Nancy L. Carlson

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! When facing down a bully, a trip to the dentist, or your mom's prune oatmeal, there's only one thing you can do-smile a lot! And you'll pull through! In this appealing new offering from best-selling author/illustrator Nancy Carlson, a determined little frog discovers that even when you don't want to, smiling can make any situation better.

While getting ready for Christmas, Harriet and her friend George try to avoid Ms. Hoozit and her fruitcake, only to miss out on a yummy treat.

Louanne trips and sprains her ankle as she and her friends cut through the yard of the spooky house on the top of the hill. Suddenly the witch lady appears and yells, "Scat!" Harriet, George, and Arnie run for their lives. But Louanne is caught! Does the witch lady put kids in cages to fatten them up? Or is Louanne's imagination running wild? Readers will chuckle as Louanne discovers what the witch lady is REALLY like.

Everyone is excited to try out for the school talent show. Everyone but Louanne, that is. "I'm just a big, no-talent dope!" says Louanne. All of her friends make it into the show. When the big night arrives, Louanne is miserable as she stays home alone. Will Louanne miss out completely on one of the most exciting events of the year?

Poor George is in trouble again. He's been called to the principal's office. But before the principal can tell him why he's there...he confesses. He was late to class, didn't finish his math assignment, spilled paint, and set a cage of mice loose. One mishap has led to another and now George is up to his ears in trouble--but it's not his fault! George has an excuse for everything, but as his bad choices catch up with him, George runs out of others...

It's summer vacation, and Loudmouth George is too busy having fun to do his chores. Now the house is a mess and his mom won't let him go to the movies with Harriet. So George comes up with a brilliant plan. He convinces his brothers to do his chores for him in exchange for taking them to the movies-after all, they'll surely be too tired to go after all the work! But each brother makes a mess out of each chore and now there is an even bigger mess to...

Curtains up! Harriet loves her ballet class, but when Miss Betty announces a recital, Harriet succumbs to a bad case of stage fright. She worries about falling. She's afraid her costume will rip. And she's positive that she'll forget every step of her dance as soon as she steps on stage. Young readers are sure to recognize some of their own fears in this hilarious story of Harriet's first recital.

After a long day at work, bunnies come home, change their clothes, eat dinner, and do the dishes. Then it's time for bunnies and their hobbies. Young children will gleefully recognize the unlikely similarities between people and Nancy Carlson's active bunnies in this charming book, sure to be a bedtime favorite.

When Henry and his first-grade classmates notice a heart-shaped box on their teacher's desk the day before Valentine's Day, they try to find out if he has a girlfriend.

When she receives a valentine from a secret admirer, Louanne Pig tries to find out who sent it.