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Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. They want a puppy of their own more than just about anything. They know dogs are a lot of work. But their Mom still doesn't think their family is ready for a puppy. Then, Goldie arrives. She is a sweet golden retriever who needs a home. Goldie is very young. She doesn't know how to be a good puppy yet. Will Charles and Lizzie be able to help her?

"Could you survive being lost in the mountains? Imagine facing down a grizzly bear in the Alaskan wilderness, a mountain lion in the Sierra Madres of Mexico, or a gorilla in Africa's Virunga Mountains. How far would you be willing to go to save your own life? Would it work? Flip through these pages to find out!"--

Sixth graders Tony and Elizabeth are taking a field trip with their class to the World Trade Center, but when terrorists hijack and fly airplanes into the Twin Towers, they will need to work together in order to survive one of the most horrific attacks on United States soil.

Houndsley likes canoeing and his friend Catina likes bicycling, but each has to help the other learn to enjoy these activities in order to do them together.

Amanda Pig has her first ever wiggly tooth and she can not wait for the Tooth Fairy to come. But her loose tooth will not fall out. Father offers to pull it out for her, but Amanda thinks that might hurt too much. Instead, she decides to ignore it and one day discovers that her tooth has fallen out on its own. But where is it. Will the Tooth Fairy still come if Amanda has lost her tooth.

Even on a snowy ski vacation, Lizzie finds a puppy in need.

Carmen and Eva come up with a plan to walk dogs over the summer in order to make extra money but quickly realize how overwhelming having a job can be.

"Dozens of fun-loving dogs explore a sunken ship, take a rocket to the moon, and visit an Egyptian tomb--where they are chased by a giant cat."--

Sam's adventurous uncle left tons of treasure behind. So when Sam finds a boomerang given to Uncle Julius by an Australian sorcerer, he can't wait to try it out. But when the boomerang is used, it wakes up! It has a taste for kangaroo meat, it can't be put back to sleep-- and now it's chasing Sam!

Stella Endicott loves her teacher, Miss Liliana, and she is thrilled when the class is assigned to write a poem. Stella crafts a beautiful poem about Mercy Watson, the pig who lives next door - a poem complete with a metaphor and full of curiosity and courage. But Horace Broom, Stella's irritating classmate, insists that Stella's poem is full of lies and that pigs do not live in houses. And when Stella and Horace get into a shouting match in the classroom,...