Lori Haskins Houran

The rhythmical text and lively, well-researched illustrations follow a paleontologist and his crew as they find, clean, assemble, and exhibit dinosaur bones. The read-aloud fun is accompanied by up-to-date facts about dinosaur fossils. Educational and inspiring, this story is bound to captivate little scientists.

After seeing sleepy baby animals, a child is finally ready for bed.

After learning about patterns while helping Grandma make a quilt, Albert the mouse spots patterns everywhere.

A woman's cello playing draws all of the neighborhood cats into her yard, where they wreak havoc before starting to make their own kind of music.

Eager to help Mr. Pete the Baker make his delicious treats, Flat Stanley and Arthur participate in Mr. Pete's plan to reclaim his customers from a business rival.

Working on his uncle's farm in the fall, Flat Stanley searches for answers when pumpkins start to disappear right before the county fair.

Today is Albert's birthday and he can barely sit still! There are friends and balloons and party games-but will the day end with one special surprise?

Every time Bird hears a strange noise, she goes Eek! and hides her head in the sand. But the sound is always just one of her friends playing nearby. Can her friend Elephant convince her that there's nothing to be scared of?

Cat wants to be like his dad, the lion. He wants to be big. He wants to roar! Except Cat is too small and too soft. But when a tiny kitten needs to be rescued from a tree, Cat's dad can't help without scaring it. Can Cat do the job?

When it comes to new babies, friends, or other loved ones, we should remind them of just how darling they are. But are they cuter than a piglet in a sweater? A basket of baby chicks? An elephant calf taking a bath? Of course! Sweet, funny, irreverent, but above all, cute, this book is perfect for cuddly story times.