Beginning Readers

Billie B. and her best friend Jack find a message written in code on the door to Billie’s house. The members of the Mystery Club will have to decipher the contents.

Something very important has gone missing from the principal's office and the Mystery Club is trying to find out who took it. It turns out it might be one of Billie B.'s three friends! Could it be a false clue?

Jack decides to sell his toys because he thinks they no longer work, but he soon changes his mind. Could it be possible that Billie B. and Jack know a famous singer? Find out what happens in these two stories.

After the sheep loses her shadow while escaping from the wolf, she tries in vain to get another one. Other animals offer to give her their shadows, but they do not quite fit. The solution comes in an unlikely form. This book comes with a separate...

As the Day of the Dead approaches, Lupita and her Uncle Urbano welcome the monarch butterflies, which Uncle Urbano has told his niece are the souls of their beloved deceased relatives. This year, however, the holiday will feel quite different for Lupita...

Marta the mail carrier, who dreams of being a painter, delivers packages to different fairy tale characters. No one ever seems happy with what they get. One rainy day, the addresses run and Marta gets her deliveries all wrong. After that day,...

Tomas, the blue monkey, is so in love with Esmeralda, the green monkey, that he thinks he has to do amazing feats to win her heart. After a while, he realizes he should just be himself.

Gabriela lives in Mexico not far from an ancient Mayan city. She is fascinated by the archeological digs. Time is running out to find the ruler's tomb. Soon the equipment will be gone, unless a special parrot can lead the way.

Lena travels all over Russia with her musician parents. It's not easy making friends when you move all the time. She meets a boy named Nikita and the two share a magical experience thanks to a cat with golden eyes.

After battling monsters all night, a sleepy Princess in Black decides that she needs a vacation. After all, the Goat Avenger, a new hero who looks oddly familiar, has offered to protect the goats while she takes a much needed break. The very next day,...

Princess Magnolia and her unicorn, Frimplepants, are on their way to have brunch with Princess Sneezewort, an occasion Frimplepants enjoys more than anything in the world. Just when he can smell the freshly baked bread and the heaping platters of...

Today is Princess Magnolia's birthday party, and she wants everything to be perfect. Just as her guests are arriving the monster alarm rings! Princess Magnolia runs to the broom closet, ditches her frilly clothes, and becomes the Princess in Black! She...

The smell of butter in the air at the drive-in proves too irresistible for Mercy. She must find the source of that enticing scent, but not everyone is happy to see a pig at the movies.

After Mercy eats her neighbors' freshly planted flowers, Eugenia calls animal control. Officer Francine Poulet knows to catch a pig, you have to think like a pig.

Mrs. Watson thinks Mercy should dress as a princess for Halloween. Mercy does not want to wear the costume until she hears there will be treats. A visit to the neighbors' house leads to unforgettable holiday mayhem.

One night, Mercy is awoken by a noise. She heads downstairs and discovers a thief in the house. Crime sure doesn't pay when there is a porcine wonder around!

Every Saturday, Mercy and the Watsons go for a drive. One day, a surprise guest not only ends up in the car; someone other than Mr. Watson ends up behind the wheel!

Mercy is a porcine wonder. She loves to snuggle with the Watsons and, of course, eat. Both things set off a hilarious chain of events for her owners and the entire neightborhood!

The day that Billie B. is absent from school, Jack has such a great time watching ants with Alex that Billie B. gets a little jealous. Why do Billie B. and Jack get angry with each other on Jack's birthday? Will they make up?

Kate lives in London and dreams of being a writer. She makes up stories every day and shares them with her best friend, but, when she tries to write them down, nothing comes out right. Everything changes when she finds a strange notebook.

Louna lives in a small village in Morrocco. One day, she finds some precious stones that look like stars and she decides to give them to her new friend Omar. This present turns out to be magical.

Akiko is bored when she has to stay with her grandmother in the Japanese country until she makes an amazing discovery that will change her life. Multiple choice questions and activities are provided at the end.

A traffic light is finally installed at a busy intersection and keeps all the townsfolk safe until winter. Once it gets a cold, things go a little haywire. A little boy named Alex come up with a brilliant solution.

Did you know that some types of wind help crops to grow while other types are destructive? Little Wind cannot decide which type of wind he wants to be when he grows up, so he sets out to explore the world to help him decide among all the different kinds.

Grandpa has a cold and the only thing to cure him is a tea made from dragon tears. Manu finds a dragon, but his sad stories only make the dragon laugh. Luckily, just when Manu has given up, the dragon laughs until he cries!

Children will love seeing how a young boy named Henry finds happiness and friendship with a big dog named Mudge.

Henry and Mudge have loads of fun with the coming of spring.

In these five short stories for beginning readers, Arnold Lobel's endearing character explores his feelings as well as the world around him. He invites the winter into his house, discovers some strange lumps in his bed, makes tear-water tea, discovers he...

Wizard Van Dongen wants to move. He does some magic, brings his house to life, and asks it to find a better location. When the house finds out that it will become inanimate afterwards, it decides to take off running.

In prehistoric times, birds faced possible extinction because predators hunted their eggs. The birds called a general assembly to address the situation, but everything they tried failed. A mated pair of birds eventually managed to come up with an...

Billie B. Brown creates the Mystery Club and enlists the help of Jack, Mika, and Alex. Their first mission is to investigate a haunted house. Billie is certain a witch lives in it. Everyone gets too frightened to continue, but Billie and Jack know...

Everyone believes that roosters sing when the sun comes out, but, actually, the roosters are the ones that wake up the sun. One night, however, Nino Rooster has a sore throat and he cannot utter a sound. Samuel begins to worry if the night will ever...

In book one, Jack is worried about the spelling test he did not study for. In book two, it's Math Week and Jack has to learn how to work well with a classmate other than Billie.

In book one, Jack asks Billie for help because he is nervous about auditioning for the school concert by himself, but things do not turn out like he had planned. In the second book, Billie and others realize how brave Jack is after learning he has...

Paula and her brother spend their vacation in a small town. While walking through the woods, they spot a gloomy house close to theirs. In the door well, sits an elderly lady with a wart on her big nose. She must be a witch!

When a charming grasshopper embarks on a journey, he observes different characters and discovers some very peculiar modes of behavior.

In book one, Billie tries to act brave and agrees to watch a scary movie with her friend Rebecca. She ends up having quite a fright night! In the second one, Billie wants a pet, but her parents say no to all the animals she mentions. Will she ever...

In the first story, Jack helps Billie with her chores, thinking that with the money she will earn, she would buy something they both want. When she finally has enough, she wants to get something just for herself. Will she change her mind? In the...

Mr. McGreely tries to outwit a trio of rabbits in his hilarious attempts to protect the delicious vegetables in his garden. Readers will laugh as they follow the cumulative events of the story, revel in its whimsical onomatopoeia, and see just how much...

In Maurice Sendak's debut as a writer, a little boy named Kenny has a dream one night in which a four-footed rooster asks him seven questions. Readers young and old will be swept up in his quest to answer them all in a story that masterfully blends...