Frank Carlson Library

"When Tiana gets an unexpected invitation to visit Mama Odie, she knows something must be wrong. But the truth is beyond anything she could have guessed. A dangerous jewel has been stolen from the bayou, and Mama Odie needs Tiana to get it back. With a little help from her friends, Tiana sets off to find the jewel--and return it before something terrible happens"--Page [4] of cover.

Max Spaniel, a dog that considers itself to be a great chef, comes up with a creative solution when a bus full of people place a large order at his diner.

The ghost that pops out of the old green bottle Mr. Dobbs finds is very helpful in the diner, but the rest of the help and the customers are too frightened to find out what a nice ghost he really is.

Each time a waiter returns with a new bowl of soup to satisfy a customer's complaint, a different animal appears in the soup.

A cumulative rhyme describes the uproarious chain of events that ensue when a waiter trips over a book dropped by a boy watching a bee.

Cassie and Louie take their parents to a Mexican restaurant for their anniversary, and although the family dog Marley tries to behave on the special occasion, he finds himself in heaps of trouble.

With vegetables from her own garden and other fresh ingredients, Sally mixes and bakes hot and bubbly pizzas for her customers to take home or eat in her pizzeria.

When disaster hits the Krusty Krab, only SpongeBob SquarePants has what it takes to set things right.

A child describes the various little dishes of dim sum that she and her family enjoy on a visit to a restaurant in Chinatown.

Pancho begins a new job as a waiter at the Emperor Room seafood restaurant, but not without facing some difficulties. Includes facts about penguins.