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Anansi, a clever spider, tricks Elephant and some other animals into thinking the melon in which he is hiding can talk.

A greedy baker who offends a mysterious old woman suffers misfortune in his business, until he discovers what happens when generosity replaces greed.

Scaredy Squirrel is afraid to leave his nut tree because he's afraid of the unknown "out there", but a bee forces him to leave he realizes that it's not as scary as he thought.

Illustrations and simple text describe the many ways animals care for their eggs and young, with facts about animals, hatchlings, and their environment.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text explore the light that makes a house in the night a home filled with light.

In Japan, as a provincial governor, his wife, and daughter Yuki, followed by 1,000 attendants, travel the historic Tokaido Road to the Shogun's palace in Edo, Yuki keeps up with her lessons by writing poems describing the journey.

When fire traps the forest creatures, a little rabbit who yearns to look tough and rugged learns that he can be brave despite looking fluffy and cute.

When he has a dream about a future Earth devastated by pollution, Walter begins to understand the importance of taking care of the environment.

A young girl draws a family portrait, then makes it more accurate by adding common objects to show aspects of each member's personality, such as her father's playfulness, her mother's sweetness, and her brother's strength.

Nate the Great helps his friend Annie solve the mystery of the missing picture.

When Annie and her third grade class put on a play about nutrition, it has more surprises than the teacher expected.

Surveys findings on Brachiosaurus, Diplodocus, and four other examples of the largest dinosaurs, including the locations of the discoveries and explanations of their names.

Because Nora and her brother live in an apartment, personal privacy, making friends, and finding places to play are sometimes a problem.

Third grader Annie Pitts is excited about getting the part of the swamp monster in a high school student's low-budget horror movie, until she finds out how much hard work is involved.

Herman "Houdini" Foster and his cousin Janet discover that what seems to be a case of thwarted coat theft is something much more serious.