.

Left in the care of his older sister, a boy begs her to read his favorite book but she is too absorbed in her own reading even to notice when a tiger comes to life in the steam from his soup.

A boy dreams of being a great sports star. In his dreams he is the best player in every sport: baseball, soccer, hockey, dirt bike race, and even fishing! However, he is really only great at one thing in sports-- he is a great sports fan! Both the writing and the illustrations help to make this a very funny book.

Two new books are dismayed when they are shelved at a library where the books judge each other only by their covers.