Jenna B., 16 pages . Meet Susie, the playful puppy with a big heart and an even bigger question: What am I meant to do? From chasing sheep to catching bad guys as a police dog, Susie tries all kinds of jobs, but none f...

Jenna B., 16 pages . Grab your backpack (and maybe a squeaky toy), because Susie the Guide Dog is off to college! She's got squirrels to ignore, French fries to resist, and a whole campus full of whooshing scooters and ho...

Luke B., 15 pages . Wake up, world, it's breakfast o’clock! Sirius the bossy kitty is yowling for food, Rain the shy kitty is singing her sweet little song, and Noodles the bouncy dog is zooming like her tail's a helicop...

Adapted by Stephen Krensky, 27 pages, about 1600 words . When Winnie-the-Pooh hears a buzzing noise, he knows what it means: bees. And bees, of course, mean honey. With a blue balloon and some help from Christopher Robin, Pooh tries to fool the bees and ...

Adapted by Stephen Krensky, 24 pages, about 1600 words . When Winnie-the-Pooh visits his friend Rabbit, he enjoys a little smackerel of honey and condensed milk. But when it's time for Pooh to go home, he gets stuck - right in the middle of Rabbit's hole.

Adapted by Stephen Krensky, 29 pages, about 1800 words . Poor Eeyore is Very Gloomy because everyone has forgotten his birthday. When Pooh and Piglet find out, they run off to get Eeyore a present at once. Too bad Pooh gets hungry along the way - and Pig...

Adapted by Stephen Krensky, 31 pages, about 1800 words . Tigger arrives at the Hundred Acre Wood in the middle of the night. In the morning Pooh asks Tigger what Tiggers like for breakfast. "They like everything," says Tigger. But Tigger doesn't like hon...

Adapted by Stephen Krensky, 32 pages, about 1800 words . When Winnie-the-Pooh sees Christopher Robin sitting outside his door and putting on his Big Boots, he knows that an Adventure is about to happen. "We are going to discover the North Pole," says Christ...

Adapted by Stephen Krensky, 32 pages, about 1800 words . Leaning over a bridge in the Hundred Acre Wood, Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends play a game of Poohsticks. Suddenly, they see something gray floating in the water. "It's Eeyore!" says Roo. It's an ...

by Maria Coffey, 29 pages, about 1600 words . Victor, a kindly veterinarian, makes a habit of bringing unwanted pets to his quiet and peaceful home on Cloud Island. Teelo the cat is the first to arrive by kayak. Next, Victor arrives with Ruby the...

by Nathaniel Benchley, 24 pages, about 1000 words . An I Can Read Book. One day George went into an old empty house to get out of the rain. The house was dark and smelled of dust and damp. George felt something near him, and then he heard a voice. T...

by Holly Hobbie, 26 pages, about 1400 words . Toot and Puddle, both pigs, have been friends for years. Now, it's Toot's birthday, and Puddle is determined to find his friend the best present ever. While Puddle searches everywhere, Toot stays home...

by Troon Harrison, 21 pages, about 1000 words . Aaron loves animals more than anything else in the world. But when he is diagnosed with allergies, the doctor tells him that his pets have got to go. After Aaron reluctantly finds each pet a new home,...

by Janet Lunn, 17 pages, about 600 words . Amos the sheep is old and cold, and he certainly doesn't want to have his wool clipped. For ages 5 to 8....

by Bernard Waber, 31 pages, about 1400 words . In a story told through his mother's eyes, Arthur is seen as a sometimes annoying, but always lovable, anteater. For ages 7 to 9....

by Barbara Hayse, 24 pages, about 1400 words . Annabel leaves her city home to visit her cousin Flora. But she soon discovers that life in the country isn't nearly as peaceful and quiet as she once thought. This is a humorous tale that neatly illu...

by Barbara Hayse, 19 pages, about 1200 words . This is the story of Annabel and Flora, both mice, who take an exciting trip in a hot-air balloon. The combination of humor and adventure creates a unique flavor for a story that children will love!

by Marc Brown, 16 pages, about 800 words . "We have a surprise for you," Arthur's parents tell him. Arthur hopes it is a bicycle. He can hardly believe it when he learns what the surprise is - a baby! "Ooooo," squeals D.W. "I love babies!" ...

