Bonnie Dobkin

A retelling of the adventures of a nosy, naughty, and sassy little girl who finds the house of the three bears and helps herself to their belongings.

The little red hen finds none of her lazy friends willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the bread she makes from it.

After finding a strange glowing orb in the forest, Anansi the spider puts his six clever children to a test to see which one will earn it as a reward.

A boy proud of his individuality proclaims his love of raw carrots, rainy days, and his pet iguana.

A boy and his parents prepare breakfast at their truck stop for drivers of eighteen-wheelers, tankers, moving vans, and other vehicles, while Uncle Marty checks tires and makes repairs. A boy and his parents prepare breakfast at their truck stop for drivers of eighteen-wheelers, tankers, moving vans, and other vehicles while Uncle Marty checks tires and makes repairs.

An avid collector enumerates all the things that have been collected, from twenty-three keychains and fifty-one shells to a ball of tin foil five feet wide.

Retells the fatal episodes in the lives of two foolish pigs and how the third pig managed to avoid the same pigfalls.

A young fisher expresses enthusiasm for the sport while acknowledging the many potential distractions surrounding it.

On Crazy Pizza Day, when a restaurant decides to offer any topping the customer wants, some of the requests are surprising.

When Detective Vincent O'Mally finds two missing children dead, his life turns upside down. When the FBI takes over the case, Vince agrees to take time off. Traveling to a small upstate New York town, he meets Holly Newman--a fragile woman whose sister was abducted and killed years ago. Convinced that Holly's sister's death is linked to the recent murders, he attempts to unearth clues hidden deep in Holly's mind.

Rhyming text presents related words, such as short and long, page and book, and night and moon.

When a biological terrorist attack kills all adults on Earth, children stranded at an amusement park work together to survive, led by Milo whose father was an engineer there, but when new threats arise and suspicions grow, rebellion erupts.

A little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest while on her way to visit her sick grandmother.

A child relates how he and his best friend, who is in a wheelchair, are both alike and different.

Children set out looking for insects and they find all kinds.