Voyages

A very large cat proves somewhat hard to handle.

Children discuss their collections--shells, rocks, stamps, junk--and the possibilities of turning their interests into adult occupations.

Of all the insects put into the big brown box, only the silkworms stay. The reader is invited to find each escaped bug in its illustration.

Presents instructions for making a pizza with toppings arranged to resemble a face.

Compares how humans and different creatures use their senses of touch, taste, smell, hearing, and sight.

A simple recipe for assembling a special salad.

Presents a counting book in which the reader is asked to identify various animals after looking at foot clues.

When the path to eight-year-old Allison's Catholic school goes through hostile Protestant territory in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Allison finds she is not alone in her loathing of the situation.

Originally introduced in 1968, The Creeper was secretly outspoken Gotham City talk show how Jack Ryder, whose stance against organized crime made him a target. Mortally wounded by the mob, Ryder was saved by a scientist whose serum granted him super powers. As The Creeper, this strange new hero battled the villain known as Proteus, and fought alongside Batman and The Justice League of America.

A counting book featuring the legs of animals, from ten crab legs down to no snail legs. Features split pages and additional information on various animals and how many legs they have.

The reader is invited to identify various objects that have been partially eaten by Nibbly Mouse. The clues are the initial consonants of the objects and their texture and color as seen through holes in the pages.

Granny is more enthusiastic about the different activities at the fair than the two children who take her.

One by one animals climb onto a seesaw until it is balanced, but then a mouse upsets the equilibrium.

A family's frenzied morning preparations for school are halted when the realization dawns that it's Saturday.

Pairs of animals pile into a boat until it can't hold any more.

Provides examples of different kinds of homes that move around with the people who live in them, including a Mongolian yurt and a houseboat in Bangkok.

Eugene the emu, who longs to run in the monthly horse race in Gannaloo, fulfills his dream with the help of his human friend Rosa.

A child compares her sixth birthday to the sixth birthdays of Mom, Grandma, and Great-Grandma, revealing the fashion trends and characteristics of previous decades.

Jock Jerome, a dopey but lovable dog, gets lost at the zoo, at the beach, and in other places. The reader is invited to help him get home through a variety of mazes.

The reader is invited to make up a story about the illustrations showing two men who turn a barren mountainside into a beautiful woods.

A pirate reads a map that leads him to buried treasure.

Questions and answers reveal what various animals usually eat. Includes half pages that can be turned independently to make unusual combinations.

A sister asks her younger brother if he can see all sorts of different things in a shop, in the yard, at the beach, and in bed.

From python and eagle down to spider and fly, a series of animals are captured by and escape from their predators.

A dog does different things when it goes for a walk with different members of the family.

The list of who's bringing what to the school fair goes through some interesting changes before it is finalized.

Wiz produces a fox from a box, a star from a jar, and other magical feats.

While moving up the stairs one by one, a child imagines encounters with increasingly larger animals, from a mouse to a dragon.

In this fast-moving, rhyming story, the reader pretends to turn into a variety of animals to escape the hungry dragon.