When a generous quiltmaker finally agrees to make a quilt for a greedy king but only under certain conditions, she causes him to undergo a change of heart.

Once there was a bridge and a terrible and VERY hungry troll lived underneath it. When the three Billy Goats Gruff decide to clip-clop across the bridge to get to the grassy ridge, the troll is already imagining all the way to prepare a delicious goat dinner. But the troll underestimates those seemingly sweet but oh-so-savvy goats!

Selected by Jane Werner.

"Are there different kinds of people in the world? If you live up above, you might think the people down below are different. If you live down below, you might think the people up above are different. But what if you turn yourself upside down?"--Dust jacket.

Emily learns about empathy and what it means in relationships with friends and family.

A guide to human and animal skeletons provides informative comparisons while sharing such facts as the number of bones in the human body and the ways that skeletal structures work.

Illustrations and minimal text relate the familiar fable of the race between a slow tortoise and a quick but foolish hare.

A revised and expanded edition of the 1996 book in which a group of eccentric Victorian scientists describes and catalogs dragons from around the world, including everything from their natural habitats to their unusual eating habits.

A collection of thirteen stories featuring animal characters and lessons about life.

"This is the story of how young Zeus, with a little help from six monsters, five gods, an enchanted she-goat (that's me), and his mother, became god of gods, master of lightning and thunder, and ruler over all"--Provided by publisher.