Daniel Salmieri

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

With gentle prodding from the narrator and help from the reader, four monsters are led to face their greatest fear--bubbles.

While Raccoon is eating pizza at his secret pizza party, he sees a masquerade party going on in the house next door to him and joins the fun.

"Mr. and Mrs. Dullard move their family to a boring town to avoid any excitment in their lives"--

As Old Man Fookwire's birds prepare to migrate south for the winter, those darn squirrels decide to follow.

When Little Old Lady Hu, the town baker, and her nasty cat, Muffins, move next door to grumpy Old Man Fookwire, Muffins terrorizes the squirrels and the birds that live in the forest.

"Ava's world is full of opposites: colorful sneakers on a gray sidewalk, thick books made up of thin sheets of paper, and dreams of huge spaces in her small head. Together, these opposites depict a full and impactful life, as Ava moves from girl to student to scientist, from daughter to mother to grandmother. While years pass and some things change, there is even more that is constant in this visually rich, soothing portrait of family connection through...

How does Racoon love pizza? Oh, let him count the ways. He loves the gooey cheesy-ness, salty pepperoni-ness, sweet sweet tomato-ness, and of course the crispity crunchity crust. But someone is always chasing poor Raccoon away from his favorite food with a broom! What's a hungry raccoon to do? Plan an elaborate secret pizza party, of course! But shhh! It's a secret! In fact, you should probably just forget I told you. Nope, no secret pizza party happening...

"Here are six thrilling stories -- ranging from sci-fi to fantasy to adventure -- set in six different worlds, featuring artwork from six different illustrators. In a swanky New York City hotel, a reclusive guest appears to have spontaneously combusted. On a school field trip to a human anatomy museum in space, two kids try to pull off the greatest prank in history. Somewhere on a deserted island, three siblings try to make a life for themselves after...

Old Man Fookwire's one pleasure in life is painting the birds in his backyard. When fall arrives and the birds fly south, Fookwire is desolate. The squirrels are curious: Where are the birds going, and what do they do once they get there? The squirrels devise a way to follow the birds to their destination, a tropical paradise. A wonderful time is had by all; all but grumpy Old Man Fookwire, alone at home. But the squirrels have a solution for that,...