by Marc Brown, 29 pages, about 1000 words . Arthur wants to play Deep, Dark Sea on the computer every chance he gets. But disobedience quickly leads to disaster when his mother leaves for work and Arthur and his friend accidentally make ...

by Marc Brown, 25 pages, about 1000 words . "Poor Arthur! He wants to go to camp with his best friend, but instead he has to go on a family vacation at the beach. As if spending an entire week with his sister D. W. weren't enough, the Ocean Vie...

by Lillian Hoban, 36 pages, about 2000 words . No one knows what Arthur's funny-looking costume represents, but even his school principal calls it a winner! "Arthur's frustrations and hassles ring true, and kids will enjoy the constantly changing ...

by C. W. Anderson, 20 pages, about 1400 words . Billy and his pony Blaze love to explore the forest. So one day they set out on an old woodland road that is new to them. They have a wonderful ride, but their adventures soon lead them off the trail ...

by Patricia A. Davis, 29 pages, about 1600 words . Brian, a blind child, gets a parakeet for his eighth birthday. He teaches Scratchy to talk and allows him to fly around the house, calling on his grandmother when help is needed to find his pet. His o...

by Joanna Cole, 33 pages, about 1000 words . "Plagued by a bully named Eddie who steals their treats, Arlo and Robbie turn the tables on him by concocting an enticing lunch that is booby-trapped with hot sauce. The plot is sure to please and the...

by Alain Grefore, 24 pages, about 1400 words . When Charlotte the turtle challenges Felix the fox to a race, everyone laughs at Charlotte, feeling sure that a fox can outrun a turtle any day. But with Charlotte's motto, "slow but steady wins the r...

by Patricia Polacco, 26 pages, about 1600 words . After being initiated into a neighbor's family by a solemn backyard ceremony, a young Russian American girl and her African American brothers determine to buy their gramma Eula a beautiful Easter hat....

by Judi Barrett, 30 pages, about 1400 words . The tiny town of Chewandswallow was very much like any other tiny town - except for its weather, which came three times a day: at breakfast, lunch and dinner. But it never rained rain and it never sno...

by Adwoa Badoe, 28 pages, about 800 words . When Mum brings home big gray crabs from the African shop, the children only want to eat pizza and hamburgers. They won't eat potato fufu or palm nut soup ... until their grandmother arrives from Ghan...

by William Steig, 27 pages, about 1200 words . Doctor De Soto and his wife, both mice, assist animals large and small with their dental needs - that is, all animals except those with a taste for mice! One day a fox comes to them in such great pain...

by Jean Little, 24 pages, about 1400 words . A new friend? When Sally moves into the house next door, Emma's mom thinks it will be easy for the two girls to become friends. But Emma is so shy, she can barely even read out loud in school. Will...

by Jean Little, 32 pages, about 1800 words . Emma has always wanted a little brother. Now her family is adopting Max, and Emma is sure he will be the best brother ever. But Max thinks sisters are yucky, and that Emma is the yuckiest! Emma discov...

by Elizabeth Creith, 27 pages, about 1400 words . Erik is a sheep who came all the way from Iceland. His head is full of dreams about Viking adventurers, and he hopes that the other sheep on the farm would like to be Viking sheep. But sheep don't muc...

by James Marshall, 26 pages, about 1200 words . The Big Race was on ... Fox didn't think Carmen had a chance. Her race car didn't have an engine. Carmen had to pedal. Fox was really moving, flying toward the finish line. And though his snazzy re...

by Lio Lionni, 15 pages, about 600 words . While the other mice are gathering food for the winter, Frederick seems to daydream the summer away. When dreary weather comes, however, it is Frederick the poet-mouse who warms his friends and cheers...

by Nathaniel Benchley, 19 pages, about 1200 words . There are many stories about what it was like for the colonists during the revolutionary war, but what was it like for the British soldiers? George, a British drummer boy, is involved in the first bat...

by James Marshall, 20 pages, about 800 words . These five short stories show what friendship is all about, covering topics such as privacy, vanity, and honesty. Though their friendship is often tested, George and Martha survive with a sense of hum...

