"Have you ever been to a house with a Gem Room? Or a Bubble Room? Or a Yarn Room? No? Then come with Mina to her friend Pie's home, where everyone wears costumes, cacti grow up to the ceiling, and there's a hedge mage in the back yard! Critically acclaimed comics artist Laura Knetzger pens a sweetly inventive story for beginning readers that not only introduces the senses and basic sense words ("shiny," "soft," "fuzzy"), but also primes children for...

"Izzie can't wait to debut her pet at the county fair. While the other children have brought pigs or chickens, Izzie brought a...Kraken! Even though everyone thinks Kraken is big and frightening, he is not. When Izzie brings her pet Kraken to the county fair everyone thinks he is frightening, but he is like Izzie, sweet and shy, and Kraken and Izzie use creativity and humor to win over the crowd."--

A girl tries and tries again to learn to ride a bicycle and all her friends provide words of encouragement

The Super Duper Seven are holding auditions for their crime-fighting superhero club but Hungry Kitty keeps eating members of the team.

"When a thunderstorm comes, Cat is happy to spend the noisy night playing with toys, while Dog frantically tries find the just the right hiding spot"--

"A little creature and five friends find creative ways to get to a party"--