The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antarctic penguin changes the life and fortunes of Mr. Popper, a house painter obsessed by dreams of the Polar regions.

Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.

Explores the love dragons have for tacos, and the dangers of feeding them anything with spicy salsa.

After a bulletin board falls on Stanley while he's sleeping, he finds that being flat has its advantages.

"A large-hearted and optimistic novel, Extraordinary Adventures is the latest from the New York Times bestselling Daniel Wallace. Edsel Bronfman works as a junior executive shipping clerk for an importer of Korean flatware. He lives in a seedy neighborhood and spends his free time with his spirited mother. Things happen to other people, and Bronfman knows it. Until, that is, he gets a call from operator 61217 telling him that he's won a free weekend...

Anxious to see what life is like outside the zoo, Sammy the seal explores the city, goes to school, and plays with the children but decides that there really is no place like home.

Two boys set out to prove that worms can make a delicious meal.

On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too. Alexander wakes up to a bad day & things get progressively worse as the hours wear on, until he thinks he may escape it all & go to Australia. On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too. Alexander knew it was going to be a terrible day when he woke up with...

A class visit to the Gross-Me-Out exhibit at the science museum inspires Stink Moody to create a variety of terrible smells to put on the sneakers he plans to enter in the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneaker contest.

In his Grandpa Al's garage workshop, child genius Frank Einstein tries to invent a robot that can learn on its own, and after an accident brings wisecracking Klink and overly expressive Klank to life, they set about helping Frank perfect his Antimatter Motor until his archnemesis, T. Edison, steals the robots for his doomsday plan.