Audrey Penn

When Chester the raccoon is reluctant to go to kindergarten for the first time, his mother teaches him a secret way to carry her love with him.

A family in the Old Country hopes to recreate the miracle of the first Hanukkah by making a small jar of cooking oil last long enough to make a treat for each of the eight nights.

When Chester tells his mother about the school bully, she asks him to gather his friends to hear a story about getting along with people who are prickly.

"Chester Raccoon goes to his first sleepover and enjoys a day of fun and games with his friends. But when it is time to go to sleep, Chester feels his mother's love through his Kissing Hand, but still misses his home. Chester goes home and Mrs. Raccoon assures him he came home at just the right time"-- Provided by publisher.

Kai is a small, green and white pumper truck who does not fit in with the other fire trucks at Firehouse #10, but when a forest fire breaks out, it is Kai who puts out the fire in the underbrush.

When the four young teens from Okracoke Island, North Carolina, travel to England to return pirate loot stolen from Westminster Abbey in 1718, they learn of far deeper mysteries concerning the Stone of Scone and Blackbeard the pirate.

School is starting in the forest, but Chester Raccoon does not want to go. To help ease his fears, Ms. Raccoon shares a family secret called the Kissing Hand to give him the reassurance of her love any time his world feels a little scary. On this DVD, each page of the book is shown with a pop-in signer presenting the script. A section of basic school-related signed vocabulary is included at the end. An accompanying book is available.