Rebecca Estelle had been forced to eat many pumpkins when she was a girl, so when a huge pumpkin falls off the back of a truck, she quickly buries it so that she does not even see it, but by autumn the seeds grow into a pumpkin patch that is soon out of control until she decides to give them away.

A busy backhoe loader describes all the items it hauls off a lot and all the fun it has getting dirty while doing so.

A little girl thinks her mother's garden is the ugliest in the neighborhood until she discovers that flowers might look and smell pretty but Chinese vegetable soup smells best of all. Includes a recipe.

When two fearful children are terrified of each other, their respective monsters try to help.

When her parents find a baby wolf on their doorstep and decide to raise him as their own, Dot is certain he will eat them all up, until a surprising encounter with a bear brings them closer together.

When the class pet bites the finger of Penelope, a tyrannosaurus rex, she finally understands why she should not eat her classmates, no matter how tasty they are.

A Caldecott Honor Book and ALA Notable Book of the Year! An innovative and charming tale about a plucky little bird, from the award-winning author-illustrator of Fox the Tiger. Readers will delight in turning their book sideways and upside down to follow Mel on her journey from downward fall to triumphant flight in this tale of self-confidence and taking a leap of faith. An especially enjoyable and satisfying read-aloud! Sometimes, you might fall...

Bruce the bear's family wishes he were less grumpy, but when his cousin Kevin arrives for a visit, he brings more fun than they ever wanted.

A young boy is depicted doing a variety of naughty things for which he is repeatedly admonished, but finally he gets a hug.

In this heartfelt and universal story, a mother and daughter look forward to their special Saturday routine together every single week. But this Saturday, one thing after another goes wrong--ruining storytime, salon time, picnic time, and the puppet show they'd been looking forward to going to all week. Mom is nearing a meltdown...until her loving daughter reminds her that being together is the most important thing of all.