Cary Fagan

"A sweet, thoughtful tale of friendship, sharing and play, King Mouse begins when a mouse comes upon a tiny crown in the grass. The mouse puts the crown on his head, and when a bear subsequently comes upon him and asks if he's king, the mouse responds "Yes." This diminutive monarch settles into his new role very comfortably ... until a snake comes upon a crown and claims she is queen. The mouse is not amused, especially when one by one the other animals...

When Renata "Wolfie" Wolfman's parents leave to attend her uncle's retirement party, Wolfie decides to build a submarine out of a refrigerator box and she and her neighbor Fly are soon on an adventure they never expected.

"Is there someone out there for everyone? Two lonely souls find each other in this unusual tale of friendship and belonging from award-winning comic writer Cary Fagan. In her North American debut, illustrator Banafsheh Erfanian brings ornate artistry to the cage and birds that inhabit this surprisingly human story."--

School's out, and Marky looks forward to summer, including helping his friend and neighbor, Mr. Tempkin, with his garden. But when Mr. Tempkin's plan to thwart the squirrels that have been raiding his birdfeeder goes awry, Marky learns how special a friendship can be.

A boy named Rafe wakes up one morning to find his room inexplicably floating on a sea of water, except for his dog Buddy, the rest of the family and their house is gone. After fishing for cans of food, he rescues a girl named Dao and her cat and together they try to survive their strange circumstances.

An odd toy, Thing-Thing is rejected by a spoiled child and thrown out of the sixth-floor window of a hotel. It surprises people on every floor that it passes by until it lands on a baby's lap and comforts the fussy child, finally finding an owner to love it.

The little boy Leo accidentally knocks off Mr. Zinger's hat with his ball. When the two finally manage to track the hat down, Mr. Zinger suggests that the reason it flew away was because there was a story in his hat, a story that wanted to get out. So as they sit down Mr. Zinger has Leo look in the hat, and cleverly has Leo provide all the details to the story without even knowing it.