"What happens when the book gets it wrong? Max is not a cat - Max is a dog! But much to his dismay, this book keeps instructing readers to "see the cat." How can Max get through to the book that he is a dog? In a trio of stories for beginning readers, the author introduces the excitable Max, who lets the book know in irresistibly emphatic dialogue that the text is not to his liking. The illustrator depicts the pup's reactions to the narrator and to...

"The beloved author of the Mystic Creek series gifts readers with a novel of homespun good cheer, as two families discover the joy of hope and redemption--just in time for the holidays. As summer gives way to fall in Rustlers Gulch, widow Maddie McLendon begins to have second thoughts about uprooting her life to move there with her son and grandson. Contractors have yet to break ground on their new house, leaving them--along with four horses, three...

Nursery rhymes are rarely as innocent as they seem--there is a wealth of concealed meaning in our familiar childhood verse. More than a century after Queen Victoria decided that children were better off without the full story, London librarian Roberts brings the truth to light. He traces the origins of the subtle phrases and antiquated references, revealing religious hatred, political subversion, and sexual innuendo. A history lesson that makes astonishing...

A vibrant anthology and accompanying CD that revive a great American tradition: the joy of reciting poetry aloud.

Read and play along with Brother and Sister as a little morning grumpiness turns into an all-day fight. Even a noisy storm can't stop them from arguing and fighting. Do they even remember why they are fighting? Can anything make them stop? Read and play along as Brother Bear reads a spooky story to Sister Bear and keeps her - and eventually the entire family - up all night long. The next day, Papa shows Sister how to take charge of her imagination...