Billy wants to be a pollen picker but allergies are in the way. This is the story of overcoming obstacles to being the best that we can be.

When a new flower appears in Willowomp Wood, Buzzy McBee decides to check it out ... but it makes her sneeze! The force of the sneeze shoots her into the arms of Monkey Minx, who tries to help but also succombs to the sneezes ... and then they both find themselves bumped into Barefoot Bear. But what does crafty Crocodile have in mind?

The Z-ENglish Program energizes easy reading and writing with fun, original stories. Z-ENglish means to be comfortable with and skilled at English. Robin Tries” is the story of wanting to fly but being afraid to try. Robin overcomes fear and learns to fly! We learn to try new things too! In “Bees Sneeze,” Billy bee wants to be a pollen picker but allergies are in the way. This is the story of overcoming problems to being the best that we can be.

All the animals are in a panic. The elephant's sneeze would blow the monkeys out of the trees, the feathers off the birds, the stripes off the zebra. Even the fish and the fly, the crocodile and the kangaroo, know what a catastrophe that sneeze would be. "Please don't sneeze!" they beg. . . . The classic story of an enormous sneeze in the marking, told in sprightly nonsense verse, has been newly illustrated in full color to delight a new generation of fans.

When you have an itch that you just can't scratch, it's great to have somebody else to do it for you. But what do you do when you're last in the scratching queue? Join Tiny Timpkin, Fuzzy O'Hare and friends, as they try to solve this terribly tickly, naggly-niggly, itchy-twitchy problem!

Written in a down-to-earth style and packed with examples and tips, this is a guide to the secret world of girls' cliques and the roles they play. It analyzes their teasing and gossip and provides advice to enable parents to empower both their daughters and themselves.

Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold summons forth the charms and dictates of winter. Just as Joyce Sidman captured the drama of the pond in Song of the Water Boatman and the night woods in Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night, here she captures the drama of the cold. Why don't snakes freeze to death? How does the tiny honeybee survive frost? Learn about the secret lives of animals happening under the snow and how it buds to spring!