by Stephen Cosgrove, 21 pages, about 1400 words . Glance is a little bug, who happens to be near-sighted. Though he has a pair of eyeglasses that make it so he can see properly, he is sick and tired of his classmates teasing him about wearing them. B...

by Becky Ray McCain, 20 pages, about 1200 words . When Kimmy has bad dreams, Grandmother shows her a dreamcatcher, and with a twig, beads, feathers, and leather, they begin to make one just for Kimmy. Will it really work? For ages 5 to 8....

by David Schwartz, 17 pages, about 400 words . This book reveals how big a bowl would be needed to hold a million goldfish, or how many years it would take to count to a million. Aside from being great fun, and it is, this book leads the reader to...

, 14 pages, about 600 words . Bobby and Bonnie live with their parents in a lighthouse, surrounded by giant, crashing waves and often rocked by buffeting winds. Yet inside their cozy little house, the children are happy, playing g...

by Mary Ann Fraser, 12 pages, about 1000 words . I.Q. (a mouse) comes to Mrs. Furber's class on the first day of school. He loves being in class with the children. But who wants to be the class pet when being a student can be so much fun? Each we...

by Mary Ann Fraser, 16 pages, about 1200 words . It's time for another I.Q. adventure! I.Q.'s class is going to have a busy day. Not only do the students have to do all of their regular work, but they have to prepare the classroom for Parents' Ni...

Retold by Margot Zemach, 16 pages, about 1000 words . Unable to stand his overcrowded and noisy home any longer, a poor man goes to the holy Rabbi for help. Though he's shocked at the preposterous idea of taking his noisy and numerous farm animals into h...

by Bill Peet, 32 pages, about 2200 words . It's a sad day for Jennifer, left to rust away, month after month, in a dilapidated junk-yard. Years ago, she was a first-class touring car, travelling over a hundred thousand miles. Now, though, her ...

by Jo Ellen Bogart, 14 pages, about 800 words . Jeremiah knows how to build a split-rail fence, cook buttermilk pancakes, and make sweet syrup from tree sap. But there's one thing elderly Jeremiah doesn't know how to do, and that's read. What an in...

by Jean Little, 22 pages, about 1200 words . When Claire and Jess go to the doctor for shots, Jess is the brave one. When the two of them climb trees, Jess scrambles right to the top. She even loves scary movies and thunderstorms. Then one day J...

by Chris Van Allsburg, 20 pages, about 2000 words . Left on their own for an afternoon, Judy and Peter find a board game under a tree in the park. Jumanji looks like just another boring game, but they soon realize that it has the power to turn make-bel...

by Chris Van Allsburg, 27 pages, about 2000 words . "Walter is a young boy who imagines the future as a marvelous time, with tiny airplanes that can be parked on the roof of your house and robots that take care of all your work for you. In the present,...

by Bill Martin, 37 pages, about 1600 words . A grandfather and his blind grandson, Boy-Strength-of-Blue-Horses, reminisce about the young boy's birth, his first horse, and an exciting horse race. In this poignant story, the counting rope is a...

by Elizabeth Friedrich, 28 pages, about 1600 words . Set in the Dust Bowl of the 1930's, this is a story of family love and the kindness of neighbors. Faced with the auction of their farm and equipment due to the drought, Young Leah decides to help her ...

by Miriam Cohen, 24 pages, about 800 words . Alex has a hard time adjusting to his new first grade and tells wild stories to impress the other students. Eventually, though, Alex and his classmates learn together that he doesn't need to tell lies...

by Robert McCloskey, 31 pages, about 2000 words . 1941 Caldecott Medal BookThis classic about Mr. and Mrs. Mallard and their brood of ducklings has been a favorite since 1941. When Mrs. Mallard and her eight ducklings are stuck at a busy street i...

