Arnold Lobel

Five tales recounting the adventures of two best friends - Frog and Toad.

Two friends share experiences in each season of the year.

Uncle Elephant come to the rescue when his nephew's parents are lost at sea, and cares for him until they are found again.

Papa Mouse has a funny, exciting bedtime story for each of his seven mouse boys. "Will evoke chuckles of glee from preschool listeners and beginning readers"--Booklist. Three-color illustrations. Seven mouse boys lie awake one night, and they ask their Papa to tell them a story. Papa does better than that--he tells them seven stories, one for each boy. Amusing drawings and text provide beginner readers with a collection of tales about the adventures...

A mouse convinces a weasel he needs the ingredients from several stories to make a tasty mouse soup.

Because the farmer's wife insists on cleaning his mud puddle, a little pig runs away to the city where he becomes permanently stuck in what he thought was a mud puddle.

An illustrated collection of Mother Goose nursery rhymes, including well-known ones such as "Bah, Bah, Black Sheep" and "Little Boy Blue" and less familiar ones such as "Doctor Foster went to Gloucester" and "When clouds appear like rocks and towers."

An easy-to-read account of Sam and his father fighting as minutemen against the British in the Battle of Lexington.