Middle-schooler Greg Heffley nimbly sidesteps his father's attempts to change Greg's wimpy ways until his father threatens to send him to military school.

Mr. Magee and his dog Dee go camping and have an adventure with a hungry bear.

Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl.

Duck's imagination gets the best of him when he asks his critter companions for help escaping a mysterious pursuer.

When Bella's dog bumps Bella and Ben off the page, they land in the wrong book.

Frog is excited about the coming of winter, until he finds out that frogs sleep through the long cold months while they hibernate--

On the first day of school, the imaginative and energetic Billy clashes with a somber new teacher who will not believe his fanciful tales.

The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen. A consummate prankster with a quick wit, Tom Sawyer dreams of a bigger fate than simply being a rich boy. Yet through the novel's humorous escapades-from the famous episode of the whitewashed fence to the trial of Injun Joe-Mark Twain explores the deeper themes of the adult world, one of dishonesty and superstition, murder and revenge,...

Little Red Chicken wants Papa to read her a bedtime story, but interrupts him almost as soon as he begins each tale.

Gilbert has everything a goldfish could want except a pet of his own, but none of the animals who come near his fishbowl seem quite right until Fluffy, with his long tail and whiskers, appears.