When Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel, Mary Ann, lose their jobs to the gasoline, electric, and diesel motor shovels, they go to a little country town where they find that one new job leads to another.

"After a long winter spent indoors, adorable French snail Escargot ventures out into the world, searching for signs of spring, and meets a fluffy white bunny along the way, in this delightful tale of unlikely friendship"-- Provided by publisher.

A family travels to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house and meet a friendly neighbor.

Charlie Brown wins a spelling bee and goes to New York City to be in the finals.

Fancy Nancy and her best friend, Bree, couldn't be more excited about their upcoming dance show. After all, it's all about mermaids and who knows how to be a fancy, glamorous mermaid better than Fancy Nancy herself? But when another ballerina wins the coveted role of the mermaid, Nancy is stuck playing a dreary, dull tree. Can Nancy bring fancy flair to her role, even though it isn't the one she wanted? And when disaster strikes right before the big...

The illustrator's Vermont farmhouse and her pets are featured in the illustrations of this well-known poem about an important Christmas Eve visitor.

Jack describes the kind of car he would build--one with amazing accessories and with the capability of traveling on land, in the air, and on and under the sea.

Emily Elizabeth describes the activities she enjoys with her very big, very red dog and how they take care of each other.

Young Almanzo Wilder and his family attend a county fair in upstate New York.

Mr. Snore has trouble finding a room in the Sharemore Hotel where he can get some shut-eye.