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"I went to the shop to get me a carrot. Oh dear! They gave me . . . parrot. Oh dear! Look what I got. Do I want that? No, I do NOT! As a hapless boy goes from shop to shop, requesting a series of perfectly reasonable items--a hat, a coat, a cake, a chair--he finds himself thwarted at every turn, amassing instead a growing menagerie of animals who happily follow him on his errands. It's not until he finally asks for a cup that he's proffered a wriggly...

Geeger the Robot gets along great with the class pet, Fudge the Hamster, and they both spend a lot of their time eating their favorite, mushy bananas, until Fudge goes missing and some of the kids in Ms. Bork's class think Geeger might have eaten him!

"Meet Physeter Macrocephalus--but you can call him Moby. He's got the BIGGEST toothy smile, and he's always up for a game of tag. Plus his backflips can't be beat! Who wouldn't want to be his pal? So when Moby encounters a ship full of sailors, he's eager to make a bunch of new friends. What could go wrong...? Illustrated in bold full color, this funny, charming riff on the Herman Melville classic, Moby-Dick, is at its heart a story about making friends...

Geeger the Robot is going to school. But not robot school ... a school with kids, the human kind! Geeger isn't used to human ways, and his zany misunderstandings and overly literal responses to instructions lead to quite a few mishaps. He's starting to wonder if he can even make it until snack time! Will a bot made of wires, nuts, and bolts fit in with a classroom of kids?

"Bear and Bird are best friends, and while they don't always understand each other, they both want to make the other one happy. So when they don't like the same things, that means they shouldn't be friends, right? Wrong! And when Bear invites Bird to play hide-and-seek, they spend the whole day in a tree before Bird wonders if anyone is even looking for them"-- back cover.

A misunderstanding leads Lily to make misguided attempts to prevent Dot from bonding with a new pony, which puts their friendship in jeopardy.

Her boring baby brother, Zion, is about to have his first birthday party. Mama and Daddy said Venus could help with the decorations, but she knows she's basically in charge. Her plan is perfect: invite her classmates (even the annoying ones) and their pets; make sure everyone brings a gift for her, or they can't get into the party; set up a VIP room for the people who bring the Very Important Presents; save Daddy from getting his arm and leg chopped...

"Amelia Bedelia has been making readers laugh since 1963, when the first Amelia Bedelia book was published. Now you can meet the young Amelia Bedelia in this collection of twelve lively stories. The young Amelia Bedelia makes a friend, joins a club, attends a sleepover, hits the trail, and much more! Amelia Bedelia's legendary mix-ups make practicing reading comprehension and expanding vocabulary fun. Each story can be read in just five minutes--perfect...

"When Natalie O'Ryan returns to Prince Edward Island to plan her wedding, she runs into her childhood best friend--and discovers that the love she's been looking for is right where she left it"-- Provided by publisher.