David De Vries

The family animals at the Bed and Biscuit begin to feel slighted when Dr. Bender returns from a fire with something that occupies the time usually reserved for them. Grampa Bender wouldn't be able to run the Bed and Biscuit animal boardinghouse without the help of Ernest the pig, Gabby the mynah bird, and Milly the cat. In fact, the three animals have always thought of themselves as Grampa's family - and they assumed he felt the same way. But when...

"After ISIS terrorists attack the U.S. Capitol building during the president's State of the Union address, the entire world waits to see how the most powerful nation on earth will respond. But the Taylor administration is more committed to political correctness than to justice, and it falls to other nations to lead the way in hunting down Abu Khalif, the criminal and religious mastermind who leads the Islamic State. When New York Times journalist...

"When New York Times foreign correspondent J.B. Collins hears rumors that an al-Qaeda splinter cell--ISIS--has captured a cache of chemical weapons inside Syria, Collins knows this is a story he must pursue at all costs. Does the commander of the jihadist faction really have the weapons? If so, who is the intended target? The U.S.? Israel? Or someone else? With tensions already high, the impending visit of the American president to the region could...

Little by little, can by can, Mr. Gillie, the trash man, cleans up his town.

Scaredy Squirrel never leaves his house because he is afraid of everything, until one day when he discovers he is really a flying squirrel and everything changes.

Presents a number of facts about dinosaur fossils and what they tell us about how dinosaurs looked and how they lived.

Contains four dinosaur stories, including "How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon," "How Do Dinosaurs say Goodnight?" "T is for Terrible," and "Danny and the Dinosaur."

Contains five storybook classics for children, including "No Roses for Harry," "Miss Nelson is Missing," "The Story About Ping," "The Little House," and "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel."

Bink & Gollie: These two girls are marvelous companions who often do not agree...on socks...or goldfish...or venturing to the Andes. This humorous story relates how compromise helps these two very different individuals remain the best of friends. Scaredy Squirrel makes a friend: Scaredy Squirrel is scared to make a friend. After all, they can bite. When he decides the perfect friend would be a goldfish (no teeth), his plan takes a surprising turn....

Giraffes can't dance : Gerald the giraffe can't dance, but with his friends' encouragement he becomes the best dancer of all. Do unto otters : A story about how to be a good neighbor and friend: just follow the Golden Rule! Katie loves the kittens : Don't the three little kittens know that Katie, a little dog, just wants to play with them?