Kim Smith

Sofia is temporarily entrusted with Snowflake the class mouse--but he escapes, and she and her sisters must figure out a way to catch him.

What's a town to do when hundreds of adorable, wriggling puppies invade? Especially a place like Strictville, where no one has ever seen puppies before. And cuteness, fun, and playing are against the rules! The townspeople don't know what to do. Luckily there is one boy brave enough to face the delightful doggies. Will he be okay? Will the town be okay? Find out in this hilarious, satisfying story about trying new things and the magic of puppies.

Sofia and her cousins are making a piñata for their grandmother's birthday party, but when Bella the cat gets involved chaos ensues.

When Sofia gets a singing machine for Christmas, she wants to sing all the time. However, her family does not want to hear her singing anymore, so Sofia sets out to find the perfect audience.

Sofia Martinez is excited to help her grandmother, her abuela, make "arroz con leche" using her secret recipe--however, one mistake could spell disaster and even ruin the whole church dinner.

Describes the role of apex predators, such as wolves, in an ecosystem and how introducing wolves back into Yellowstone National Park restored a greater diversity of animals, plants, and insects into the area. In 1995, the gray wolf was reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park after a seventy-year absence. All these years later, we can clearly see the cascading effects this has had on the park's ecosystem. This [book introduces the concept] of trophic...

Sofia's abuela is taking her and Sophia's cousin Hector to the movies, but when Hector develops hiccups, their movie plans are put on hold until the children get their hiccup problem under control.

When a family travels from all over to be at Grandma and Grandpa's for the holiday, they travel by land, air and water and encounter challenges in getting there. But a horse and sleigh save the day, delivering them all to Grandma and Grandpa on time.

Sofia feels that because she looks so much like her older sisters, nobody notices her--so when school picture day comes around she comes up with a way to stand out. Written in Spanish.

Sixth-grader Jay loves hockey and deals with the difficulties of playing with a bullying classmate, but he is unprepared for learning how to play the saxophone.