When Sally's entry in the Best Pie Contest goes missing, young Detective Jeffrey Bones looks for clues.

In this variation of "Little Red Riding Hood" set in the Southwest, Little Red makes a hot pepper pie for her sick grandmother, but she must evade Senor Lobo when she attempts to deliver it.

Ellie the elephant is the only kid at a party, where the food meant for the grown-ups is out of reach--but she spies a tiny chef in his mouse hole baking a small apple pie that is just the right size for her. Includes a recipe by Alice Waters for a child-size apple pie.

Grandma Cat bakes an apple pie that is heartily enjoyed by her family as well as the Mouse and Ant families that live nearby.

Relates the chain of events that enables Papa to bake his pie, using the pattern of the traditional cumulative verse "This is the House that Jack Built." Describes the delicious apple pie that Papa made especially for his daughter.

Bernie Bridges, the egotistical planner and schemer for a group of fourth-graders at The Rotten School, is determined to outsmart his rival in a pie-eating contest.

Posy Peyton and her friends are very sad that she will be moving away, but when they try to cheer themselves up by baking a pie, they realize that Posy's leaving does not have to mean saying goodbye.

Willa just started school again and everyone in her class has come up with clever ideas for their back-to-school projects. Even her best friends Lena and Sarah are preparing something different, a Double-Dutch demonstration. At first Willa thinks her father's fabulous raspberry torte will be perfect, but at the last minute, the raspberries don't cooperate! Just in the nick of time she realizes the best idea is in her own barnyard, Starbuck! She'll...

Publisher Annotation: Meet Really Bird, a small bird who lives in a large city park with his friends Cat, Pup, Mouse, and Rabbit. In each story, Really Bird finds himself really wanting something - to be bigger, to have his fair share, or to be the leader - to be really silly, funny, strong, cool, happy, or brave. And when he feels something, he really feels it. Each story is an entertaining, character-driven narrative based on relatable social/emotional...

"After a tough year, Lucy, Freddy, and Herb Peach are ready for vacation. Lucy wants to read all of the books on the summer reading list. Freddy wants to work on his art projects (when he isn't stuck in summer school). Herb wants to swim every day. Then their dad makes a big announcement: one of the inventions their mom came up with before she passed away has sold, and now they're millionaires! But Dad has bigger plans than blowing the cash on fun...