Sixteen-year-old Bill finds adventure when he becomes a rider for the Pony Express (though his letters home never hint at the dangers he encounters).

While trying to relax on the beach with his dog Wart, Wizard uses his magic to get rid of pesky seagulls but finds his solution to be just as bad as the original problem.

Arthur the chimp is a little worried about losing his tooth, until his sister and their baby-sitter show him the real meaning of bravery.

"Pinkalicious can't stop reading! She reads in bed, at the table, and even while she is walking. When Pinkalicious can't find any new books to read at the library, what does she do? She makes a pinkamazing little library. It's booktastic!"

Sometimes Rosa and Willy behave like the two little alligators in the stories Cousin Joan tells them.

"Otter tries to find a job for Teddy"--

How did the dinosaurs die? They were the biggest, most powerful animals that ever walked the earth. Now they are all gone -- extinct. Sixty-five million years ago, a giant asteroid slammed into Earth, with devastating effects. Paleontologist Charlotte Lewis Brown and artist Phil Wilson recreate what may have happened to the dinosaurs on that deadly day.

Five tales recounting the adventures of two best friends - Frog and Toad.

A collection of six stories about a family of silly people, based on noodle folklore from America, Europe, and Asia Minor.

A cat makes friends with a soldier and learns about military life when he joins the army.