When children are fast asleep, some people are hard at work keeping the city safe and clean, and when daylight comes they go home to sleep.

Visiting her grandmother in Australia, Livy, ten, is reminded of the promise she made five years before to Bob, a strange, green creature who cannot recall who or what he is.

Thanksgiving time is here again, but there's a turkey on the run! Can you catch this tricky bird before the school play has begun?

The peddler wakes up bright and early, ready to begin his day and sell some caps. But everyone in town is missing. Where could they be? Then he realizes they must be at the county fair, and he rushes off to sell his caps to the crowd. Instead of selling, though, he finds himself caught in the middle of a circus on parade. And before he knows it, he and his caps are one of the star acts! Esphyr Slobodkina's classic artwork and timeless story are as...

Bobby thinks his teacher, Ms. Kirby, is horrible, but when he sees her outside of school and they spend a day in the park together, he discovers she might not be so bad after all.

Over the snow, the world is hushed and white, but under the snow is a secret world of squirrels and snowshoe hares, bears and bullfrogs, and many others who live outside in the woods during the winter.

When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want.

Shares humorous poems about such subjects as disco baths, sneaky sisters, nose hairs, and wanting a dog.

Triangle plots to play a trick on his friend Square that's sure to make him jump. Triangle travels from his own neighborhood composed of triangular homes to Square's home--a square house surrounded by other square homes. Triangle's hissing snake sound has the terrifying effect he hoped it would. But when Square chases Triangle home and traps him in his dark house by wedging himself in the doorway--and becoming hopelessly stuck--it's hard to tell who...

Offers encouragement and supplies, from a snack and a blanket to a map for finding the way home, to a loved one who may be facing a new challenge.