"A trip to the grocery store provides inspiration for new high jinks--this time with homonyms and homophones"--P. [4] of cover.

This story about the adventures of two children who live up in a tree is vintage Atwood - playful, whimsical and wry. The perfect integration of words and pictures creates a coherent and delightful whole. The enhanced epub version, in celebration of Groundwood's 35th anniversary, includes a read-aloud feature of the story narrated by the author herself. When this charming book was first published in 1978, there was a widespread idea that it was too...

"Judah and the small army of Maccabees fight to free Jerusalem from the cruel armies of King Antiochus in this rollicking, rhyming version of the famous Hanukkah story"--Front dust jacket flap.

Help bear celebrate his birthday. Count the balloons, play hide-and-seek and go on a treasure hunt.

"Goodnight fire. Goodnight plane. Goodnight dump truck. Goodnight train. Goodnight bus, and even bigger, best of all, say...Goodnight digger!"--Page 4 of cover.

A sheep with its foot caught in a tin can sets off a chase with a fly in the lead.

Join a family of giraffes on their journey to Punctuation Station. As the train chugs along, learn the ins and outs of using periods, commas, apostrophes, question marks, hyphens, quotation marks, and exclamation points.

Selected fables from Aesop include The Night Singer, Honesty Is the Best Policy, and The Milkmaid and Her Pail.

A collection of nine humorous stories in rhyme. Suggested level: junior, primary.