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Mom is very angry. Her very favorite teapot is broken, and no one is 'fessing up. Was it Dad, sitting in his underwear reading the paper? Was it Cat, who was all tangled up in a ball of yarn? Was it Baby perched in his highchair? Or is there a surprising twist to this mystery that teaches Mom a little lesson in anger management? Bill Slavin takes a sly poke at parents in their less-than-finer moments in this funny and energetic story.

"When the curtain goes up on The Teapot Opera there is no music. There are no people, either. But there are plenty of characters: there's the teapot, of course, and a white plastic stallion, a china harpist, a skull, an expresso machine, chess pieces, fruit, the Michelin Tire man, fragments of a classical sculpture, ancient books, a souvenir bust of Teddy Roosevelt, valves and gauges of all kinds, a Shriner's fez, a glass eyeball, billiard balls, and so much more."--Jacket flap.

When Bert accidentally breaks a friend's teapot, he worries that their friendship may end.

Barbie and Kira are in the beautiful Japanese city of Kyoto, making a movie about the ancient tea ceremony. But when mysterious messages appear, Barbie must piece together the clues and mend an old family feud.

Tiny the Teapot is not a fancy teapot. With his dinks and dents, he was bullied by the fancy, pretty, perfect teapots Mrs. Green collected from all over the world. Tiny would boil and boil until he exploded all over! When Tiny gets put in the cupboard, he thought he'd never make tea again. But then he got the best advice: The next time someone makes you mad, don't blow your top. Just whistle instead.

At tea time a pest in the pot refuses to be threatened or yelled out until he is flattered into taking his place in the tea circle.