"Through all the many ups and downs of a little girl's childhood, Bear is there to provide love and support. Until it is time to say goodbye...and hello again"--Provided by publisher.

Fourth-grader Bobby is hurt when he hears his father, a former pro-football player, say that the two of them are nothing alike, but finally summons the courage to talk about it after his public asthma attack proves how right his father is.

When Mr. Green, a stingy widower with three children he cannot be bothered with, decides to find a nanny for his children, he winds up hiring a glamorous ex-circus pig who knows nothing about children but a lot about chocolate.

A flying pig's job is never done... With a runaway lion loose in the neighborhood, Derrick, Samantha, and Michael feel scared. Nanny Piggins feels like a slice of cake. And Boris feels like that lion looks strangely familiar... But if there was ever a pig who could tame both lion and lion tamer, it's Nanny Piggins! She also revolutionizes the sport of ski jumping, introduces hot-pink leotards to the local Neighborhood Watch, and demonstrates trapeze...

Illustrations and easy-to-read text reveal that while letters of the alphabet resemble each other, each is also unique, as if they, like human beings, are part of the same family.

This year, Crankenstein's favorite day of all -- Halloween -- has gone rotten! Creepy-cool costumes, super-scary jack-o'-lanterns, and loads of candy have been RUINED by costume disasters, pumpkin-carving nightmares, and a terribly untimely toothache! MEHHRRRR!!! Can Halloween be saved, or will today turn into the crankiest Halloween in history?

"Ten-year-olds Ben and Pearl continue their apprenticeships at Dr. Woo's Worm Hospital, where they meet a dragon named Metalmouth and get a chance to travel to the imaginary world" --

When a cat finds a bedraggled baby bird that has fallen from its nest, an unlikely friendship develops between the two.

When Bobby inadvertently gets into a fight with his best friend Holly, their disagreement develops into a boys versus girls war involving their whole fourth-grade class.

"A toddler causes Godzilla-like mayhem in the city of his playpen"--