(1st work) A little mouse thinks her name, Chrysanthemum, is perfect unitl she starts school and all the kids make fun of her. (2nd work) Monty, a dependable alligator taxi for three school children decides he needs a vacation. (3rd work) Jimmy brings along his pet boa constrictor on a class trip to the farm.

In "Strega Nona" Big Anthony finds himself knee-deep in trouble - and pasta - when he uses Strega Nona's magic pasta pot without her permission. In "Silvestre y la piedrecita magica," the Dunan family is beside itself when son Sylvester turns himself into a rock to escape the jaws of a hungry lion. In "Los patitos encuentran un hogar", Mrs. Mallard after raising her ducklings on an island in the Charles River in Boston, leads her brood to their permanent...

Teacher from the Black Lagoon: " A boy imagines the worst about his teacher, Mrs. Green, on the first day of school ..."--Container box. Shrinking Violet: " Violet is so shy that she never makes waves in the swimming pool or swallowing sounds at snack time. She shrinks whenever anyone watches her. So what will Violet do when her teacher, Mrs. Maxwell, gives her a big part in the school play?"--Container box.

Johnny Appleseed: Johnny Appleseed began traveling west as a young man, planting apple seeds in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and northern Indiana, leaving a legacy of achievement, fruit, and the spread of civilization through the American frontier. Miss Rumphius: Inspired by a true story, Miss Rumphius traveled near and far, witnessing beauty of all kinds, and went on to help make the world a more beautiful place with a simple handful of seeds.

"Einstein's big idea" dramatizes how Einstein arrived at his 1905 discovery that the realms of matter and energy are linked. Reveals the roots of this breakthrough in the human stories of scientists Michael Farady, Antoine Lavoisier and Lise Maitner, whose innovative thinking across four centuries helped lead to E=mc², and ultimately unleashed the power of the atom. "Exploring space, the quest for life" looks at scientific discoveries on Earth and...

Helps you decide what kind of dog is right for you and your family.

Can a train pulling half a mile of heavy-duty freight cars make it to Chicago ahead of a speedy little race car? Through the desert . . . Through the mountains . . . Through a blizzard . . . Vvvrrrrrrrrrrrrrrum! Chooka chooka chooka chooka! The race is on!

Told in rhyming text, young dinosaurs learn to read, but only after many mishaps, like chewing their books and throwing them at the cat--but eventually they learn to respect their books, treat them properly and read a lot!