Michael Emberley

"A girl transforms a cafe into a train by making train noises with words"--

"Ever wonder how your text message gets from your phone to your friend's phone? You type it, hit send, and boom -- the text appears on your friend's phone just moments later. But how?! From your brain to your fingers to your phone, once you hit send, off your message goes on a journey that seems impossibly far: traveling through the air, underground, under oceans, and even through mountains, in seconds. Turns out texts are big on adventure, and this...

Introduces human sexuality, describes the changes brought about by puberty, and discusses sexual abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS, and pregnancy.

Uses alliteration, rhyme, and repetition to invite children to read along with peers or with an adult.

Eight favorite fairy tales in very short tellings, told in two voices to allow reading together.

A father recalls his young daughter's first reactions to her new baby brother.

Harry's older brother, unhappy that the new baby seems to have taken over, dreams up imaginative ways to get rid of him.

When Santa and Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer find a letter from two children who were forgotten the previous Christmas, Rudolph comes to their rescue and saves the day.

"Priscilla is obsessed with gorillas. But when her ape-like behavior gets her sent to the Thinking Corner, Priscilla wonders if she is really channeling her inner gorilla, or just being a troublemaker"--

Introduces human sexuality, describes the changes brought about by puberty, and discusses sexual abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS, and pregnancy.