Dian Curtis Regan

Mr. and Mrs. Oliver are delighted to find a newborn baby on their doorstep one morning, but must learn to adapt when they discover that he is not like other babies.

"Niko may live on boring old Earth with his family, but he's always finding a new adventure. Using the spaceship that he built from a box in his backyard and a little imagination, he flies off into space with his robot Radar and his dog Tag. The only one NOT invited is his sister Posh, who keeps trying to insert herself into Niko's story. In this first mission, Niko and crew (and maybe also pesky Posh) fly to the moon in search of a lost cat"--Amazon.com....

"Niko and Tag are on their way to space when suddenly Niko's robot copilot is captured by a snow monster (who looks an awful lot like Niko's annoying sister, Posh). After they reach Planet Ice, Tag is captured by the snow monster as well, leaving Niko to save them both. Niko must also defeat a killer bunny and the snow monster's army of snowmen before he and his crew race back to Planet Home, just in time for cocoa."--Publisher.

A Halloween adaptation of the traditional song "The Twelve Days of Christmas," presenting an increasing number of pumpkins, bats, ghosts, and other emblems of the season.

Farm animals express themselves at a poetry slam hosted by Yo Mama Goose.

Miggy, who lives near Rocky Creek in Triassic Forest with the rest of her clan, finds a rare dragon stone that must be kept a secret lest it lose its magical powers.

"When Matt goes "over the river and through the woods to Grandmother's house" for Thanksgiving, things get very weird. Why is Grandma's creepy new handyman so tall and pale? Why does he wear dark glasses day and night? Matt and his sister Rosie end up in the wrong place at the wrong time--captives of two silly vampires, Wicked and Sinister. Will Matt and Rosie make it back to Grandma's for Thanksgiving--or will they end up as vampire turkey stuffing?"--Back...

Angie Wu finds herself the center of attention in the fourth grade when she starts sharing her Guatemalan trouble dolls, supposedly able to make troubles go away, but then her friends get mad when the magic does not work for them.