Vincent X. Kirsch

Tate loves to draw everything from cats to clowns but ignores his dog Pup, who runs away to join the circus.

Tate wanders from place to place looking for new things to draw, while Pup keeps looking for the five hidden pup pictures.

"In 1843, 14-year old Hanson Gregory left his family home in Rockport, Maine and set sail as a cabin boy on the schooner Achorn, looking for high stakes adventure on the high seas. Little did he know that a boat load of hungry sailors, coupled with his knack for creative problem-solving, would yield one of the world's most prized pastries. At long last, here's the hole truth about the invention of the donut!"--

"Ezra always lets his light shine bright--extra bright. And he always makes an extra effort when it comes to the people he loves. So when Ezra meets Jane, the new girl at school, he's ready to do whatever it takes--and more--to be her friend. He offers her a sparkly cupcake and colorful balloons, and he even writes a flashy song. But Jane doesn't seem to notice. Ezra is confused--everyone usually loves his gifts! After his failed attempts, Ezra realizes...

Natalie and Naughtily Nopps live above their family's department store and love to play there, but one particularly busy day they discover that "helping" is even better than playing.

A portrait of the man who wrote the first U.S. dictionary traces his youth as a bookish Connecticut farm boy and his twenty-year effort to write the all-American dictionary that was published in 1828 when he was seventy years old.

The Toolittle Toy Company makes toys that children like to play with by making toys that like to play with children.