Walt Disney Productions, 28 pages, about 1800 words . Winter is over, and the town is celebrating by throwing a costume party at the nearby ballroom. It's a big day for Mickey too - Minnie has asked him to join her there for a date! He spends the afterno...

by Virginia Lee Burton, 24 pages, about 1800 words . Although steam shovels are being replaced by more modern machines, Mike Mulligan refuses to consign his beloved Mary Anne to the junk heap. Desperate for work, Mike promises to dig the cellar of Poppe...

by Mitra Modarressi, 42 pages, about 2200 words . Take three favorite fairy tales, add monsters, and stir well ... The result of Monster Stew, a flavorful mix of irreverent new versions of beloved stories that makes a delightful dish for young...

by Dayal Kaur Khalsa, 28 pages, about 1400 words . This warm, nostalgic tale evokes a real sense of time and place and family fun that children and parents alike will find irresistible. May, her parents, and her older brother Richie are off to Flor...

by Patricia Polacco, 29 pages, about 1400 words . There's nothing worse than a rotten redheaded older brother who can do everything you can do better! Patricia's brother Richard could run the fastest, climb the highest, and spit the farthest - and st...

by Amada Irma P'Erez, 26 pages, about 1200 words . Five little brothers, two parents, and a houseful of visiting relatives make a Mexican-American girl feel crowded. She loves her family, but how can she get a little space for herself? The solution co...

by Peter Cumming, 20 pages, about 1600 words . The poetic tale of a human toddler meeting a polar bear cub, peacefully alone, out on the ice. There follows a gripping confrontation between human father and animal mother, their similar mutual distr...

by Kevin Henkes, 15 pages, about 600 words . Owen had a fuzzy yellow blanket. "Fuzzy goes where I go," said Owen. But Mrs. Tweezers disagreed. She thought Owen was too old for a blanket. Owen disagreed. No matter what Mrs. Tweezers came up...

by Jane Yolen, 29 pages, about 1400 words . 1988 Caldecott Medal BookOn a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl. "As expansive as the broad sweep of the great owl's wings ...

by Ivy Wallace, 26 pages, about 2600 words . Everyone teases Pookie the rabbit about his flimsy, filmy wings - they don't even allow him to fly. So he decides to leave home to seek his fortune and travels through a fairy world peopled with kindl...

by Anita Riggio, 26 pages, about 1600 words . In the mid-1800's, Luke and his mother help support themselves by making panoramic eggs of maple sugar. When a man bursts into their home and accuses them of hiding slaves, Luke's mother denies the ch...

by Estelle Condra, 21 pages, about 1000 words . Nellie loves her family's annual trip over the Black Mountains to their beach house. Every year her two brothers compete to see who will first see the ocean through the mountain passes. This is the st...

by Jean Marzollo, 25 pages, about 1800 words . Sam is excited when his cousin Marco from Mexico comes to spend a year with his family - they will get to play basketball and other fun sports together. But Marco keeps hitting the ball with his head ...

by Elizabeth Winthrop, 15 pages, about 800 words . "I'm going to spend the night at Rosa's house," said Daisy. But nobody heard her. Being a middle child isn't easy - nobody ever listens to Daisy. Her father was chopping carrots. Her mother was tal...

by William Steig, 28 pages, about 1600 words . While hurrying home to show his parents a wish-granting pebble, Sylvester the donkey is startled by a hungry lion emerging from the bushes. Flustered, Sylvester wishes he were a rock, and is immediate...

by Doreen Rappaport, 23 pages, about 1800 words . During the Revolutionary War, times are hard in colonial Boston. Greedy Merchant Thomas is overcharging for sugar. Then he locks up all the coffee so he can overcharge for that too! Young Sarah Hom...

by Crosby Bonsall, 32 pages, about 1600 words . Snitch's cat Mildred has disappeared, but Snitch's friends in the Private Eyes Club will help find her! Well, they do find a lot of cats and dogs, but no Mildred! Even their trusty string-and-bucket-a...

by Eva Moore, 19 pages, about 600 words . Molly finally lets her mother cut her hair - but is upset with the results. This book teaches kids that, no matter what you look like on the outside, you're always the same on the inside; even if you ...

by Marie Tenaille, 19 pages, about 1000 words . Daniel the dragon spends a day in the second grade, joining the other students in singing, gym class, and lunch. For ages 5 to 8....

by Shel Silverstein, 24 pages, about 800 words . "Shel Silverstein takes a poignant and gentle look at the art of giving and the concept of unconditional love in his deeply profound children's book, The Giving Tree. The story tells of the rel...

