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Lois Wickstrom
All but one of Mama Warbler's eggs have hatched. The Cuckoo keeps telling the reluctant baby warbler "stay in your shell where it's safe." What will the baby warbler do?
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Albert is a turkey at a Turkey Farm. Can he convince the family that buys him for Thanksgiving to take him to Turkey Pardon Park where he can live a…
Lois J Wickstrom
A bridge collapses, a truck burns and an earthquake shakes the city. Timmy and his trained spy rat use science to avert a far greater disaster.
Dinopotamus watches the children. He tries to do what they do. He follows them to school. He doesn’t fit through the door, so he climbs in the window. The children…
Loretta loves her garden and the ladybugs that protect it. But where do they go in the winter? On a cold winter day when she was collecting pine needles for…
Loretta protects a monarch caterpillar from a wasp, a bird, and a lizard as it eats milkweed, grows, goes through metamorphosis to become butterfly.
The Sky is Ready Carrie fulfills a childhood dream of both the author and artist of Carrie’s Flight. She actually flies! The antique wings Grandma left - lift her into…
Lois Wickstrom, Milagros Darling
Xenia and her brother Lucas must rescue their mother, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, with the help of Xenia's science project involving mysterious ants.
This year, Caspian's UnBirthday Gift
is a Mind-Reading Hat. When he puts
it on he hears his mom and Grandpa
talking about his surprises.
Then he hears a turtle talking.
This year, Caspian’s UnBirthday Gift is a Mind-Reading Hat. When he puts it on he hears his mom and Grandpa talking about his surprises. Then he hears a turtle talking.
A cuckoo lays her egg in Mama Warbler’s nest, and flies away. Will Mama Warbler love her new baby?
Albert is a turkey at a turkey farm. Can he convince the family that buys him for Thanksgiving to take him to Turkey Pardon Park where he can live a…
In the world of Mr. Barsin's Toy Emporium, only a rare few children are able to see the Elementals: sylphs (or fairies), mermaids, dragons, and gnomes. Most people call them…
Stega eats the berries she picked for Benny’s house-warming present. Then she gets the tummy rumbles – right in front of his door. Fortunately she’s half unicorn.
It’s Caspian’s UnBirthday again. This year, Grandpa gives him a pencil and a small pad of paper. When Caspian picks up the pencil, it starts writing by itself. What does…
Jean Lorrah
Jean Lorrah’s novels have a loyal following, but her many fans are unaware that she’s also written short stories. Here are all her best tales collected in one volume. The…
When Grandma moved across town, she left four boxes in a closet marked Keep.Fascinator, Feathers, Dowse, and Wandas. In this book, Carrie explores the wandas. They’re female wands, of course…
Goldilocks, the curious explorer, is a homewrecker no more. She has learned to use the six simple machines.
Loretta finds a leafcutter bee nest in her woodpile. The bees hatch. They cut circles in the leaves on her rose bushes. She finds their new nest, and watches the…
The wolf has already swallowed Grandma. Will Little Red’s detective kit provide the clues to save her?
When Grandma moved across town, she left four mysterious boxes in the hall closet: Feathers, Wandas, Fascinator, and Dowse. Dowse can mean soaking wet or find something valuable. In this…
The Round Box in Grandma’s Closet is labeled FASCINATOR. Carrie looks inside.
She sees a boat. The boat is a hat. Carrie puts it on. Suddenly her world rocks, as…
Loretta is a mischievous girl who lives in a cabin high up in the Colorado mountains. She loves her garden and the ladybugs that protect it. But where do they…
How will Loretta keep her orange tree healthy for the science fair? With a little secret help from the insect world, Loretta just might win first place.
Loretta finds a leafcutter bee nest in her woodpile. She watches the bees hatch and cut circles in the leaves and flowers on her rose bushes. Illustrated instructions for building…
Loretta finds a leafcutter bee nest in her woodpile. She watches it. The bees hatch. The cut circles in the leaves and flowers on her rose bushes. She finds their…
Chester doesn't want to clean his room. Four cat-faced aliens arrive in a merry-go-round-shaped spaceship and make things even messier. Will his mom believe him?
Shirl accidentally steals a Zib (She thought it was a free sample) Now she’s trapped on the planet until she can repay the debt. Earth money is no good here…
Lois Wickstrom, Jean Lorrah
Craig and Linda's parents have taken them to Canada this summer -- far away from "that wicked monster Nessie." But there's a secret passageway between Loch Ness and Lake Memphremagog…
Carrie finds a set of antique wing that used to belong to Grandma. Can she figure out how to make them fly?
Something hits Chicken Little on the head. She investigates, and discovers gravity. Her experiments enable her to escape from Foxy Woxy.
The giant is hungry. So is her mom. Now she has two hungry families to feed. Jacqueline must discover the true magic of the beans.
