James Stevenson

Despite Delores and Lavinia's nasty cards, Emma the witch and her friends have a wonderful Valentine's Day.

Each animal who lives in a little village celebrates Valentine's Day in a different way.

The animal inhabitants of Mud Flat play April Fools' Day tricks on each other involving flying saucers, disappearing neighbors, and water-squirting flowers.

The animals of Mud Flat celebrate the coming of spring in their own ways.

Wilfred the rat stumbles into a museum, where he befriends the animals living there and enjoys the many exhibits.

A collection of short poems with such titles as "Popcorn," "Driftwood," and "My new bird book."

A collection of short poems on a variety of topics, including "Classroom," "After the Storm," and "Tow Truck."

At the Mud Flat Olympics if the animals don't win the Deepest Hole Contest, the All-Snail High Hurdles, or the River-Cross Freestyle, they can still come to the picnic after the games and have ice cream for dessert.

More adventures at school and at home with Jake, a first-grader, and his older sister Abigail, known to each other as the Pain and the Great One.

Further adventures of first-grader Jake "the Pain" and his sister, third-grader Abigail "the Great One," include a trip to the beach with Grandma, to a county fair with Aunt Diana, and to a mall with Dad.