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She was the last of her kind. A creature of legends. A being of the forest. And stories were told of her - stories of the terrible, horrible Baba Yaga.

Patricia Polacco is now one of America's most loved children's book writers and illustrators, but once upon a time, she was a little girl named Trisha starting school. Trisha could paint and draw beautifully, but when she looked at words on a page, all she could see was jumble. It took a very special teacher to recognize little Trisha's dyslexia: Mr.

When Mary Ellen gets bored with her reading, Grandpa knows a hunt for a bee tree is just what she needs. Half the town joins the exciting chase, but it's not until everyone returns home that Mary Ellen makes a discovery of her own: sometimes, even the sweetest of things must be worked for.

B is for bandit...

It's Louis's birthday and Uncle McAllister has brought him a very special gift: a tadpole all the way from Scotland! Louis can hardly wait for Alphonse to grow into a frog. But it soon becomes clear that Alphonse is not turning into any ordinary frog. First Alphonse outgrows his jar, then the sink, and then the bathtub!

This is the story of a boy's friendship with a dinosaur and how they spend one happy day together.

Strega Nona's meddling assistant Big Anthony is determined to prove to the townspeople his knowledge of the magic secrets contained in the pasta pot of Strega Nona. In so doing, he unleashes a torrent of pasta which threatens to engulf their little Italian town.

In Mexico, the poinsettia is called flor de la Nochebuenao - flower of the Holy Night. At Christmastime, the flower blooms and flourishes, the quite exquisite red stars lighting up the countryside. A Mexican legend tells how the poinsettia came to be, through a little girl's unselfish gift to the Christ Child.

Big diesel machines threaten to run Mike Mulligan and his little old steam shovel, Mary Anne, out of business until Mike agrees to tackle a big job.

A hungry fox with a toothache begs a mouse dentist to relieve his pain in this modern-day fable.

Ten-year-old Cam, possessor of a photographic memory, and her friend Eric investigate what seems to be a brief appearance of U.F.O.s.

It takes a lot of positive thinking for Traveling Bear and the Coach to turn the basketball team around - especially when they lose one of their best players! Will their hard work and positive attitude pay off? Traveling Bear certainly hopes so!

Traveling Bear and Mookie love the big new waterslide at the pool, but can they figure out a way to get Chuga to find the courage to try it!

Traveling Bear's search for treasure takes him inside a spooky cave with his grandparents. Will Traveling Bear give in to his fear of bats and ghosts or keep going to achieve his goal of finding the treasure?

When Traveling Bear and his best friends, Mookie and Chuga, visit the Big Top Amusement Park, they have to do some quick planning and thinking ahead so that they don't miss the bus ride home.