"Malik is counting for hide-and-seek. Nia wants to go before he counts to ten, but Malik tells her to wait and follow the rules. Pairs with the nonfiction title Following the Rules"--

What happens when the book gets it wrong? Max is not a cat-- Max is a dog! But much to his dismay, this book keeps instructing readers to "see the cat." How can Max get through to the book that he is a dog? In a trio of stories for beginning readers, author David LaRochelle introduces the excitable Max, who lets the book know in irresistibly emphatic dialogue that the text is not to his liking. Illustrator Mike Wohnoutka hilariously depicts the pup's...

When Wizard and his dog Wart advertise their magic business, they have some problems with several lovesick customers.

Kat, who loves to make maps of all sorts of places and things, gives a special map to Jack.

Todd chooses a cat from the animal shelter for his birthday present.

Mr. and Mrs. Bird search for a place to build a new nest only to discover their old one is better.

See the wind blow the leaves. See the wind blow the leaves off the page. See the wind blow the dog off the page. It's not easy to enjoy a picnic when you have unseeable interlopers to contend with! In a new trio of stories for beginning readers, the affable Max the dog and mischievous Baby Cakes the cat encounter a scare-happy ghost who has a run-in with a mirror, the wind at its blustery best, and a teeny-tiny fairy with a wayward wand who may have...

Fly Guy joins Buzz's football team, despite Coach's misgivings, and hits the field for a special, secret play.

Provides information about the planets, the sun, and moons.

When first-graders Nick, Jamie, and Reza refuse to let Emma join their soccer game just because she is a girl, Emma and her father devise a plan to teach the boys a lesson.