In Bobville, everyone is named Bob and everything is exactly the same--until one day when one Bob decides to be a Bruce.

Whether looking at one's own nose and toes, helping others, or exploring the world, there is always something to love.

Rhyming text and illustrations celebrate being content with the skin in which one lives, whatever that skin might be. With the ease and simplicity of a nursery rhyme, this lively story delivers an important message of social acceptance to young readers. Themes associated with child development and social harmony, such as friendship, acceptance, self-esteem, and diversity are promoted in simple and straightforward prose. Vivid illustrations of children's...

Klink and Klank spend a lot of time together but then Klank decides to try new things. Will the buddies continue to be friends? Or will they go separate ways? This illustrated story helps young readers learn that friends can still be friends even when they have different interests. Book features: Big Words and Big Questions.

A heartwarming story of a three-legged dog who follows his nose all over the city, out to the country, and into the arms of a new friend. One, two, three... One, two, three... Every day was a skip and a hop for Three. As a three-legged dog on his own in the big city, Three does pretty well for himself. His waggly tail keeps him fed, and he meets so many different legged creatures along the way. He's happy just the way he is, but sometimes he wonders...

"One morning, the animals wake up to find that someone has built a huge wall and put up posters on the trees that read "Badgers are best!" Badger wants everyone to be more like him, and when they can't do things as well as he does, he sends them away to the other side of the wall. But is being the best really the most important thing?"--Jacket.

Eleven-year-old Tom Marks has big plans for middle school, but the day before classes begin he is bitten by a vampire, a werewolf, and a zombie.

Jim Panzee feels that. Porcupine is having a big party, and according to Jim's best friend Norman, there will be--gulp--dancing. Jim can DEFINITELY not dance. When he tells his friends, they all try to teach him cool moves--surely that's the only reason Jim isn't excited about this party! Now, their job complete, the other animals sweep Jim along, all the way to the dance floor. Jim is dipped, swayed, and twirled until he can't take it anymore--he...

Carla loves to be different, and welcomes the idea of wearing glasses, Buster likes to blend in, but it turns out that he is the one who needs them--so Carla comes up with a plan to help Buster and his glasses fit in.

Simple text and color illustrations celebrate all different kinds of hair--from long and short to beards and corn rows.