David Milgrim

When Otto has trouble learning to swing on vines like his monkey friends, he decidesto make his own swing set instead.

When Nicholas Duck, wearing a Santa hat and coat he found on his doorstep, goes looking for Santa to tell him what he wants for Christmas, all the other animals mistake him for Mr. Claus.

Moo Bird is a sweet and surprisingly funny early reader about a bird looking for a friend. This Level One reader opens with a bird saying, "moo" instead of "tweet." Moo Bird is clearly different from the other birds in his nest. He feels like he doesn't belong. So, Moo Bird goes off in search of where he DOES belong. Will Cow want to be his friend? At last, Moo Bird finds a friend.... Who will it be?

Moo Dog is a sweet and funny early graphic reader about a bird and a dog who aren't like the other animals. This Level One reader is a follow-up to the sweet and funny Moo Bird in which Bird says "moo" instead of "tweet." In this book, Dog says "moo" instead of "woof!" The other animals laugh at Dog. They don't understand why he is different. Can friends Dog and Bird show the other animals that being different can be fun? With comic speech bubbles...

Otto the robot builds a spaceship to take him home.

A dog named Lucky demonstrates opposites such as slow and fast, dry and wet, cold and warm, and here and there.

A young boy figures his dog Sneakers must really by smart to act so dumb.

Otto the robot and his jungle animal friends go for a ride on an elephant.

Illustrations and simple text relate how Zip, the unlucky alien magician, zaps a bot and tells it what to do, but the bot does not listen. Includes note to parents, introduction to the books vocabulary, and reading comprehension questions.

Otto does his utmost to befriend a bird.