In an effort to improve their cleanliness and appearance, three nasty gnarlies follow a butterfly's advice, only to find that they are still nasty gnarlies, in a humorous look at self esteem.
Spoiled Princess Penelope cannot get her new parrot to talk, even after threatening it and calling it nasty names. But when Prince Percival comes courting, the parrot gets revenge on the greedy princess in a hilarious and fitting conclusion. Featuring bonus audio!
Frank was a monster who wanted to dance. So he put on his hat, and his shoes made in France... and opened a jar and put ants in his pants! So begins this monstrously funny, deliciously disgusting, horrifyingly hilarious story of a monster who follows his dream. Keith Graves' wacky illustrations and laugh-out-loud text will tickle the funny bone and leave readers clamoring for an encore.
After having been kidnapped and taken into space to become a pet for an aliencreature, Stanley finally learns to be responsible for his many pets at home.Full-color illustrations.
When he entered a dusty costume store, one that he hadn't seen before He got what he'd bargained for . . . and more. Enter the Monsterator if you dare. Put a coin in the slot . . . but beware Join Master Edgar Dreadbury as he discovers the Monsterator, a machine that changes people into monsters in this spooky Halloween adventure from Keith Graves. A Neal Porter Book
When Hilda Mae Heifer's trademark "moo" starts sounding even worse, the other animals decide she is lonely and hold auditions to find her some singing partners.
Loretta, unrelenting perfectionist, is devastated when she fails to earn the Golden Marshmallow Badge--for roasting the perfect marshmallow--but her grandmother's picture gives her a new perspective on things and she gains the courage to accept her imperfect self.
Fourteen-year-old Zoon Razdan is witty, intelligent and deeply perceptive. She also has a deep connection with magic. She was born into it. The house that she lives in is fantastical—life thrums through its wooden walls—and she can talk to everything in it, from the armchair and the fireplace to the books, pipes and portraits! But Zoon doesn’t know that her beloved house once contained a terrible force of darkness that was accidentally let out by one of its previous owners. And when the darkness returns, more powerful and malevolent than ever, it is up to her to take her rightful place as the Guardian of the house, and subsequently, Kashmir.
Hilda Mae Heifer has lost her melodic mi-mi-moo! A clunk on the head, and now Hilda's not sure if she should mew, oink, or honk. With the help of the animals on the farm, will Hilda once again be able to sing her sensational moo?