Henry Cole

Upon moving to a new house, young Caroline and her parents encourage wildflowers to grow and birds and animals to stay in their yard, which soon has the whole suburban street living up to its name.

"Twig never thought he would leave the Hill again. But now Twig and his friends Basil and Lily find themselves on a dangerous journey downriver to bring Char home. Unsure of where they are going, or how far they will travel from home, the crew will have to work together and find their sea legs if they want to stay afloat. Will they survive the catastrophes nature throws their way and find Char's mysterious island home?"--Jacket flap.

The little cat called Bonnie Boadicea and her new owner find great adventure while traveling along the coast of Italy, where Bo continues to seek her missing sister and joins the circus--at least for a while.

With some help from a frog, Tubby the Tuba shows the orchestra that tubas can play melodies as well as other instruments.

"When Katy Duck receives a secret valentine filled with sparkly stars, she wonders who it could be from! With a little help from her friend Ralph, Katy makes the perfect card for her secret valentine...and discovers who it is!"--

Katy Duck is unhappy about staying home when her parents go to a party, but her babysitter's bag full of scarves provides a lot of fun.

When the new student in Katy Duck's ballet class makes a tapping sound, the music stops and everyone looks at her feet.

When Katy learns that she will be the flower girl at her Aunt Ella's wedding, she begins to practice swaying like a daffodil in the breeze and stretching like a tulip in the sun.

The words of John Lennon and Paul McCartney remind us that when we're alone, sad, or even when we're happy, we all get by with a little help from our friends.

Celeste is hundreds of miles from home following an unexpected journey aboard a Mississippi steamboat. After mishaps and disasters, she finds herself on the frontier in southern Indiana. It's 1822, and Celeste meets a tall, lanky boy wielding an ax: a young Abraham Lincoln.