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When Moose loses the last two letters of his name and disappears, Cow begs, borrows, and steals to find the necessary letters so that she can be reunited with her best friend.

Presents a humorous story about the adventures of a young boy and his best friend his dog.

"When Ted and Nancy arrive in Grimwood, instead of peace and quiet, they're met with thieving eagles, dramatic ducks, riotous rabbits, and a whole host of unusual characters. Grimwood is...weird. But when Princess Buttons tracks them down, they must unite with the other animals of Grimwood in a mind-bending race against time!"-- Provided by publisher.

After watching a documentary about how icebergs are melting, Harold, a lettuce who believes he's an actual iceberg, becomes overly anxious that he's melting, too, until his fellow food friends help him cool down in a different way.

"Vlad is a vampire with the misfortune of having rosy cheeks that--gasp!--make him look abysmally alive. But being the fabulous vampire that he is (and hoping to avoid rejection), he hides his rosy complexion behind elaborate vampire outfits in traditional black. That is, until he finds out that his best friend has a pink secret of her own"--|cProvided by publisher.

In mirroring stories set in Russia and Chile, Vera and Lucas long for a friend to share their separate, but surprisingly similar, adventures.

"An encounter between a brown mermaid and pirate launches a humorous tale of friendship that shows how kindness and empathy go beyond words."--

Twinkle and her classmates are planting a garden, but unlike everyone else's flowers, Twinkle's are not growing-- until she realizes her seeds require special encouragement.

Little Cap, a shy mushroom, sets off into the scary world to find his best friend, slug Gustav.

Thomas wants to be a ballet kid! He and his friends meet at the dance studio to take lessons from Mr. Elliot, their ballet instructor. The children stand at the barre and practice their feet positions--first position, second position-as well how to plie and releve. And then it's time to saute, or jump! Finally, the ballet kids get to choose their costumes for the Winter Show where they are performing The Nutcracker. What will Thomas choose?