Corduroy longs for someone to take him home, but he searches for his missing button around the department store first. When the zookeeper leaves the door open, the happy lion decides to walk through town to visit his friends. Big diesel engines threaten to run Mike Mulligan and his old steam shovel, Mary Anne, out of business. A mother's love and a baby's smile bond the two together. Silly Auntie will try anything to get Baby to smile. Two owls discover...

As the zookeeper makes his nightly rounds, he has no idea that Gorilla is letting all the animals out of their cages. A thoughtful little bear decides to get the moon a birthday present, so he climbs a mountain to ask the moon what it wants. Granny and all the critters in her house pile on her bed for a nap, until a little flea has a big surprise. An old couple pines to have children, so the moon presents them with twelve tiny babies. A lonesome trombone...

When Max is sent to bed without supper, he sails off to a world inhabited by weird creatures. Mickey is awakened by noises in the night. Alligators dance and sing through the alphabet. Counting forwards and backwards has never been so much fun. Pierre doesn't care about anything until he meets a hungry lion. Chicken soup with rice can be enjoyed all year long while learning the months.

Learn and celebrate African-American history through this a collection of stories based on popular children's books.

Includes Goodnight Moon, faithfully adapted from the original book and featuring a beautiful musical score; A Creature Was Stirring (seen through the eyes of a child, a new adaptation of the classic Christmas poem); and Gladys Goes Out to Lunch (Gladys the gorilla smells something delicious and leaves the zoo to find out what it is). Features sign language vocabulary and alphabet fingerspelling.

Celebrate American history and learn about the public and private lives of our Presidents; Senator Ted Kennedy and his dog, Splash, invite children on a typical whirlwind day on Capitol Hill; A little girl imagines what her day would be like if she were Madam President; The true story of Esther Morris, who started out life believing she could do anything, and then proved it. Suports early reading; leadership; history knowledge.

Twelve stories that will have children reading all summer long. Stories include the beloved I Stink, live through a stinky night in the life of a New York City garbage truck that likes to eat alphabet soup and I'm Dirty, find out just how dirty a backhoe can get while doing its' job. Other stories include Mike Mulligan And His Steam Shovel; Trashy Town; The Remarkable Riderless Runaway Tricycle; The Beast Of Monsieur Racine; Arnie The Doughnut; and...

Pigeon finds a hot dog!: Pigeon finds a delicious hot dog, but a sly and hungry duckling comes along who also wants a bite. Who will be the more clever bird? Knuffle bunny too: Trixie is excited to show off her Knuffle Bunny at school. But to her dismay anohter classmate has the same bunny! What will happen next? Naked mole rat gets dressed: Wilbur is a peculiar naked mole rat. His colony doesn't understand why he likes to wear clothes. Will he...

Features six wonderful read-along children's stories that celebrate Asian heritage.

Read along with twelve children's stories.