Elementary

When the lady from the principal’s office brings in a test for the first grade class, the children have trouble when they realize that none of the multiple-choice answers are exactly right.

This is a story about Melvin, a boy who spent so much time in the library, that it was as if the librarians had raised him! Everything has its place in the library and Melvin likes it that way.

Zack is sure second grade will be boring, but that is before he meets his most interesting new teacher.

Now and then, we think about Ben. Dr. Benjamin Franklin, to be precise. We think about his many inventions and the impact they continue to have on our lives.

In this book you will meet Mr. Ouchy, a teacher with a case of firstday jitters. Will his students like him? What if he can’t remember their names? What if he can’t even find the bathroom?

When a cow loses her moo, she searches to see if another animal in the barn has it.

When clever Aunt Ant moves to the zoo, she describes the quirky animal behavior she observes by speaking in homophones, from the moose who loved mousse to the fox who blew blue bubbles.

Retells the story of Goldilocks, set in an Inuit village and featuring a family of polar bears.

A young boy imagines what his rescued dog's life might have been like before he adopted him.