by Lynne Cherry, 19 pages, about 1000 words . A man walks into a lush rain forest and starts chopping down a huge kapok tree. Lulled by the heat, he sits down and soon falls asleep. The forest dwellers approach, each pleading in his ear a reason ...

by Arnold Sundgaard, 20 pages, about 800 words . "When a Lamb and a Butterfly meet in the meadow, the Lamb asks the Butterfly where his mother is. The Butterfly replies, "My mother flies one way while I fly the other." The Lamb, who is used to th...

by Virginia Lee Burton, 18 pages, about 1600 words . The little house first stood in the country, but gradually the city, with all its buildings and traffic, moved closer and closer. "This engaging book clearly presents a wealth of information." - Bookl...

by Celia Barker Lottridge, 22 pages, about 1600 words . When a drought spreads through the land of the short grass, the animals set out across the great plain to find food. Their only hope for survival is a tree with a variety of colorful fruit. The proble...

by Holly Keller, 16 pages, about 800 words . The day Miss Higgins (a mouse) introduced Milton (a mouse) to the kindergarten class, he stuck out his tongue, and everybody laughed. "The new boy is weird," whispered Judy. And as the days passed, ev...

by Judy Blume, 23 pages, about 1600 words . Lately second grader Freddy Dissel has that left-out kind of feeling. Life can be lonely when you're the middle kid in the family who feels like "the peanut butter part of a sandwich", squeezed betwee...

by Judy Blume, 39 pages, about 1000 words . "The Great One" thinks her younger brother, "The Pain," is a messy slowpoke who gets dessert even if he doesn't finish dinner. She thinks her parents love him more than they love her. "The Pain" th...

Walt Disney Productions, 26 pages, about 1400 words . Deep in Devil's Bayou sits an old, rotting riverboat, where a lonely little orphan girl has been kidnapped by two money-hungry thieves. Medusa and her trusty sidekick named Snoops need someone small t...

by Jane Yolen, 24 pages, about 1600 words . There are so many ways to "see, as Hwei Ming is about to discover. For sometimes it is not the eyes that see best of all. Often it is the heart and mind. Our story takes place long, long ago in the...

by Chris Van Allsburg, 21 pages, about 1200 words . Allsburg again explores the fine line between fantasy and reality so beautifully expressed in his popular book, The Polar Express. The enigmatic origins of the stranger that Farmer Bailey hits ...

by Jan Andrews, 18 pages, about 1200 words . "Eva, an Inuit girl, lives along Ungava Bay in northern Canada. In the winter, her people search for mussels along the bottom of the seabed. Although Eva has often joined her mother on these expeditio...

by C. Imbior Kudrna, 11 pages, about 400 words . "This is a zany story in rhyme that was inspired by Kudrna's own boa buddy, who actually likes to be scrubbed with a loofah. Sliding and looping and slinking along, the boa manages to evade his young ...

by William Kotzwinkle, 25 pages, about 1000 words . Walter's family is holding a yard sale, but there are few customers. Walter, farting contentedly near Father, wonders why. When a man offers ten dollars for Walter, Father readily agrees. Walter wo...

by William Kotzwinkle, 25 pages, about 1000 words . Walter the Farting Dog is now a hero of the high seas! Everybody is having a great time on a cruise ... Until a terrible odor permeates the ship. All signs point to Walter, and so he is first banished...

by Don M. Gillmor, 23 pages, about 1200 words . "The trouble with Ivy was, she wouldn't eat her vegetables." What develops next in this classic battle of child vs. veggies is something no one could have imagined. Inside Ivy's pockets those veggies ...

by Shel Silverstein, 11 pages, about 400 words . "Who wants a cheap rhinoceros? I know of one for sale, with floppy ears and cloppy feet, and friendly waggy tail. He's sweet and fat and huggable. He's quiet as a mouse. And there are lots of things t...

by Natalie Savage Carlson, 27 pages, about 1400 words . "Spooky is back again! In this story by author and illustrator of Spooky Night and Spooky and the Ghost Cat, Spooky matches wits with a wizard. Once a pet of the nasty witch, (sister of ...

by Chris Van Allsburg, 16 pages, about 1800 words . Here is the spell-binding story of a broom abandoned after it loses power midflight and falls with its witch into the garden of a widow named Minna Shaw. After finding the broom sweeping obsessively b...