Saddle up for this first volume in a spin-off series starring favorite characters from DiCamillo's "New York Times"-bestselling Mercy Watson books. Leroy Ninker has a hat, a lasso, and boots. What he doesn't have is a horse--until he meets Maybelline, and then it's love at first sight.

Harry tries to explain to his mother how various animals in the bathtub are preventing him from taking a bath himself.

Briefly describes the geography of the Misssissippi River, along with some history of the transportation and commerce associated with the river.

Of all the things that Sue Snue might decide to do she wants to be herself and do what she wants to do.

"Secret agent Meow is on the case! When there is a mystery, no task is too big or too small for Pete the Cat, also known as Agent Meow. That's where the case of the lonely squirrel comes in. Pete the Cat is on a a very important mission--helping Squirrel make new friends! Early readers will love following Agent Meow on this top-secret mission!"--Publisher description.

Zoo animals from polar bear to walrus make their distinctive sounds for each other, while children imitate the sounds for the zookeeper. Includes note to parents and teachers, and related activities.

A young boy and girl describe the happy things that summer brings.

Pinkalicious's new ice skates are plain white, so before she takes them out on the ice she decides to color them with her cotton candy pink magic marker.

Jack and Rick want to play together, but there's a river between them and they will have to work together to bridge it.

A little penguin named Rollie finds that he is special when he learns that his ability to fly through the water is all that Santa needs to help get the toys delivered all over the world.