Anansi the Spider uses a strange moss-covered rock in the forest to trick allthe other animals, until Little Bush Deer decides he needs to learn a lesson.

Poor Little Red Pen She can't possibly correct a mountain of homework all by herself. Who will help her? "Not I " says Stapler. "Not I " says Eraser. ""Yo no "" says Pushpin, AKA Senorita Chincheta. But when the Little Red Pen tumbles in exhaustion into the Pit of No Return (the trash ), her fellow school supplies must get themselves out of the desk drawer and work together to rescue her. Trouble is, their plan depends on Tank, the rotund class hamster, who's not inclined to cooperate. Will the Little Red Pen be lost forever?
There's no lack of trial and error, hilarious chaos, and creative problem-solving in this mission Kids--and adults--will never see their school supplies in quite the same way again.

Who will help her? 'Not!' says Stapler. 'Not!' says Eraser. 'Yo no!' says Pushpin, AKA Senorita Chincheta. But when the Little Red Pen tumbles in exhaustion into the Pit of No Return (the trash!), her fellow school supplies must get themselves out of the desk drawer and work together to rescue her. Trouble is, their plan depends on Tank, the rotund class hamster, who's not inclined to cooperate. Will the Little Red Pen be lost forever? There's no lack of trial and error, hilarious chaos, and creative problem-solving in this mission! Kids - and adults - will never see their school supplies in quite the same way again.

Every night the rhyme gets read. Every night Dish and Spoon run away. And every night they return - until now! Where can Dish and Spoon be? The Rhyme can't go on without them, so Cat, Cow, and Dog set out to search for their missing friends. But where to start? Should they go North? East? North East? They'll just have to read Fork's map, ask directions, and try not to get lost in Little Boy Blue's haystack or under Miss Muffet's tuffet or in Big Bad Wolf's kitchen. "Fee Fi Fo". Oh no! Could that be the giant.

Bear would rather sleep all day than work on his farm, and Fox knows just the kind of help he needs - a donkey! When Fox tricks Bear into buying a donkey egg, Bear can't wait for it to hatch so he can meet his new friend. But donkeys don't come from eggs! And when the 'egg' finally opens, Bear gets a fruity surprise. Luckily, Bear doesn't have to face disappointment alone. Hare is there to help!

Big Brown Rooster is sick of chicken feed. So along with his friends--Turtle, Iguana, and Potbellied Pig--he sets out to make the most magnificent strawberry shortcake in the whole wide world. But there's one problem: not one of them knows how to cook. Full color.

Anansi the Spider tries to trick Turtle into fishing for his dinner.

A spider tricks other animals into thinking a melon can talk.

Anansi the Spider uses a strange moss-covered rock in the forest to trick all the other animals, until Little Bush Deer decides he needs to learn a lesson.

Tortoise proves he is a formidable opponent in this comic adaptation of a classic tale.

The three goat brothers brave the terrible troll in a colorful version of the classic tale.

Meet Skyy, a fantastic new superhero-and sensitive assassin-who defends the helpless and brings justice to those who cannot fight for themselves. Sandora "Sandy" Knight is an enigma even to those who know her. Running a Fortune 500 company by day, she sheds her hip-hop cosmopolitan identity by night to become the Lady in Black, also called Skyy, a sexy and smart vigilante who protects the innocent from child molesters, rapists, serial killers, and other low-life scum. After her own traumatizing childhood, Skyy is determined to save children from harm by any means necessary. Black Skyy weaves an intricate tale of heroism, lethal beauty, and intoxicating eroticism. Skyy believes she is called by God to use her abilities to save others from the brutality of life-even if her methods are questionable at times. Set in both New York and Washington, DC, Black Skyy follows Skyy's adventures in all their sensational and sensual thrills as she employs her uncanny intellect to capture and punish evildoers. Battling not only the bad guys, but also her inner conflicts, Skyy must fight to find her place and purpose in life, as both a woman and a symbol of justice.

" "The Weighty Word Book"] will appeal to kids who want to sound as smart as they are. It offers a clever, funny way to introduce new words into the vocabulary. . . . There's one word for every letter of the alphabet--wait until you see what they do with dogmatic, juxtapose and zealot."--"The Gazette" (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
"Each of these twenty-six short stories takes an elaborate, circuitous path that leads to a 'weighty' one-word punch line. . . . It's a creative and humorous approach to vocabulary building, and a natural lead in to having students create their own tall tales with multisyllabic conclusions."--"School Library Journal"
Ages 9 and up.